30-in-30 Paintings in June ... Finished!

 

June 2021 Daily Paintings poster.

I can't believe I really did  it; 30 paintings in 30 days. My usual month in past years had been November because it's otherwise fairly slow. I really wasn't ready in June but I had missed November last year (I missed a lot of things last year, lol) and I was really eager to do a month of paintings. Now July is going to be full of everything I couldn't get done  in June... commissions, paperwork, groceries... but I've proven to  myself that it can be done even when I think I'm too busy. It's a great feeling of accomplishment to look back on the month and see all the paintings. And several of them have also sold, so there's that too!

It's HARD to be a true Daily Painter (completing and posting a new painting every day) so it's become more popular to do it one month at a time. It's a lot easier to accomplish 30 days in a row than 365+ days! I highly recommend a Daily Painting practice for anyone wanting to improve their painting skills and work habits. I also find that Daily Painting and Working Small are inevitably connected, so I want to share this blog post on Why to Paint Small. It might help inspire you to greater smaller daily paintings!

Now I'll have a full booth at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter this weekend, and hopefully a nice couple days to kick back and relax a bit.

This poster has not been ordered yet, but I'll take pre-orders to see how many I should get. It will be 16x20, $25 includes US shipping. Let me know if you'd like one!

Day 30 of 30 - Coy

 

Day 30 of 30 paintings in June - "Coy" (pastel, 6x6 inches)
DONE!! Whoohoo!
I'm finishing up my month of paintings with this flirty love dove. I painted her a few years ago and wanted to paint her again. I always loved the blue shadows on white.

Coming up soon, July 3 and 4, spend your holiday weekend at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter and catch some great art, including "Coy"!

See a GIF of "Coy"'s painting process here!

$305, price includes frame and US shipping.

 

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Day 29 of 30 - Bird on a Wire

 

Day 29 of 30 paintings in June - "Bird on a Wire" (pastel, 7x5 inches)

Only one day left, and then I'll have finished this 30 paintings in 30 days challenge! I haven't painted many birds this month, so it's nice to finish with a few.

See this piece and others like it at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter located right on the beautiful coast of Texas!

Check out some progress pictures here!

$305, price includes frame and US shipping.

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Day 28 of 30 - Road Sketch #38

 

Day 28 of 30 paintings in June - "Road Sketch #38" (pastel, 4x8 inches)

Here's another in the little road sketch series, like yesterday's, painted on a ProArt panel with Fisher 400 pastel paper and a pastel/alchohol underpainting.

See me and all my newest art, including "Road Sketch #38" at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter this 4th of July weekend!

Click here to watch a video of "Road Sketch #38"'s painting process!

$280 includes frame and US shipping 

 

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Day 27 of 30 - Road Sketch #37

Day 27 of 30 paintings in June - "Road Sketch #37" (pastel, 4x8 inches)

I just got a few more neat little 4x8 inch frames, and thought they'd work well for some road sketches. My personal subtitle for this one is "On the way to Rockport" ...because it is! I love watching how heat waves distort the long flat roads in the distance. (Sometimes it's dangerous for artists to drive! ;)

This one was painted on a ProArt panel with Fisher 400 pastel paper and a pastel/alchohol washed underpainting.

See this piece and others like it at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter located right on the beautiful coast of Texas!

See some progress pics here!

$280 includes frame and US shipping

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Day 26 of 30 - Fiona

 

Day 26 of 30 paintings in June - "Fiona" (pastel, 8x6 inches)

Another young fawn on a beautiful spring morning. I get some great views out my studio window!

This piece will be with me at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter July 3 and 4, 2021

See a quick GIF of Fiona's painting progress here!

$320 includes frame and US shipping

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Day 25 of 30 - Blackbird

Day 25 of 30 paintings in June - "Blackbird" (pastel, 6x6 inches)

I decided to paint this one directly on a gray board without a terracotta underpainting. I think it suits the values of this bird well.

See a speed video of this painting's process here!

See this piece and others like it at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter located right on the beautiful coast of Texas!

$305, price includes frame and US shipping.

Day 24 of 30 - Waiting

 

Day 24 of 30 paintings in June - "Waiting" (pastel, 10x8 inches)

This is another painting of Argie, the same cat shown in "Elegance", which I posted last week.

Coming up soon, July 3 and 4, spend your holiday weekend at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter and catch some great art, including "Waiting"!

See some progress pictures of "Waiting" here.

$420, price includes frame and US shipping.

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Day 23 of 30 - Green Eye

Day 23 of 30 paintings in June - "Green Eye" (pastel, 8x8 inches) on hold

I think I might enter this one into an exhibit. Don't know which yet but there are a few deadlines coming up. It feels good to have something good ready to go and not have to rush to finish something for at least one deadline. 

I'm starting to give more thought to continuing my Daily Painting through the summer. But I do believe I'll take a break for the Rockport Art Fest!

