Day 7 Slice of Lime

A Little Lime  6 x 6 pastel

Day 7 — A cool drink with a slice of lime. 
 

Day 6 — End of Summer

End of Summer  8 x 8 pastel

Day 6 — I was finally able to successfully grow sunflowers last summer. The key is protecting the seedlings from the bunnies until they are about a foot tall. I look forward to trying different varieties this summer. 

 

Day 5 Spoon

 

Spoon  7 x 5 pastel

Day 5 - Drove to Southern Vermont Art Center in Manchester today to pick up some paintings. It's a great venue, stop in if you happen to be in Southern VT.

Decided to do something fast. I didn't time myself but it was under 30 mins. This spoon was my Mom's. It has her maiden initials on it (JMT). I'm not sure I understand that logic. Did she think she would never marry? I have 3 of these spoons and had a pair of earrings made out of the other two. They are very Art Deco and I love them. They mean a lot to me. I knew you would want to see them:

Day 4 Belted

Belted  8 x 10 pastel

 

Day 4 — "Belted" is a Highland/Belted Galloway cross from Unconventional Acres in Arena, Wisconsin. He looks angry, but I bet he is a love. They have graciously let me use their photos as reference. 

https://www.unconventionalacres.com/

I am very fond of Belted Galloways and Scottish Highland cattle so what a treat to find this combo.

Day 3 — Sadie

 

Sadie 8 x 8 1/2 pastel

Day 3 — Got a very late start, and no this is not a 20 min painting. Far from it. I enjoyed this and learned a lot, but it took a while.

Sadie was born a few days ago, on The Gateway Farm. Her mom is a Guernsey, the farms first milking cow. I look forward to watching Sadie grow up and seeing what Abby does with the golden milk. 

Day 2 — Diamond

Diamond  5 x 7 pastel

Day 2 — Diamond was a gilt when I met her (female who has not reproduced), but she is now a sow and expecting her second litter soon. Thank you Abby from The Gateway Farm in Bristol VT for some great reference material and even better maple syrup.

Check it out:

thegatewayfarm.com

Day 1 — Backlit Bovine

 

Backlit Bovine 7 x 5 pastel

Day 1 — It's that time of year again— 30 Paintings in 30 Days. To my knowledge there is no worldwide challenge, so I decided to do my own. It's a great way to get me to the easel, and it's been a long time.

I decided to start out simple: 20 mins. Stop. Photograph. Continue. I think I finished at 35 mins. 

Here is 20 min. It needed a little tweaking, but I am calling her done.