Howdy Everyone!
I’ve been pretty productive on the making artwork front and just the opposite on the sharing artwork front. SO. Time to work on those sharing muscles. Remember back in 2009 when I did a drawing a day? Well, I’m trying it again. I dunno how the sharing aspect/ blog bit is going to shake out, but I do know that I joined a site called dailypaintworks.com created by artist Carol Marine who also wrote the absolutely fantastic book Daily Painting: Paint Small and Often To Become a More Creative, Productive, and Successful Artist. All of my daily pieces will be for sale on my dailypaintworks site. The “shop” link on my website will take you there as well.
I learned so much when I was drawing daily and I’m looking forward to my painting and drawing skills improving as I practice making smaller work more often.
I’m starting with drawings to keep things a little simpler while I get my daily creating (and sharing) muscles back. However, there’s a brand spankin’ new plein air easel and a batch of little blank panels riding around in the back of a truck right now on their way to my house. I started teaching outdoor painting lessons to a friend and realized that painting outside is a great way to learn. It’s a practice that forces you to work fast— those clouds are not holding still for you, no matter how nicely you ask.
In a room of tables, I often end up working on the floor. In addition to painting and drawing outside, I’m hoping the plein air easel will help save my body from the aches of being a floor-drawing-contortionist.
Anyway, Here I go!
This is a little collection of some of my favorite things I’ve made this month.
Echinacea. 5x7 inches. graphite on paper
Kitchen Door, Summer. 7x10 inches. Graphite on paper.
Hayfield, Third Try. 9x6 inches. Graphite on paper.
South River Bend. 5.5x7 inches. Watercolor on paper.
See you soon!
xo,
Maggie