Italian Greyhound in the Fall #3

My mother is partial to grey Italian Greyhounds, and I love the grey/ purples and yellow/oranges together.  Playing with colors and brush strokes.

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/daryl-lyn/italian-greyhound-in-the-fall/254517

Scottie at the Pond

Painting black dogs is always a challenge, since there is no black on my palette and they aren't "really" black!  I was looking at a black Scottie at a cafe the other day, and observed the blues, purples, and reds in his coat.  That prompted me to take on a Scottie for this 2nd challenge day!

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/daryl-lyn/scottie-at-the-pond/254244

30 Dogs in 30 Days for the ASPCA

Today I started a “30 paintings in 30 days” challenge with Leslie Saeta.  

800 of my “closest artist friends” (of whom I’ve met none) will be participating.  We’ll post our daily work on Leslie’s page, and here, of course.  Leslie suggested we think of a theme – I went round and round - travel, flowers, doors….  Finally decided to do 30 dogs.  I’ve been meaning to do that for some time.

My sketches will be for sale at my Daily Paintworksgallery.  25% of the proceeds will be donated to the Galveston Humane Society.  They do wonderful work and two of my precious grand-dogs are “Galveston Specials” from there!  25% more will go to the Southern California German Shepherd Rescue (SOCAL).  I’ve fostered for them, love the work they are doing – saving lives every day!

This is my first piece, a 5x7 on canvas of Jacob.  He was one of my foster dogs in Norfolk – the most wonderful baby.  I only had him for 2 months, and occasionally to this day wish I’d kept him.  We found him a great home, with doggie sister on a farm.  Such a change from the way we found him – thrown out of a car in the traffic, run over and rescued by the 3^rd car behind.  He never missed a beat.  He was joyful, loving and in constant motion, except this one time when we caught him “veg’ing” by the water.

This piece is for sale at my Daily Paintworks Gallery

Linda Fisler #4 Mood large

                       

 This online workshop with Artists Network University was wonderful!  Each exercise proved to be challenging – and I’ve learned so much – Linda Fisler is an excellent coach!

When going from my 30 minute study to the larger piece, I pre-mixed most of the colors first.  Even then, once they got onto the canvas, it began to change – the cool violets began to look green when compared to the warmer ones and the yellows.  Really odd.  So I greyed lots more, and put in some detail that didn’t go in the study.  Photos are: current stage of painting (I’m waiting for Linda’s recommendations to finish it) and the study (as a reminder).

Linda Fisler #3 and #4 take 2

Linda Fisler #3 & #4  take 2

I made some changes to the floral based on Linda’s coaching.  Think it’s much nicer now.  Also, gave myself 5 minutes each this morning to add some complementary color to the three mood studies that were flat.  Linda was “spot on” again!  Now I’m on the finish the assignment: going to do the large version in the purples.

Linda Fisler #4 - mood

Been traveling and workshopping (more on that later), so it took me a while to get back to the Linda Fisler online workshop.  The assignment was to write 4 moods on scraps of paper (Sorrow, Joy, Peace, Anger), choose a photo to paint and then randomly pull a mood out of the hat.  Then, paint in that mood.  I cheated and decided to do each mood in a color study (30 min study each) and then will choose which to do in large.  I've sent them on the Linda - will have to choose one by tomorrow morning so I can get started on the big painting.  Any preferences???

They are in order: original photo, anger, joy, peace and sorrow.