30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day Twenty Seven

"Lego, Limes, and Lamp Light" LWatry©2014

Day 27 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days found me back playing with toys again! This time the painting is "Lego, Limes,and Lamp Light".

The Lego was from my sons childhood collection and the lamp is an old lamp base that came from my Grandma.

I had fun trying to create the feeling of light in the scene from the lamp. There is an upper light and a lower light on this lamp.

The Lego was actually pretty easy to paint. They are made of bright colors and only took a few strokes of paint to create the shapes and shadows.

"Lego, Limes, and Lamp Light" is a 6"x6" watercolor available for purchase on Daily Paintworks for $150 (framed). Click here to purchase.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day Twenty Four

"Monopoly, Marbles, and Mints" LWatry©2014

Day 24 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days is done. It was a late night completion, but I persevered!
This painting is "Monopoly, Marbles, and Mints".

My husband loves to play Monopoly and hopes the games go on for hours. So, I enjoyed painting the Monopoly and I wanted to paint the marbles and mints again, so a marriage of M's transpired.

I started by once again using one of my new favorite colors, Ultramarine Turquoise. I used this color very thinned down for the surface of the Monopoly board.

The little game pieces and marbles were fun to paint. I just needed to make sure I used enough value changes to make them look dimensional. The highlight under some of the marbles gives them the feeling of being reflective.

I like the layout because the big letters in the word Monopoly along with the angled edges in the front looks like an arrow pointing at the viewer.

"Monopoly, Marbles, and Mints" is a 6"x6" watercolor and it is available for purchase on Daily Paintworks for SOLD. Click here to purchase.

30 Paintings in 30 Days - Day Twenty Two

"Chickadee and Chalk" LWatry©2014

Day 22 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days is completed. The painting is "Chickadee and Chalk"

I decided to paint a little simpler image for this painting because I have been getting bogged down in detailed scenes that take up to 6 hours to complete.

The concept for this painting is large pieces of chalk are laying around where a little child has played and a Chickadee has landed on one. I channeled my inner child to write the word 'bird' in chalk on the sidewalk.

To write like I was using chalk, I painted the lines and letters roughly and had some edges that were softened.

"Chickadee and Chalk" is a 6"x6" watercolor and it is available for purchase on Daily Paintworks for $150 (framed). Click here to purchase.