Day 11- Swallow

Day 11- Swallow. 6x6 Oil on Gessobord. This photo was taken by Daniel William Platt. I changed up the background color to compliment the blue of this wonderful little bird. 

I missed Day 10...oops:)

Day 9 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Day 9 of the 30 in 30. Baltimore Oriole. 6x6 Oil on gessobord. Photo was taken by Michelle Beck from the Photos for Artists page on Facebook. I still have a lot of paint left over from the challenge this week, so it ended up on this painting also. Very complimentary. I think! Not sure what kind of bird is watching him eat the orange. It must be waiting for his turn!

Day 8 of the 30 in 30

Day 8 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days. Redbud. 6x6 Oil on gessobord. My theme for the challenge is birds, but I had mixed so much paint for the challenge colors yesterday, I tried to think of something that was the same colors. Thus these wonderful redbud tree blooms I found on the Morgue file. Spring is on its way my friends. I hope... Man it had been crappy ans cold here in Nort-da-kota! Brrr. 

Day 7 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Day 7 of the 30 in 30. Roseate Spoonbill. 8x8 Oil on Gessobord. The photographer for this one is Andy Dorsch. The Daily Paintworks challenge this week is to create a painting using the new Pantone colors for 2016. They are Rose Quartz and Serenity. I decided to use this color palette created by Pantone to fill in the other colors. At first, I thought this one was going to be wiper....ugh, but I kept going and I think it works. Here is the suggested pairings for the two colors. I tried to use a little of each one here.

I am killing two birds with one stone...oops...my theme is BIRDS! haha. This one is for the Daily Paintworks challenge and the 30 in 30!

Day 6 of the 30 in 30 Daily Paintings

Day 6 of the 30 in 30 paintings. Black Necked Stilt. Shore Bird. 8x8 Oil on Gessobord. This is another fabulous photo by Donna Ridgway for the Photos for Artists page. I loved the colors of the water on this one. It really does have stilts; after gurgling them I see that at least half his legs are underwater! Interesting bird.

Day 4 of the 30 in 30

Day 4 of the 30 in 30. Found this hummingbird on the Photos for Artists Facebook page and immediately fell in love with this little guy! So vibrant and sweet! The photo is by Joan McDaniel. Thanks Joan! 

Day 3- 30 in 30 Jan 2016

Day 3 of the 30 in 30 Daily Paintings. I painted this for day 3 on day 4 as I got a little behind over the holidays. This is a sweet little meadowlark done from a wonderful photo by Donna Ridgway in the Photos for Artists group on Facebook! Thank you Donna for adding a watermark to your photo so I didn't have to search thru all the thousands of photos to make sure I get the photo credit right:) My theme this year is birds or farm animals. Lets see if I can keep to it or throw something random in! I am foregoing the song titles for this challenge as sometimes I just can't decide what to name it!!!

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