I’ve been messing with charcoal again. I do enjoy doing the human form in charcoal. I think it really shows off the the shape of the body. This piece really captures the woman’s femininity. I think women who have some curve to them are more interesting to draw and paint. I think there’s more interest and texture. I appreciate all body types of course, but I have my favorite shapes and forms. Do you have any preferred body types you enjoy to paint or draw?
Much love & Many blessings!
-Jason
Day thirty and the end of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Today’s subject is another Sunflower. I enjoyed painting the one yesterday so much that I decided to paint another. I decided to have some fun with this one though. I used Titanium white and Crimson on this piece. I just mixed different amounts of each for different sections. I used it straight out of the tube in certain areas. I love how it turned out and think it’s just fun. It would be great for a little girls room or have a big one hanging behind a sofa. It’s really a fun piece and glad this is the one I’m ending the challenge with. Let me know what you think
6″ by 4 1/2″ Acrylic on 140 lb watercolor paper.
Much love!!!
-Jason-
Day twenty nine of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Today’s subject is another Sunflower. I did a bigger variety this time though and I LOVE how it turned out. It’s honestly my favorite one out of the whole month! I love Sunflowers and they instantly make me think of Summer. My favorites are the yellow ones even though they have so many different colors available out there. You can’t see it in the picture, but this piece has a lot of texture in the middle section. I used the opposite end of my brush to do the seed area to make make the dots. I want to do a bigger one eventually. They just make me happy. Let me know what you think.
4 1/2″ by 6″ Acrylic on 140 lb watercolor paper.
Much love!!!
-Jason-
Day twenty five of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Today’s subject is another Magnolia. These are one of my favorite tree’s. Like I mentioned in one of the other magnolia painting posts. My Grandma and Great Grandma have them in their yards. It just makes me think of them and the South where I live right now. It’s just a southern tree. I just picture debutantes sitting beneath them sipping sweet tea be wooed by many a suitor. There’s a romance about them and I smile every time I see one. I really like how this piece turned out. It really has some depth to it and I love how the stamen in the middle pops! I do need to go back in and lighten some area’s. The bottom left petal is bothering me, but I had to get it posted for the challenge. I will go back in and fix it before I post it for sale. Let me know what you think.
6″ by 6″ Acrylic on 140 lb watercolor paper
Much love!!!
-Jason-
Day twenty three of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Today’s subject is yet another Rose. There’s going to be a few more after this one just so you know! I just love painting Roses! They are such elegant graceful flowers. I can’t wait to have my own Rose garden one day. I’ll never run out of photo references then. Oh what a happy day that will be! Anyway back to chatting about the piece. I know I already did one red Rose, but I wanted to do another one that had deeper colors. I think this one turned out  nicely and I love the hits of red orange in the piece. I did a lot of dark shadowing on this one with black.
4″ by 4 1/2″ Acrylic on 140 lb watercolor paper.
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Much love!!!
-Jason-
Day 22 of the 30 paintings in 30 days. Today’s subject is a Sunflower. The reference photo was a picture my best friend Ashley took. She’s a photographer and takes awesome pictures. This was probably taken at her parents farm. This didn’t turn out exactly like I was wanting. I know what I did wrong though and next time it will look better. I just applied it too dark to begin with where the Ochre color is. At least the piece has some dimension with the one flower in front of the other. I would like to re do this one though sometime.
6″ by 4 1/2″ Acrylic on 140 lb watercolor paper.
Day twenty of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Today’s subject is another Asiatic Lily. I like how I captured the pollen on the pistils, ready to pollinate near by suitors! The pink and yellows play so nicely together. It could of been better, but that’s what I love about this challenge. It makes you be creative, you have to put out daily work, and by the end of the 30 days you have grown. I definitely like the first lily better though!
4″ by 4 1/2″ Acrylic on 140 lb watercolor paper.
Much love!!!
-Jason-
Here’s another little Mushroom watercolor I did at the same time as the one I posted at the end of December. I had the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge during January, so I had to wait to post it so it didn’t get lost in the other paintings. I would of had to do a double posting and I don’t like to post more than one a day. I think this one is really fun! I love the bright yellow caps and how I made them into a little clump. Painting mushrooms reminds me of being a kid going to hikes looking for Morels when they started to pop up. Maybe that will be my next piece. A Morel would be fun to paint that’s for sure. Anyway back to the piece in this post. I need to go back and go over the black areas again. You can see some lighter colors through it in areas. The scanner also takes some of the vibrancy out of the piece when I scan them into my computer. I need to get a program to touch it up to bring it back to a more accurate color. I’m happy with it though and I like how I faded it to one side. I think it will make a cute postcard. Overall it’s a cute little quick painting. I’ll be doing more Mushroom’s in the future.
Much love!!!
-Jason-
Day eighteen of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Today’s subject is a Calla Lily. I love Calla Lilies. I’m not happy with how this one came out though. The point of the challenge is just creating a painting everyday. It doesn’t even have to be finished or perfect. It’s just to get your mind creating and pushes you to create. I do enjoy the challenge even though some days I don’t feel like doing much. I’m going to have to do another Calla Lily  and take more time doing it. Not that these little paintings don’t take a few hours to do. It does help me create and doing a painting everyday does help you improve your skills.
4″ by 4 1/2″ Acrylic on 140 lb watercolor paper.
Much love!!!
-Jason-
Day seventeen of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Today’s subject is a Rhododendron. Such a classic flower that makes me think of little cottages and old plantation homes. They are a very sculptural evergreen plant that really works with any landscape. They come in a variety of colors and I can’t wait to plant some on my one day property. I really like how this one turned out. There’s not a whole flower in there, just hints of a couple of the flowers that grow in clusters.
4″ by 4 1/2″ Acrylic on 140 lb watercolor paper.
Much love!!!
-Jason-
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