Blast from the past!

January 30, 2014

Blast from the past!
So my mom and aunt took pictures of these oil paintings I painted as a kid.
The hydrangeas was in 1989 (I was 13), the roses in 1988 (I was 12) and the still life with the teapot was in 1987 (I was 11). I started taking art lessons with a friend of my mom when I was about 7 or 8--Taty--I still remember her name, she was such a sweetie - RIP Taty.

Roses in a vase - oil on canvas board (1988)

Still life with teapot - Oil on canvas board (1987)

Day 30 of 30 Paintings in 30 days

January 30, 2014

Day 30 of 30 Paintings in 30 days - Valeria, my oldest - watercolor on watercolor paper (16x20 inches approx.)
Below is a collage of all the 30 paintings I did this month (the girl watching TV on the lower right) seems to be a popular one. Let me a comment below letting me know which is your favorite?

I actually did 31 paintings this moth...will post the other one soon..

miriza's 30 Paintings in 30 days - January 2014 - All paintings are watercolors or oil pastels on paper

Day 29 of 30 Paintings in 30 days

January 29, 2014

Day 29 of 30 Paintings in 30 days - Tufted coquettes - watercolor on sketchbook (9x12 inches)

Day 28 of 30 Paintings in 30 days

January 28, 2014

Day 28 of 30 Paintings in 30 days - Alanna (my youngest daughter) at 2 yrs old - watercolor on watercolor paper (16x20 inches)

Alanna - Watercolor on watercolor paper (16x20 inches)

Day 27 of 30 Paintings in 30 days

January 27, 2014

Day 27 of 30 Paintings in 30 days - A little sketch of a European crested tit - watercolor on watercolor sketchbook (12x9 inches). It is also the bird of the week for the Facebook group "Paint Colorful Birds for Fun."

Day 26 of 30 Paintings in 30 days

January 26, 2014

Day 26 - Golden-breasted starling - quick sketch on my watercolor sketchbook

Golden-breasted starling - Watercolor on watercolor paper (9x12 inch sketchbook)

Day 25 of 30 Paintings in 30 days

January 25, 2014

Day 25 of 30 Paintings in 30 days - A quick watercolor sketch of a Puertorican parrot - on my sketchbook...long, busy day so I'm exhausted and did something quick...but at least I kept up with the challenge...

Pardon the bad photo--corners are cream, not pink in real life

Puertorican parrot - Watercolor on watercolor paper (9x12 inches)

Day 24 of 30 Paintings in 30 days

January 24, 2014

Day 24 of 30 Paintings in 30 days: Seren - oil pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes paper (9x11 inches). Note: skintones are more pinkish in real life painting.
Seren is the gorgeous daughter of Sharon Whitley, a fellow PMP artist. Sharon, sorry that I made her look older in this pic. It's all due to the eyes being higher on the face (always my problem). She's a gorgeous girl!

I must confess....I'm running out of steam with this challenge...I usually have a painting or two in sketch stage when the weekend comes so I can get the painting done (due to my limited time on weekends)...not this time...so, we'll see what we come up with....Worse case scenario I present you one of the oil pastel resist + watercolor paintings I did with my girls a few days ago...

Seren - oil pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes (9x11 inches)

Day 23 of 30 Paintings in 30 days

January 23, 2014

Day 23 of 30 Paintings in 30 days - Lonely boat - watercolor on watercolor paper (11x15 inches)
I was more 'in the mood' for this one yet I'm not satisfied with how it turned out -- too overworked and boat perspective is a little off...Next...

Perhaps a square crop would help (getting rid of about 1/3 of the bottom part)

Day 22 of 30 Paintings in 30 days

January 22, 2014

Day 22 of 30 Paintings in 30 days - Colorful Boats - watercolor on watercolor paper (15x11 inches) based on PMP reference photo.
I pushed myself to paint this one because it was one of those days in which I had no motivation/mood to paint at all...