Day 1 of 30 - Nyum Nyum Nyum

 Day 1 of 30 "Nyum Nyum Nyum" (pastel, 8x8 inches) bid or buy here

So I'm going to do it! A 30-in-30 month of Daily Paintings for June! I've been putting it off for way too long. My last 30-in-30 was January last year. I had been doing November for quite a while but missed 2019 completely.
I still don't think I have the time for this, but so what! No excuses! It feels SO good to complete a month of paintings, that I've made a new Facebook Daily Painting Challenge group, and would love if you want to join and paint your own month (or week, or whatever length of time you can set for yourself) of daily paintings with us!
This squirrel I had underpainted a while back, and pasteled today for my first day of June. Enjoy a gif of progress images here!

"Busy Bee" Paint-Along, June 12

 

June 12, 1pm Central Time on Zoom - “Busy Bee" Paint-Along!

$20
Honey Bees love lazy summer days! Come and paint Bees with us on Saturday June 12 at 1pm CDT 🐝

Register EARLY to have time to prep your drawing! I will send you the Zoom invitation, the reference photo, some surface prep info, and tips that include alternative underpainting methods in case you don't have what I use.

I will be using pastel with an acrylic-based underpainting, but you can use the medium of your choice. I've had some attendees enjoy use oil, acrylic, pastel pencil, and even watercolor with my paint-alongs. It’s whatever you want to make of it!

All registrants will receive a link to the video a few days later.

Register here! https://www.ritakirkman.com/workshop/27077/busy-bee-paint-along-online

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Wildflower Field #35

 

"Wildflower Field #35" (pastel, 7x9 inches) bid or buy here

This was the first of the three wildflower paintings I did in my "Wildflower Interpretations" Paint-Along earlier this month. This is on UArt paper, 400 grit, with an alcohol washed pastel underpainting.

 

I had fun creating this little one-minute speed video...

 

 

 

Become a Patron for access to the full-length Paint-Along video of all three variations, with reference photo and tons of painting tips! https://www.patreon.com/posts/51374213

 

 

And in case you missed the last post, I need to tell you... an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

The Feedburner team announced that their email subscription service will be discontinued in July 2021. As a result, Blogger’s email subscription widget, also known as FollowByEmail, will be turned off. Specifically, the email subscription system will no longer work and subscribers to Google blogs will no longer receive email updates.

SO! If you're receiving this post via email, I thank you for your subscription, but you will no longer be getting these delivered to you from my Google Blog after next month. 

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#2 - Follow my public Patreon Posts. Sure, Patreon is a subscription-based creative support platform, but you don't have to pay anything for my public posts, and just about all of my new work gets posted on my Patreon page, usually with cool little extras like progress pics or short speed videos (like the one linked above!) CLICK HERE to go to my Patreon Page and right below the membership levels, next to a button that says "share" is a button that says "follow". It's that easy! (Browse around my other free posts while you're in there..)

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Wildflower Field #36

 "Wildflower Field #36" (pastel on Canson, 8x8 inches) bid or buy here

This is the second little painting from last Saturday's Paint-Along. This one on regular Canson Mi-Tientes paper in an olive green sort of color. I hadn't worked on Canson for quite a while. I had forgotten how softly subtle it can be. 

See some progress pics on my Patreon page here.

And in case you missed the last post, I need to tell you... an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT!

The Feedburner team announced that their email subscription service will be discontinued in July 2021. As a result, Blogger’s email subscription widget, also known as FollowByEmail, will be turned off. Specifically, the email subscription system will no longer work and subscribers to Google blogs will no longer receive email updates.

SO! If you're receiving this post via email, I thank you for your subscription, but you will no longer be getting these delivered to you from my Google Blog after next month. 

But don't despair! Here are two ways you can still get my (almost) Daily Paintings in your inbox!

#1 - Sign up for my website's New Art Alerts. I basically have been pasting the same info into my website art posts as I do here, so you won't be missing a thing. CLICK HERE to get my New Art Alerts from my website at RitaKirkman.com.

#2 - Follow my public Patreon Posts. Sure, Patreon is a subscription-based creative support platform, but you don't have to pay anything for my public posts, and just about all of my new work gets posted on my Patreon page, usually with cool little extras like progress pics or short speed videos (like the one linked above!) CLICK HERE to go to my Patreon Page and right below the membership levels, next to a button that says "share" is a button that says "follow". It's that easy! (Browse around my other free posts while you're in there..)

Thanks so much for liking my work and following my blog. Here's to many more years of following my Website or my Patreon, and to many more years of creating!

Wildflower Field #37 - And an Important Announcement!

 "Wildflower Field #37" (pastel on hand-prepared board, 5x5 inches) buy here

This painting was the third (and my favorite) of three paintings in my last Paint-Along, "Wildflower Interpretations," where we tried out a field of wildflowers on various surfaces, and it was interesting to see how the surfaces affected the look of the paintings.

Watch a short speed video of this one on my Patreon page!

 

Now for an IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENT:

The Feedburner team announced that their email subscription service will be discontinued in July 2021. As a result, Blogger’s email subscription widget, also known as FollowByEmail, will be turned off. Specifically, the email subscription system will no longer work and subscribers to Google blogs will no longer receive email updates.

SO! If you're receiving this post via email, I thank you for your subscription, but you will no longer be getting these delivered to you from my Google Blog after next month. 

But don't despair! Here are two ways you can still get my (almost) Daily Paintings in your inbox!

#1 - Sign up for my website's New Art Alerts. I basically have been pasting the same info into my website art posts as I do here, so you won't be missing a thing. CLICK HERE to get my New Art Alerts from my website at RitaKirkman.com.

#2 - Follow my public Patreon Posts. Sure, Patreon is a subscription-based creative support platform, but you don't have to pay anything for my public posts, and just about all of my new work gets posted on my Patreon page, usually with cool little extras like progress pics or short speed videos (like the one linked above!) CLICK HERE to go to my Patreon Page and right below the membership levels, next to a button that says "share" is a button that says "follow". It's that easy! (Browse around my other free posts while you're in there..)

Thanks so much for liking my work and following my blog. Here's to many more years of following my Website or my Patreon, and to many more years of creating!

 

Smoky Bun (Warm Fuzzy #74)

 

Warm Fuzzy #74 - "Smoky Bun" (pastel, 12x6 inches)

This standing bunny was the star of my Virtual Open Studio on Tuesday this week. I had just got my second Covid vaccine and was feeling a bit slow, so instead of working on one of my overdue commissions I took it easy and had my VOS attendees pick which warm fuzzy underpainting to pastel! 

I just finished a GIF of Smoky Bun's entire painting process... see it here!

"Smoky Bun" (pastel, 12x6 inches) will be at the Carriage House Gallery this Saturday for the Boerne Art Waddle. I might make an online buy link if he doesn't sell there.

 

Waddlers

 "Waddlers" (pastel, 12x9 inches) buy here

This painting started as a demo in a virtual workshop for the First Coast Pastel Society, and was finished during a recent Virtual Open Studio day. These ducks will be showing at the Carriage House Gallery this Saturday (May 8, 2021) for the Boerne Art Waddle. A fun time!

Enjoy this 2 minute slide show video of the Waddlers painting process here.