Palmarin Merges: In the Studio

I need to spend more time drawing.  Enough said.  Maybe the challenge should be daily drawing weekly painting? 

plastic sheep, burning bush

I bought this brush in an antique store. I liked the feel of it in my hand and its weight.  I imagine that it had a full life with a former wallpaperer.  Or maybe not and now its lot in life is to become this week’s challenge. Paint on!

a nice sturdy little brush

For this week’s painting challenge I felt like doing something ‘abstract’ today.  These were inspired by the dying flowers on my desk.  I couldn’t mix colors today.  Everything came out too pastel for me.  Maybe it is low blood sugar.  I’ll try again later on today after some lunch and gardening.

acrylic on cardboard

I opened the Audubon Society Pocket Guide book of Familiar Birds of North America and there he was, Cedar Waxwing.  This image is 4.5″ x 6.25″ painted in acrylic.  If you’ve decided to join me in this weekly challenge, send me an image and I’ll see if I can’t figure out how to post it on my blog.  Have a great week!

For my first blog, I am going to challenge myself by completing a painting a week on gessoed cardboard! This idea was inspired by Duane Keiser’s ‘A Painting A Day’.  Every wednesday there will be post of the completed painting.  Enjoy!  If you like, why don’t you do this challenge with me!