Day 54 - 100 Day Project

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Still catching up a bit here. I think I have only 2 days more until I'm on time. Although I will get behind again cause next week I'll be in Colorado visiting my sister. I'm taking watercolors cause it's super easy to travel with watercolors and they dry really fast. But I may get behind in posting and updating but that's ok! I'll get back on track when I get back and then hopefully finish strong! :)

Day 53 - 100 Day Project

Day 53 - 100 Day ProjectFollow me on Instagram @KathrynJNeale, #100Days20minptgs, #100DayProject Click here for official webpage.

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Kind of like this one - experimenting with going more all over with the painting. Definitely more rhythmic but I also liked stopping when I could've gone a little further and keeping it rather simple. Still loving drawing with the pastels. Using a medium against what it's "supposed" to be has been fun these past couple weeks. Pastel is a dry medium so obviously mixing it with paint and lots of water, the physical makeup of chalky pastel either makes it completely dissolve in the water, or it rejects the water depending on how much pastel or how much water. And that is fun to experiment with. So don't be afraid to try out different media and use it against what it's "supposed" to do. You could find unexpected freedom in joy in a new method of painting.

Day 51 - 100 Day Project

Day 51 - 100 Day ProjectFollow me on Instagram @KathrynJNeale, #100Days20minptgs, #100DayProject Click here for official webpage.

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Actually couple days behind so this weekend I hope to catch up! Wednesday leaving for CO so I know it will be a while before updating again. But will definitely stay on top of this project.

Day 50 - 100 Day Project

Day 50 - 100 Day ProjectFollow me on Instagram @KathrynJNeale, #100Days20minptgs, #100DayProject Click here for official webpage.

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Day 50! I'm just 2 days behind I think so this is  a little late but definitely feeling back on track with Day 50. HALF WAY THROUGH! I was in great need of some more inspiration - color-wise, and also switched to some panels (getting tired of just paper). Good decision.

Next week (literally a week from today, Thursday) I will be driving with my son to Colorado to visit my sister and her daughters. Feeling a bit of trepidation to be doing this all by myself but come last night, I feel a renewed sense of urgency. I need a break! I need a pause and I need to just leave my life right now here for a bit. Looking forward to it.

Day 45 - 100 Day Project

Day 45 - 100 Day ProjectFollow me on Instagram @KathrynJNeale, #100Days20minptgs, #100DayProject Click here for official webpage.

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Totally have taken last week off - not on purpose of course! But after 5 straight days with my son all by myself and then another 5 with my brother-in-law in town, I fell into a bout of exhaustion and fatigue I haven't felt in a long long time. Now catching up!

I also was getting bored, waiting to go get some flat squared panels for sketching and not just on paper. I also wanted more Annie Sloan colors and got them! Next time will get some more.

Day 43 - 100 Day Project

Day 43 - 100 Day ProjectFollow me on Instagram @KathrynJNeale, #100Days20minptgs, #100DayProject Click here for official webpage.

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I actually DID do Day 43 yesterday but just didn't have time to post. Picking hubbie up from airport tonight at 10 pm WHILE trying to get my paintings for the gallery opening all shaped up. Deliver them this Friday so lots going on at night! :)

Day 40 - 100 Day Project

Day 40 - 100 Day ProjectFollow me on Instagram @KathrynJNeale, #100Days20minptgs, #100DayProject Click here for official webpage.

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Going different direction for a bit - wanting to do this for a while. But made sketches from a friend's photographs of Scotland. I love the UK and would give anything to go hike the Scottish highlands so it's a lifelong dream of mine to go there. Of course this one is abstracted but this one and Day 41 are definitely freeing me up to look at the negative space (the suggestion of the "lake") and suggest landscape instead of floral arrangements. Always trying something new is fun for a bit!

Day 39 - 100 Day Project

Day 39 - 100 Day ProjectFollow me on Instagram @KathrynJNeale, #100Days20minptgs, #100DayProject Click here for official webpage.

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Having fun with this one with texture. Playing with the white paint squeezing straight out of the tube. Lovely effect! I just wish I had foreseen this and not done it on such thin pastel paper - oh well! But really fun to get into the texture again. That's why I miss oils which is SO easy to do with oils.

Day 38 - 100 Day Project

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Not digging this one at all! It's really awkward! I like some of the stuff that's happening but I deliberately chose a floral arrangement that was much more symmetrical - little off balance but had a beautiful "S" curve with the little yellow flowers kind of sitting in a bowl, etc. Of course I just dislike so much symmetry so at the end I had to make the background green not just a circle but spill out to the side there. But the "S" got out of control. Of course I would love more negative space/background around the area but it just go so overworked. Not the greatest. But again - it's OK! It's just practice and good to push yourself! :)

 

Day 37 - 100 Day Project

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Again not really liking this series - it's ok. I know I'm referencing floral bouquets and that translating that composition is interesting. But pracicing what I'm preaching, it's a little too literal for me. But it's good to try to be reminded of how to possible translate something from a photo and be expressive and/or more abstract in it's interpretation. I also love the photographs are really well spaced - there's a lot of negative space around the floral arrangement and that design sense in me is loving that part. But it's harder for me to replicate that in these small spaces for the paintings. I also feel like in the mornings now, it's not as free-flowing - my energy seems to overwork everything!

But it's great to be aware of how your energy flows and what works for you - it may shift and change per day, per week but being aware is also half the battle.

 

Day 36 - 100 Day Project

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Ok flowery bouquet-looking one from that wreath book. I think I'll be working with this for a little bit until I get bored too. But it's making me realize that I need to start practicing what I preach - I might start working on some sketches for exercises that I need to post! The book is perfect to show how you can translate imagery into more abstract forms and play with those, using the book/photography as references only.