See a GIF of the painting process here!

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Day 22 of 30 - Golden Tamarin

 

Day 22 of 30 paintings in June - "Golden Tamarin" (pastel, 5x5 inches) sold

I was in the mood for something different.

This was one of the triple-demo in my weekend online workshop. This painting would have been with me at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter this 4th of July weekend except it's already sold! Come see all the other new art I'll have there!

See a GIF of Golden Tamarin's painting process here!

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Day 21 of 30 - Park Trail #54

 

Day 21 of 30 paintings in June - "Park Trail #54" (pastel, 6x6 inches)

This was one of my triple-demo in my recent online workshop. I underpainted this at the same time as the Pug and another animal (to be posted tomorrow) and pasteled them in a row later that day.

See some progress pictures here!

See this piece and others like it at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter located right on the beautiful coast of Texas!

$300 includes frame and US shipping

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Day 20 of 30 - Pug

 

Day 20 of 30 paintings in June - "Pug" (pastel, 5x5 inches)

I love parades. I love watching people watch parades. While people-watching at a parade in San Antonio, I saw this Pug.

See me and all my newest art at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter this 4th of July weekend!

Watch a speed video of this little dog's painting process here!

$265 framed.

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Day 19 of 30 - Carmel

 

Day 19 of 30 paintings in June - "Carmel" (pastel, 7x5 inches)

This was my opening demo for the online pastel workshop I'm currently giving for these three days. I saw this baby camel at a petting zoo somewhere, and as she was chewing some hay, her mouth had the cutest expression!

This painting will be with me at the Rockport Art Fest (July 3 and 4, 2021) located right on the beautiful coast of Texas. My first live art festival in over a year, yay!! Hope you can come out and enjoy the fun.

Watch a GIF and some progress pics of Carmel the camel here!

$305 includes frame and US shipping

Day 18 of 30 - Fern

 

"Fern" (pastel, 6x6 inches)

This is another one of the new fawns who showed up near our house recently!

This piece will be with me at the #rockportartfest hosted by @rockportartcenter July 3 and 4, 2021.  $285 framed

See a speed video of Fern's painting process here!

Day 17 of 30 - Don Keyote

 

 

"Don Keyote" (pastel, 10x10 inches)

I painted this funny face last week, but I took a good look at him and decided he needed a lot of reworking. I took him back to the studio for a couple of hours, and there you have it!

Bid or buy for one week only on Dailypaintworks.com!

See a few progress pics here!

Day 16 of 30 - Little Honey

Day 16 of 30 paintings in June - "Little Honey" (pastel, 6x6 inches)

The star of this month's paint-along! I was staying at a house in Kerrville Texas a couple years ago, and there was this huge prickly pear bush at the end of the driveway, in full bloom and a haven of honeybees. So many bees I could hear them humming from yards away! The morning light was glorious.

I caught tons of pics on those mornings, and have been able to paint four or five of these little bee paintings from the collection.

For a $10 pledge on Patreon, you can gain access to the full-length Paint-Along video and many others!

See some progress pics of Little Honey, extracted from the video, on this Public Patreon post!

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Day 15 of 30 - Ambre

 

Day 15 of 30 paintings in June - "Ambre" (pastel, 12x6 inches)

One of the mamas of some of the fawns in our back yard. She comes up for horse biscuits and will eat out of our hands. (I probably painted her as a fawn a few years ago!)

On auction for one week only at DailyPaintworks.com.

See a progress video here!

Day 14 of 30 - Elegance

 

Day 14 of 30 paintings in June - "Elegance" (pastel, 12x6 inches)

I may be entering this one into a show. I don't know yet. Or I may have already done. I've been drafting so many of these posts in advance while I paint new paintings that I'm loosing track of days! 😅

Click here to see a GIF and some progress pictures!

Day 13 of 30 - Papayo

 

Day 13 of 30 paintings in June - "Papayo" (pastel, 6x6 inches)

This fuzzy Hereford calf was actually the result of one of my early Paint-Alongs way back in November. However, I was never really satisfied with how he came out, and he sat on my shelf for months just waiting for some tweaks.

After about 40 minutes of tweaking I'm much happier, and Papayo is ready to post! (So of course he counts toward my 30-in-30 this month!)

See a "before and after" GIF and some progress pics here!

Papayo will be auctioned for one week only at DailyPaintworks.com.

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Day 12 of 30 - Fay

 

Day 12 of 30 paintings in June - "Fay" (pastel, 8x6 inches) 

Another sweet fawn from last spring.

See some progress pics here, or for a $10 pledge you can watch the full length video of the creation of this painting on my Patreon page. (And many more vids too!)

Fay will be on auction for one week only, on DailyPaintworks.com. After that I'll be saving my paintings for the Rockport Art Fest July 3 & 4.

