I also decided to participate for the first time in Leslie Saeta's Thirty Paintings in Thirty Days challenge. I thought it would be good for me to try to finish a small painting a day since I usually am slow and ponderous with them. But I quickly realized that that's not how I work. I need to have a bunch going at one time, then finish them as it happens, which doesn't really lend itself to a painting a day. I decided to skip posting on Leslie's site and aim at completing 30 paintings in 30 days, rather than getting caught up in one a day. The main objective is to try to keep moving and get things done.
My constraints for the project will be 12" square pieces, and I want to try to experiment with something a little new to me in each one.
I started working with a different palette for me. I was taking a walk at sunset on a crisp winter's night, and was attracted to all the pastel colors in the sky. I think I've spent my life avoiding pastels, so thought they would be fun to play with.
The first one a little heavier on marks.
Then the second one simplified a bit.
I'll be posting more of my paintings on Instagram and am planning to do a weekly summary of how it's going here.
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