Yvonne's Sketchbook

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 29

A day of horrendous weather with gusts of up to 66mph overnight and not much better now (9pm), it's still gusting to nearly 60mph out there with snow flurries and, with the windchill, is -7C outside!

Yet another busy day. Decided to have a re-work of one of the paintings I did earlier in the month, the rock pool one. This time on a 6" x 6" canvas board. Wasn't that happy with it but you have to try these things - so, here it is anyway. I did however enjoy working with my favourite colours at the end of a crazy busy day :-)

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 28

Another busy day and only time for a quick slosh of paint and a little doodling...

Acrylic and tombow marker on A4 size mixed media paper. Fishing net on the shore.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 27

Very little time today for putting brush to canvas or paper. As well as being an artist and photographer I also work as a self-employed bookkeeper and here in the UK the deadline for filing your annual tax return is the 31st January - some people like to leave things right until the last minute so today I've had a pile of last minute accounts to prepare. this happens every single year and I start reminding people at least 6 months previously that they need to get my paperwork to me. It's not until late January that the threat of an automatic fine of 100 pounds for late filing impinges on their consciousness and they get around to bringing me their paperwork. Aaaarghhh!

So today all I did was another exercise from the Rolina van Vliet book, working with black and white. Acrylic paint on A4 mixed media paper.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 26

Not much time today, but I did manage to spent a wee while playing with modelling paste on a 6" x 6" canvas board and used some of my favourite colours - purples and magentas plus a little silver.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 21

Well, I made it on the ferry, it was a bit lumpy and bumpy out there but happily it sailed.

Today's painting is exercise 7 from the Rolina van Vliet book that i'm following and mentioned in previous posts. A4 mixed media paper, acrylic paint.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 20

Day 20 already! Where is this month disappearing to!

I may not have chance to post for a few days now as I'm heading off to another island for a long weekend, I don't think i'll have much in the way of internet but I'll be taking my art supplies with me so, each day, once my work is done i'll be settling down to a little painting. The weather forecast does not look good and there is every likelihood that either the ferry i'm booked on tomorrow to go will be cancelled or the ferry that i'm booked on to come back on Monday will be cancelled!

Exercise 6, variant 1 from the Rolina van Vliet book "Painting Abstracts: Ideas, Projects and Techniques." A4 size mixed media paper. Acrylic paint.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 19

The fifth painting of the week, an abstract exercise from the Rolina van Vliet book. This was exercise 5, variant 1. I wasn't too happy with the look of it so decided to paint over the parts that had turned muddy brown with black and then once that was dry I added some splashes of white - see the unfinished version below the finished version. I know it was only an exercise but I just wasn't happy with it in it's unfinished state! 

A4 size mixed media paper. Acrylic paint.

And the unfinished version that I decided to work on a little more:-

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 18

My fourth painting of this week and the 18th of the challenge. Once again trying out the exercises in the Rolina van Vliet book "Painting Abstracts: Ideas, Projects and Techniques." I have to say i'm enjoying the exercises. I cover the example photos in the book and just work from the text as i'm conscious that I don't want to be influenced by them - I want to work from my own imagination and feelings.

This is mixed media (oil pastel, acrylic paint and tombow water-soluble markers) on A4 size mixed media paper.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 17

Day 17 of this challenge by Leslie Saeta. Continuing my exploration of abstract painting from the Rolina van Vliet book. This is the third exercise in the book, variant number one.

Acrylic on A4 mixed media paper. I was reasonably happy with it, although it probably would have been better to use heavy body acrylic paint rather than the fluid acrylics - the colours I chose were fairly transparent. I'm calling this a sketch painting really as I feel I may be able to do something with this image - it gave me ideas for future work.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day 16

The second exercise from the Rolina van Vliet book "Painting Abstracts: Ideas, Projects and Techniques."

At first, when I first started working on it I hated this painting but as I gradually persevered and progressed with it, I engaged with it more and it grew on me. Once I was finished I was fairly pleased. I liked the colours and the overall look of it - I'll call it "Rock Pool" because that's what it rmeinds me of :-)

Exercise 2, variant 1. A4 mixed media paper. Acrylic paint and Tombow watercolour pens.