Decorating Clarks Shoes

The local Clarks Shoe store give a number of single shoes to decorate for Christmas. They will be used in their store here in Hanover. Each decorator will get a discount coupon toward their next pair of shoes. Below is my effort.

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No. 11 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Upstream

This was taken from a photo I shot in the Catskill Mountains. It is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper.


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No. 10 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Farm House

Farm House is a 6 by 6 inch acrylic on watercolor paper.Painted from a photo I shot here in Pennsylvania. Tweet

No. 9 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Fishing Boats near Faro

From a photo I shot near Faro, Portugal. This is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper.


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No. 8 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Color

"Color" is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper. The scene was taken from a photo I shot in Massapequa Park on Long Island, New York.


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No. 7 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Canada Goose and Family

I painted this little family from a photo I took this past Spring at Lake Marburg. It is a 6 by 6 inch watercolor on cold press.


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No. 6 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Glass Bottles

It's always good to have a couple of old glass bottles around the house. This is a 6 by 6 inch watercolor on cold press paper.


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No. 5 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Bay of Fundy

Painted from a photo I took back in the 1960s. It is an 8 x 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper.


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No. 4 in the September 2016 30 Painting in 30 Days Challenge

Three Amigos

Painted from a photo I took at the Rio Grande Preserve near Albuquerque, NM.

This is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor on cold press paper. Tweet

No. 3 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Long Arm Reservoir

The Long Arm Reservoir is only a couple of miles from my home. This is the view looking at the north end.

This is a watercolor on 6 by 6 inch cold press paper.


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No. 2 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

The Barn in Winter

This subject was from a photo I took in upstate New York somewhere along the Thruway between Albany and Utica. The building seemed to be a little worse for wear but still holding up.

The picture is a 6 by 8 inch watercolor painted on cold press paper.


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No. 1 in the September 2016 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge

Lake Marburg

Lake Marburg is in Codorus State Park in south-central Pennsylvania. This is watercolor on hot press paper. It's 6 by 8 inches.

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The Second Challenge - September 2016

When I finished the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge in January, 2014, I said I'd do it again however, I didn't really think I would. So, here I am again but better prepared. Before this challenge started I picked out 40 photos I thought would make good subjects for painting. That alone got rid of most of the stress that I experienced last time.




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Enjoy the Ring-side Seat...

Took this through my kitchen window last week.

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St. Pat's Day Dinner

We are ready to eat - corned beef and cabbage with carrots and potatoes and soda bread. This year it was my friend Doris's turn to make the meal.

The table, the food and the cook, Doris Nielson.

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More Snow Photos

Two pictures from Monday. The snow had started to melt but enough is left to give you an idea of what i looked like after the last plow went through.

The front of our place from across the street.

Looking west down our street.

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January Blizzard - 2016

Three photos taken from my windows during the storm. And no, we did not go out.

My neighbor's front door - notice the finch sheltering on top of the window shutter.

Any port in the storm....

The view of the drift outside my kitchen window.

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The Year Away and a Cooper's Hawk

It has been over a year since my last post. In that time we have moved from Long Island to Pennsylvania and suffered some serious health issues. I have also gotten away from Art. I've missed not doing my doings and have just recently started a small water color. I hope to have it done by the beginning of next week.

At our new home a Cooper's hawk enjoyed a Mourning Dove on our front lawn. He ate some of it and took off with the rest. I assume there were some chicks looking for dinner....

Cooper's Hawk with kill

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Elan Valley, Wales, Painting

View of Elan Valley, Wales

This is a 9 x 12 inch oil painting of a view along the river in the Elan Valley, Wales. I used a pallet knife on canvas. The subject was painted from a photograph I took while visiting the area.

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#30 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days

The Bookcase

This 4 by 8 inch (10.2 x 20.3 cm) original watercolor is painted on archival 140 lb. cold pressed watercolor paper. The subject of the painting is based on one of my own bookcases.


The end has come to the challenge. I did it, which was very satisfying. Having said that, I have to admit that it put a lot of pressure on me. It wasn't the painting - it was trying to decide what to paint and if the subject was too involved to paint within a couple of hours.

I'd do it again, but not for a while.

"The Bookcase" - $30.00.    Click here to Purchase.




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