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Day 11 of 30 - Oreo

 

Day 11 of 30 paintings in June - "Oreo" (pastel, 8x10 inches) 

Otherwise known as Belted Galloways, "Oreo" cows are just the cutest! Especially the long-haired breed. This was a calf in a herd I came across near Fredericksburg Texas.

Bid or buy Oreo here for one week only!

See a quick GIF of the painting progress here!

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Day 10 of 30 - Bambina

Day 10 of 30 paintings in June - "Bambina" (pastel, 6x4 inches) bid or buy here for one week only

Our neighborhood deer are popping out fawns like crazy the last week or so. I've seen one little one many mornings in our back yard. We've had a lot of rain so the grass really needs mowing!

Watch a speed video of Bambina's painting here!

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Day 9 of 30 - Kahlua

 

Day 9 of 30 paintings in June - "Kahlua" (pastel, 7x5 inches) bid or buy here for one week only

This was a pretty little miniature horse I came across one day in a field with a miniature donkey of the same color. They were best buds and so cute together! I might have a pic that I'll paint of them both some day. But I wanted to do this single portrait first.

See some progress pics here!

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Day 8 of 30 - Backyard Baby

Day 8 of 30 paintings in June - "Backyard Baby" (pastel, 7x5 inches) bid or buy here for a limited time

This sweet fox lives in our back yard. He usually only comes out at night, but I managed to get a few pics one evening when the sun was just setting. He was just a youngster then. My husband has seen him recently and says he's much bigger now. 

The photo I took was much cooler in tone, but the underpainting colors I use helped create a warmer look!

See the reference photo and a little speed video of this baby here!

Day 7 of 30 paintings - Hank, Honey, Louie, Butters and Poppy, in the Lavender

 

Day 7 of 30 paintings - "Hank, Honey, Louie, Butters and Poppy, in the Lavender" (conte and pastel pencil, 10x30 inches) sold
I'm counting this among my 30 paintings/drawings of June, because I did finish it in June, it hasn't been posted before, and darn it, it's hard to paint every day and I need the post!
This was from separate photos of my client's daughter's animals and she also has a lavender farm. My client originally asked about pastel, but from photos that have such varied and ambient light, I prefer to stick to black & white drawings. So I will actually down-grade a recommendation to a lower-priced product if I feel that all of the references will not translate well to pastel. 

Click here to view the reference photos!

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Day 6 of 30 - Lily

 

 

Day 6 of 30 paintings - "Lily" (pastel, 10x10 inches) sold
This was a recent cat commission. Lily was a beloved cat who liked to style her human's hair at the computer desk.
Become a Patron on my Patreon page to watch the full-length video of the creation of this painting!
Meanwhile, enjoy this little progression GIF!

Day 5 of 30 - Life drawing with the NODG

 

"Shadiya in the Mirror" (pastel pencil and pastel, 12x16 inches)

I was honored to be the guest artist at the New Orleans Drawing Group on Thursday evening, to have a Q&A after the drawing session. I was not required to draw, but I decided what the heck why not? It had been a VEERRY long time since I had done any life drawing so I thought it would be good for me.

I'm so glad I did! The model for the evening, Shadiyah Curione, had very imaginative and challenging poses. The long pose is above. I had to go in for dinner for most of it, but I caught the first 20 minutes and the last 15 or so. So this drawing took about 35 minutes. The light was from a candle near the hand mirror on the table (not drawn) The light was so amazing, it was hard to do it justice. 

See more of the other artists' paintings and drawings of Shadiyah on the NODG Facebook group page

Below (cringe) are my 1-minute (marker on smooth paper) and 5-minute (roll-point pen on sketch paper) drawings. I really needed the warm-up!

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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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Day 4 of 30 - Sun Candy

 

Day 4 of 30 paintings in June - "Sun Candy" (pastel, 10x10 inches) bid or buy here

This was another underpainting that I had done a while back. As I pasteled this sheep, the colors I was using (and the fluffiness) reminded me of cotton candy, but sunlit!

Watch a little speed video here!

Day 3 of 30 - Blue Belle

 

Day 3 of 30 - "Blue Belle" (pastel, 8x6 inches) click here to bid or buy!

My 3rd painting for June! I actually painted this cow along side the bunny of yesterday, finishing both underpaintings (the blue part) and then pasteling them both at the same time, with many of the same colors!

Click here to view a gif timelapse and progress pics of the painting!

Day 2 of 30 - Plum Bunny

"Plum Bunny" (pastel, 10x10 inches) bid or buy

Day 2 of my 30-in-30 paintings for June! I did have this one underpainted already, but that's ok. I'm catching up with a few "leftover" paintings that are laying around my studio before starting in on a new batch of underpaintings ... maybe I'll do underpaintings for my next Virtual Open Studio day on Friday...  

See some progress pics of this bunny HERE! 

 

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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!