#213 The Barn Challenge

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Painted for this week's DPW Challenge.  I know there is a lot to improve on this painting.  I won't mention all the things driving me crazy about it.  But it was good to paint something yesterday and I'm glad I gave it a shot.  One thing I do like is how the trim turned out around/on the windows and doors.  When I painted them, I just painted it in quickly and thought I would go back and fix them.  But I like how that part wasn't overdone.

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#210 Homeward Bound

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I took the reference photo for this painting while I was driving home from the art workshop in Alabama.  I think this was Arkansas.  I had a great trip home.  It was long, but the weather was beautiful and I listened to an audiobook, which helped pass the time!  Ever since painting clouds for the Daily Paintworks Challenge a few weeks ago, I've been wanting to paint more.  I'm going to try to sell this piece framed at the Indie Trunk Show next weekend.  If it doesn't sell there, I will list it online!

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#207 The Yellow Truck

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I had a hard time getting a photo of this painting without the glare!  My daughter and I were driving home yesterday when I spotted this yellow truck in my neighborhood.  We pulled over and I took a quick photo.  Truth be told, I also took several pictures of a nearby mail truck and hope to paint it before long.  I don't know why, but I'm always inspired by mail trucks around town!  It was really fun painting the yellow parts of this truck.  I tried to keep the rest simple and without much detail.  I like landscapes like that.  I'm very inspired by Michael Chamberlain.  You should check out his art.  It was a challenge to draw.  

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#206 Light on Berry

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I took the photo reference for this painting about a month ago, sitting at a stoplight, when I was taking my daughter to AWANA.  The clouds in the sky were beautiful that evening.  I took a couple of other photo references at lights and maybe I will get around to painting them, too.  I'm glad I attempted more clouds.  I had a little more of a plan for how to approach them this second time.  I started by painting the lightest parts, then the darkest values, and then the values in between.  Seemed to work pretty well.  What is your process for painting clouds?

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#204 The Cloud Challenge

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This week's Daily Paintworks Challenge is to paint clouds.  Since I've never painted a cloudscape, I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to give it a try.  It was definitely challenging!  I respect artists who paint cloudscapes even more now.  It was hard for me to slow down and really pay attention to the value and color shifts in the clouds.  

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#189 The Opal Experiment #190 Oklahoma Walk

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I struggled with both of these paintings this weekend.  I wiped my first attempt with the opal apple yesterday afternoon and then tried it again last night.  I was hoping it would be a little looser but I ended up wiping off the green paint and going a little darker with that color and it took away the freshness of the edges and strokes.  I had never painted a golden apple.  It was hard to get the shadow side the right value and color.  

SOLD 6x6 inch oil on gessobord

I painted this scene from a photo I took a couple of years ago while I was walking on OU's campus.  I painted it for a friend.  I actually painted this exact scene back in 2015 when I was first learning to use acrylic paint.  Though it isn't where I want it to be, I can definitely see growth and that is encouraging!  Here is the original painting I did.  

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Seaside Escape- Sold

I did this painting for another one of the challenges on dailypaintworks.com (http://www.dailypaintworks.com/challenge/the-seaside-challenge/321)  Our challenge was to paint a seaside of our choosing or we could use the photo that was provided.  I chose the photo that was provided because I thought it was such a pretty scene.  

Original Acrylic Painting on 8x10 wrapped canvas.  Available for purchase here https://www.etsy.com/listing/243856671/seaside-escape-original-acrylic-painting?ref=shop_home_active_1

Coming Storm

This painting is my first in what I hope to be a series of daily (almost) paintings.  I'm excited and a little nervous but look forward to learning and growing a lot as an artist!  Drove through rain off and on as I traveled to Texas this past weekend.  I never like driving in the rain but the landscape was beautiful.  

Original Acrylic Painting on 8x10 wrapped canvas.  Available for purchase here  https://www.etsy.com/listing/235723338/coming-storm-original-acrylic-landscape?ref=shop_home_active_2