I Have De-Boned the Duck

Day 30

After Toulouse-Lautrec

I am sure many of you have seen the movie Julie & Julia in which the character, Julie keeps putting off the intimidating recipe where she has to de-bone a duck.  My husband said at the beginning of this challenge of 30 Paintings in 30 Days, that it reminded him of that scene in the movie.

So my friends, I have completed the challenge with Painting #30 today.

Like Julie says in the move, one must be fearless - No Fear!

Make up for Day 29

Day 29

30 Paintings in 30 Days

After Fairfield Porter

I was first introduced to Fairfield Porter's style by Tim Horn. This style of portraiture is often referred to as a "mudhead".  The first time I heard that term was at a Peggi Kroll-Roberts workshop.  Here is Henshe's definition:

               "A model, often one of the local Portuguese fisherman’s children, posed on the beach, sitting on a barrel with their back to the sun.  The students positioned their easels facing the shadow side of the model.  Hawthorne instructed them to paint this dramatic silhouette against the blaze of light on the beach, the water, and emanating from the sky.  By having his students paint with a large, unwieldy putty knife, it forced them to concentrate on the large shapes of color, rather than outlines around the shapes, the way one might do when painting with a brush.  The quality of a study was judged by the effectiveness with which the light was suggested by these simple shapes of color.  The resulting mud-like color of the face in shadow gave rise to the studies' nickname, "mud head"."

--From Henry Hensche: Teaching

One more to go!

Final Day for 30 in 30

So Saturday was day number 30 in Leslie Saeta's challenge of 30 Paintings in 30 Days of which I am showing 28 in my collage above. 

My husband and I took a trip to Yosemite and that threw me behind in the challenge for several days but I intend to catch up this week and finish my final two!

It has been a great challenge and I loved getting up each morning with an idea already planned to paint.  But in a few days it will be good to get back to my own paintings and commissions!

Thanks to all for viewing and your support through this challenge!

Love that Man......et!

Day 27

30 Paintings in 30 Days

After Edouard Manet

Love Manet's paintings! The more I study them, the more I appreciate his work! Unfortunately I had a full day today and by the time I finished this there was only my easel light to photograph from so some of the colors are a little washed out.  

I will try to get a new shot of it tomorrow!

3 days left in the challenge!

After Thiebaud

Day 26 

30 Paintings in 30 Days

Wayne Thiebaud is an American painter best known for his colorful works depicting commonplace objects—pies, lipsticks, paint cans, ice cream cones, pastries, and hot dogs—as well as for his landscapes and figures. Wikipedia

Great line work (on the original).  I couldn't quite get his thin vibrant lines on such a small painting 6 x 6".  Was fun to paint anyway!

I put in some line work before I began began painting and that is probably what I should of stuck with so my line work doesn't get muddy.

I found my line work was too thick so I had to cut back into it.

Just need to finish up her hand, ice cream cone and background.

FUN!

One More Sorolla and a Hinkle

Day 25

30 Paintings in 30 Days

After Sorolla (again!)

His nose really isn't this lavender, nor is his ear so red!  Something is happening with my camera settings!!



And I needed to make up Day #2 as I was babysitting my niece's children that day and I just could not paint!


Day 2 

After Clarence Hinkle (1880-1960)

Loved the dappled sunlight!

After Vuillard

Day 24

30 Paintings in 30 Days

OK.  I have to tell you.  I picked this one because of the hat!

Now for the original artist.....I think it is Edouard Vuillard.  At least that is who it was attributed to on Pinterest but when I went to find it today on the internet, it had disappeared. Oh, it was still on Pinterest but when I Googled Vuillard, she didn't show up.  When I went to the match program on Art.com, she didn't show up.  So there you are.  A great hat and an unknown artist.

Only 6 more days!