Dawn Mist
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Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Wednesday, 24 September 2014
Preparing for Painting A Day Challenge
I'm a little behind in posting this (my apologies), but I am not behind in my schedule to prepare for my painting challenge (yay!). Over the last week I collected my various images, prepared my paper and printed my pics. I formatted the pics to be the same size as the watercolour paper, just to make it easier for me to sketch.
This week, I will work on sketching the images onto the watercolour paper, make sure I have all the paint colours I need ready and available, and prepping the sketches with masking fluid as necessary. This is the last week I have to prepare and I'm starting to get a little nervous - especially after seeing the pile of paintings I have in queue! But I'm also excited, which is helping to keep me motivated and moving forward.
October this year is a fun month to start this challenge in as it starts on a Wednesday. I have a bunch of options on how to handle this: do I start on Wednesday? the Monday prior? or the first Monday of the month? I've decided it will be best to start on the Monday prior (which is technically September, but I won't tell if you won't). This gives me 5 weeks of painting to look forward to! I've also decided that there's just no way I can paint continuously for 31 days, so I'm giving myself weekends off and only painting Monday-Friday each week. This should give me 25 paintings by the end of my challenge, depending on the number of hiccups I encounter along the way (smiles).
It amuses me that this challenge is something I could only do now, being unemployed. I mean, there's no way I could take a month off work to do this, and I don't think I would have enough time in a day to complete a painting while working! Way to take advantage of what is usually a bad situation (smiles)!
You won't hear from me again until my first painting is complete. The plan is to post each painting at the end of its day. There won't be a lot of commentary attached to these posts, they will be quick and dirty. Wish me luck!
This week, I will work on sketching the images onto the watercolour paper, make sure I have all the paint colours I need ready and available, and prepping the sketches with masking fluid as necessary. This is the last week I have to prepare and I'm starting to get a little nervous - especially after seeing the pile of paintings I have in queue! But I'm also excited, which is helping to keep me motivated and moving forward.
October this year is a fun month to start this challenge in as it starts on a Wednesday. I have a bunch of options on how to handle this: do I start on Wednesday? the Monday prior? or the first Monday of the month? I've decided it will be best to start on the Monday prior (which is technically September, but I won't tell if you won't). This gives me 5 weeks of painting to look forward to! I've also decided that there's just no way I can paint continuously for 31 days, so I'm giving myself weekends off and only painting Monday-Friday each week. This should give me 25 paintings by the end of my challenge, depending on the number of hiccups I encounter along the way (smiles).
It amuses me that this challenge is something I could only do now, being unemployed. I mean, there's no way I could take a month off work to do this, and I don't think I would have enough time in a day to complete a painting while working! Way to take advantage of what is usually a bad situation (smiles)!
You won't hear from me again until my first painting is complete. The plan is to post each painting at the end of its day. There won't be a lot of commentary attached to these posts, they will be quick and dirty. Wish me luck!
Sunday, 14 September 2014
Month of Painting Challenge: A Painting A Day
As if my life isn't hectic enough (smiles), I've decided to start a Painting a Day Challenge for October 2014!
I've been only dimly aware of this movement, but it wasn't until I saw a local artist offering a workshop in it that I became inspired to jump on the band wagon (as it were). The only difference is that I haven't found any postings online where someone did this with watercolour paintings. I can't imagine that I've stumbled upon a completely new take on this. I think it's more likely that I just haven't found them yet!
I plan on following the majority of the rules for other Painting a Day Challenges:
1) size will be either 4x6 or 5x7
2) any topic I choose
3) commit to at least 1 painting/day
That's it! Over the course of the next few weeks I will be planning my month out (choosing photos/subjects, collecting supplies, arranging my schedule, and prepare my "studio"). And because I bore easily, I thought it would be a good idea to set weekly "themes" so that every week I paint something a little different.
I will post each painting as it's complete, with a bit of description and whether it's up for sale or not.
I would love to know if you have ever done anything like this and what your experience with it was (loved it/hated it, what you might do differently, would you do it again?) and you are more than welcome to join me and post your paintings here. I'm sure we'd make a wonderful support team! Wish me luck :)
I've been only dimly aware of this movement, but it wasn't until I saw a local artist offering a workshop in it that I became inspired to jump on the band wagon (as it were). The only difference is that I haven't found any postings online where someone did this with watercolour paintings. I can't imagine that I've stumbled upon a completely new take on this. I think it's more likely that I just haven't found them yet!
I plan on following the majority of the rules for other Painting a Day Challenges:
1) size will be either 4x6 or 5x7
2) any topic I choose
3) commit to at least 1 painting/day
That's it! Over the course of the next few weeks I will be planning my month out (choosing photos/subjects, collecting supplies, arranging my schedule, and prepare my "studio"). And because I bore easily, I thought it would be a good idea to set weekly "themes" so that every week I paint something a little different.
I will post each painting as it's complete, with a bit of description and whether it's up for sale or not.
I would love to know if you have ever done anything like this and what your experience with it was (loved it/hated it, what you might do differently, would you do it again?) and you are more than welcome to join me and post your paintings here. I'm sure we'd make a wonderful support team! Wish me luck :)
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