Day 4 30 in 30 Challenge

Day 4 Leslie's 30 in 30

 20 x 22 cm

oil on gessoed cardboard 

Still not over the "fear" factor.... who/what is is I certainly don't know..... posting where there are over 400 entries  who will even notice....   OK its only day 4 maybe in a few days I will get over it.

I really want to take this opportunity to thank my very good friend Meredith Adler.... without her constant support I wouldn't be here.... Thanks Meredith!!!

Corked glass jar.. oil with palette knife,paper towels, baby wipes and cleaning wipes... still with my limites palette of ultramarine and raw umber  toned the format with a thin layer of ultramarine.  Not sure if this is finished... critique/advise would be much appreciated. 

Here is a charcoal sketch I did before the painting.

Day 3 30 in 30 challenge

20 x 22 cm

oil on cardboard 

Day three... Leslie's 30 in 30 challenge

Friday.... lots of household chores before Shabbat, so started painting after lunch today... no sun from my window and had to make do with artificial lighting... also I am a morning person so will try harder to find more "window of time" in the morning when the sun, streams through my window.

Tried to vary my grays with the hues of my basic gray... in this case ultramarine + raw umber.  So I have some cooler and warmer tones.  Tried to not fiddle to much and put done color and leave...Oils with palette knife on gessoed cardboard with a thin tone of raw umber

Calling this a WIP because it does need some tweaking and its too wet....

Day 2 30 in 30 Challenge

 20 x 22 oil on cardboard

Palette Knife

Still working in the grays with a palette knife, this rime I toned the background.  

Feel a bit better with this than yesterday's. which I have scraped and will re-paint.  Still not completely satisfied with the knife strokes... want them more decisive and confident... hard on such a small format.

Pot a little lopsided and had problems with the handle... scraped at least twice...