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 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 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!

And by the way, in case you missed this message earlier, I need to tell you something!
 
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 this month.  
 
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Goal Achieved! 30-in-30 for November!

"Rita Kirkman Daily Paintings - November 2017"  18x24 poster available for $20 + shipping. Click to buy

This has been my fourth November in a row to complete a 30-Paintings-in-30-Days challenge. It's always a great boost to my creative drive, and my business! (Not to mention I become just a little bit of a better painter with all that constant practice!) I'm trying to figure out which other month out of the year I can add to this tradition... Just think, if I add a month each year, in just over a decade I can be a true "Daily" Painter! ;)

For now, I'm back to the regular grind of portrait orders, paperwork, and laundry...

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Day 1 - K is for Kangaroo

"K is for Kangaroo" (pastel, 20x10 inches) click here to bid

Yes, "Day 1" means I'm going to attempt another 30-Paintings-in-30-Days this month. November seems to be my best month for this challenge. I did it last November, and in 2014 as well.

I have only two hurdles: a workshop in Missouri this weekend with over 3 days of driving round trip, and a large portrait commission due this month, that may take a while. So I've been a busy bee in my studio the past few days, prepping lots of underpaintings, and getting a jump on the month so that I can have a few blog posts drafted before I head north on Wednesday. Tomorrow I'll post Sunday's demo from the Texas Pastel Society meeting.

Here are progress shots of Kangaroo:

..And here's a sneak peek at about half of the batch I've got going for this month!