Day 17 30 Paintings in 30 Days Jan 2017

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Day 17 30 Paintings in 30 Days Jan 2017
 
We gotta talk tools ...

All the good will in the world doesn't cut the mustard when you need the right brush or have dropped your palette knife for the 1000th time yesterday and now you can't find it.

Alice Edwards 1949 --
Open Book
10" x 8 "
oil on covered board

So taking the time to make sure you have everything handy is so so so worth it.
so the handy dandy check list comes into play,

so brushes yes , water if your medium requires it changing it often too will keep your brushes clean

mineral spirits/mediums for oils traditional or miscible oils

palette knife, 

palette, disposable or permanent

rags, paper towels

garbage bag

apron/shirt to save your clothes

drop cloth maybe?

paints, chose your poison

sitting or standing? prep for you favourite

Peace and quiet! did you turn off your phone, computer, send the kids to the neighbours.

Let the dog out so he doesn't come begging for
relief.

Take breaks often

From here on in you make your own list to suit yourself. No point in having to hop up and down every two minutes because you can't find or forgot to get it out.

Day 16 30 Paintings in 30 Days Jan 2017

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Day 16 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Some days it just doesn't pay to get up ...  

Alice Edwards 1949 —
Building Blocks
5” x 7”
oil on canvas board

on the other hand you just never know when the day going to turn around into something very special.

So really it does pay to show up otherwise you could miss something good

Day 15 30 Paintings in 30 Days Jan 2017

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Day 15 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days
We have reached the half way point! 

 Can you believe it?

It's been fun, a tad hectic but fun. These little painting tidbits are just a sample of waits for you playing with paint or a pencil.

Alice Edwards 1949 --
Study of an Earring
"10" x 8"
oil on stretched canvas

Each gives you a fresh pair of eyes to rediscover the wonder of our world and many ways to let go and begin your life anew.

Feel like slinging some paint around?

Day 14 30 Paintings in 30 Days

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Time
Occasionally time is the enemy. Only so many hours in a day and today does quite have enough

Company is here. I'll talk to you tomorrow
here is todays treasure      

Alice Edwards 1944 --
Blue Bowl
7" x 5
oil on canvas board

Day 13 30 Paintings in 30 Days Jan 2017

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Day 13 - 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Friday the 13th is my lucky day ... good things always happen for me.

Perhaps I'm a backwards person but it's alway been a lucky charm. I think it a lack of fear mixed with desire and voila. Good things happen .

Take today, last week I bought a new drafting table. It was way to heavy for me to assemble on my own as I found out to my chagrin. I was lucky to gt it out of the car and into the house. fortunately with the aid of a trusty little portable hand truck I managed, bought for me last year as a gift on you guessed it a Friday the 13 th.. Been such a life saver so many times this little gizmo.

Alice Edwards 1949 --
Hat and White Cloth
7" x 5"
oil on canvas board

Anyway as I was saying I knew I'd have to have help. I called my very busy son who said he had a day off on Friday .would that work? "It most certainly would" I said with great outward calm since Friday would be the 13th.

So today I had a visit with one of my favourite people my son. He got some very good news while he was here. The drafting table is ready. I painted afterwards. Woohoo! And, I got to make a video for you.

A good day all round and there's even loads of time to watch the boob tube if I wanna.

Day 12 30 Paintings in 30 Days Jan 2027

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A day in the studio

It's icy everywhere today but I bravely toddled off to the studio anyway. Did the penguin walk so as not to wind up on my keister. It's so undignified when that happens.

Alice Edwards 1949 --
Study Abandoned Tubes of Paint
5" x 7"
oil on canvas board

Watered the plants, worked on the final drawing for this year's entry in the International Women's Day Show. Although there's lots of time I paint in oils and they can take awhile to set up.

Gallerists frown mightily at wet paint on their clothes when hanging a show. So there's no brownie points for wet paint.

Had lunch with a friend, had a visitor come in.

I need to paint todays' painting done. Then go home and put together the slide show.

Alice Edwards 1949 --
Study Abandoned Tubes of Paint
detail 
5" x 7"
oil on canvas board

Egads! I just realized that the delivery date for something else is in 13 days!

I gotta a get a move on here

Alice Edwards 1949 --
Study Abandoned Tubes of Paint
5" x 7"
oil on canvas board

Day 11 30 Paintings in 30 Days Jan 2017

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Day 11 30 Paintings in 30 Days

Lost the light got a bad photo.  I really cannot be trusted around new toys. All these bells and whistles have gone straight to my head.

 I'll post a good shot tomorrow in the meantime enjoy the show.
  Here's todays Treasure

Alice Edwards 1949 --Sweetness
10" x 8"
oil on canvas board