Its the last day of the 30 in 30 and uh.... I can believe it! Well, sort of not, but, when I look back to the first painting I did, and all the ones in between, I definitely feel like I painted for the e n t i r e month. Of course there is a sense of relief and, pride I guess, that I am finished and I did it... But, I am always sad when the 30 in 30 ends too. The sense of forced urgency to produce a painting every day seems to fuel creativity differently than at calmer times. And posting everyday is a very beneficial for any artist. I always hope to keep it up. I will definitely try to be better about posting more often. To be honest, I only painted 26 paintings this month. Me getting sick and then Rowan staying home sick from school yesterday threw off my groove so, there are several lost days.
Anyway... today's painting
Rowan came home from school last week very excited to tell me that his bus passed by "this awesome VW beetle! It would make a great painting, Mom!" His enthusiasm and happiness about finding a painting subject for me put a healthy dose of joy in my heart. :) So, we drove there the next day and I took a bunch of pics. I told him he had to pose for me, though, since the theme I chose for this 30 in 30 is figurative and I definitely wanted to paint this in the challenge. I thought this picture was the cutest of the bunch!
By the way, as always I will make a collage of all the paintings I created and post it here tomorrow. Have a great night and thanks everyone for reading my blog and following me through the challenge! From the looks of my people counter I had over 750 people read my blog this month. Peanuts for some, but awesome for me!
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| Rowan and the Bug, oil on panel, 6"x6" NFS |
I haven't posted a progress pic for awhile. If you are interested, this is the painting early on...
