Day 66

Today I only had about 30 minutes to paint so I chose a flower and kept it simple.

Day 65

Today I was wondering what to paint as I traveled upstairs to my studio. I saw my stupid uncomfortable heels and said to myself "Hello shoes of death, you sure do hurt my feet... but you look kind of pretty in this light." I love it when my art brain takes over. Simple shoe painting to celebrate day 65.

Day 64

Here is my final painting for the Art at the Arnold. It is of a model who was being painted at a booth specializing in body painting in the EXPO center. He was looking down watching her paint him and I just love the patient look on his downward face. This painting just felt right from start to finish despite the fact that I was making it for a competition and nervous about performing. I ended up winning second place in the competition for this painting.

Day 63

This painting is from the first day of the Arnold. We had a live model who is a world champion fighter. I found it hard to focus the first day with the media frenzy but glad that I had the opportunity to perform in public and make SOMETHING.

Lost Day

Somewhere along the way I missed a posting. So, here is day 60 something. It is of a sunrise on the frozen lake Erie.

Day 61

Well today was great and then it was a mess. I had this perfect night scene photograph just calling my name but when I got into my studio and picked up my layout brown pastel I just asked myself, "what are you doing!" I put down the pastel and scanned for the picture that was me today. This barn spoke to me so I decided to do it. So glad  did.

Day 60

So today was mechanical. I needed to do something totally opposite from portraiture so I found this wheel hub in my garage to paint. I used to have an eye for mechanical beauty but it has been lost for a long time. So todays painting is a throwback to my former self in hopes that it can be revived one day. AND ITS DAY 60!