AEDM - Day 8 - Holden's Red Barn

Today I am at the EcoTarium while my son attends his class. I brought  my paints with me and did this little 3"x3" painting of the Red Barn in Holden where they have a festival every fall.

The quality of the image isn't as good as my others, because it's not scanned; I snapped a picture with my iPhone and put it up. (I LOVE my iPhone and Macbook Pro! It's like I can take my office and art studio with me wherever I go.)

Here's my portable office and art studio!

AEDM Day 7 - polar bear sweethearts

It may be Art Every Day Month, but someday the too-tight schedule says "Keep it simple!" So, today's 3"x3" acrylic-on-watercolor-paper is very simple. It was inspired by a book I'm reading with my son (the "Seekers" series) about several bears traveling together. One of them is a polar bear and currently their journey has them in the polar bear's natural habitat. Will Kallik strike up a romance with Yakone? Only time will tell.

AEDM Day 6 - "Good friends are like angels"

Where do I get these ideas? Well, today I wasn't getting any ideas naturally, so I went to my "things to paint" file. And sure enough there was a doodle there--you know the kind you do when you are on the phone or something--which I had liked enough to save. Three little angel ladies. So I turned them into today's 3"x3" painting.

AEDM Day 5 - colorful zentangle

Today I couldn't think of any scene or subject from real life that spoke to me, so I decided to do a design and just enjoy the color and shapes. The painting (another 3"x3"  acrylic on watercolor paper) strikes me as a cross between one of my regular paintings, plus zentangle, plus Indian influence. I really love it and may make it into a card.

AEDM Day 4 - an autumn river

Driving down to Rhode Island yesterday we saw such beautiful autumn color. This season has been such a joy--tons of color with minimal rain. 

This little painting is just 3"x3" - making them tiny makes "Art Every Day Month" much easier for me. It also gives me a chance to try out new techniques, like my new acrylics-on-watercolor-paper, with Micron pen added detail. Not terribly complex or even skilled, but SO much fun to do!

AEDM Day 3 - another tree

Do you sense a theme here? I am discovering and experimenting with trees and background patterns.

It's "Art Every Day Month" (AEDM)!

I realize that I never blog here any more. It's because I have a day job (a job I have to blog for), I'm homeschooling a really challenging and wonderful 10-year old boy, and of course there's the art. But I persist! I didn't remember AEDM until today, the 2nd day of the month, but I won't let that deter me. Here's today's creation. I have recently started doing these acrylic-on-watercolor-paper pictures, accented with Micron pen, and they are really fun!