Day 24 30 in 30 Challenge

Leslie's  30 in 30 Challenge

18  x 13 cm 

Oil Pastels on covered cardboard

A small sketch of the fields we pass going home from our favorite spa.... Fields of poppies and some yellow flowers that I don't know.... Used oil pastels and some medium on a small format.  Actually did 2 but the second wouldn't scan or photograph well.... took a day off from wet painting!!!!

18  x 13 cm 

Oil Pastels on covered cardboard

Here is the second sketch... problem was that I was comparing the photo with the original under different lighting.... It is dark already and I am viewing the original under florescent lighting... photo was taken in daylight... so I am seeing more purples...now in the original!!!!. 

Day 23 30 in 30 Challenge

Leslie's 30 in 30 Challenge

20 x 20 cm

Oils on cloth covered corrugated cardboard

Tristram's Starling or Tristram's Grackle is very popular in the Dead Sea area... took some nice shots on several occasions so I will do a few more of these beautiful birds....  they have a very distinct whistle call....
Short 1.16 minute video

Oil on cloth covered corrugated cardboard using a palette knife.  20 x 20 cm.   

Day 22 30 in 30 Challenge

Leslie's 30 in 30 Challenge

 20 x 20

Oils on cloth covered corrugated cardboard

Another view of Bella...  This did not come out as I wanted.... scraped it down and started again..but it still needs work... too wet to work on and tomorrow off to class.  So this will be in the pile for tweaking!!!

Oils on cloth covered corrugated cardboard using a palette knife...A little about the cloth... this is a type of cloth used  by dressmakers to test out patterns... Its a loose weave and not bleached..   I had made curtains for my daughter and had left overs.... Glued it to the cardboard and then pasted around the back.  I coated them with 1-2 coats of gesso....

The color palette... I am using a limited color palette usually consisting of the 3 basic colors  : red blue and yellow.  I usually mix my own chromatic black using ultramarine blue and raw umber.  In this painting and yesterday's ... and the next one I tried using Indigo blue instead... not so sure I like it... The red I used here is Venetian red and made some interesting oranges and pinks... the yellows I used were lemon yellow, cadmium yellow light, yellow ochre, the blues were Ultramarine blue, Prussian blue and Indigo .  The format was toned with Naples yellow.

Comments and critique most welcome!!!