Saturday, February 2, 2013

Recap of the 30 Day Challenge

This post is really a recap of the 30 Day Challenge by Leslie Saeta, in which I painted each day, from direct observation (no photos at all !), and worked my way around the color wheel. I also challenged myself to paint 4 plein air pieces from the car studio. One day was warm enough to actually stand on the street; but after an hour the temp seemed much cooler and I was glad to be done. Some of the paintings are quite complete, others I consider to be studies. I made this collage with picmonkey, which I plan to work more with. I didn't have the time or patience last night to design my own grid and include all 30 paintings. Oh well. 
One thing I have learned throughout this last month painting is to let go of the inner critic, the one voice so quick to say what I haven't done, how I've fallen short, how it could be better. I applaud and amaze myself and all my fellow artists who took part in this challenge. We are nothing less than one determined bunch!

4 comments:

  1. You did a fantastic job, Anne! I love seeing your paintings all together - at least part of them. I am going to use picmonkey more, too. I want to find some time to just play with it a little and figure out some things.

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  2. Thanks Linda, me too about picmonkey. I'd like to use it to group the paintings by color and post about them, also maybe for marketing.

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  3. Your collage looks lovely, Anne. And glad to see you're still painting after our challenge.

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  4. Hi Anne, these paintings sure do look great together in your collage. Thank you so much for adding me to your blog list!

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