Day 4 - Sweet and Steady

 Some thoughts about Steadiness and Sweetness.

Chickadees are one of my favorite birds to paint.. this one is atop a sweet mocha cupcake with candied fruit and bits of rosemary.. sweet and steady, tasty and delicious. As I work my way though this challenge, it is important to try to establish a rhythm.. I find that around day 14 I fall into a sweet spot where my studio time has a kind of steady cadence and the painting process flows like water... Having people follow along with me helps sweeten things even more! (thank you!)

The first time I painted a cupcake was for my daughter's birthday in 2014.. wow.. 8 years ago! Time flies!  Another first, I painted that painting during the first 30 in 30 I ever participated in. (This is now my 12th...)  It was a pivotal experience that helped to solidify how important art and painting are in my life.. 

Art makes life sweet and painting helps to steady my mind.. and I'm not sure where I would be without them. :) Sweet and steady as she goes...when I am in the moment, totally focused on the painting process.. this is where I find that steadiness.

 Scroll down to see the first cupcake I painted way back then...

Sweet and Steady, oil on panel, 10"x10", click here for purchasing details

Happy Birthday, oil on panel, 6"x6", NFS

Day 13 - Snowhill farms

In keeping with yesterday's plein air theme, today's entry was painted during a recent day when I travel to West Chester.  The landscape in the area I travel to is dotted with natural preserves, horse farms and old estates and this painting was done of the back end of the Snowhill farms horse farm along the Southern edge of Chester County. Sometimes, if I'm painting small, I'll paint a diptych and paint 2 panels simultaneously ..this was one of those times and I painted two views of the same scene.. Below is the right half of the pair and I'll post the other half tomorrow :) That day, I was attracted to the warm grasses and interesting trees on the hill with a backdrop of the beautiful blue sky.. and the fence pattern running along the foreground. 

"Snowhill Farms, Springdell Road" oil on panel, 6"x8"

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