daily paint over run by turkey, November 20th, 2007

Howdy!

Yes, I'm here now. I am sorry to inform you, there was no (none,nadda, zippo,zeroid) daily paint slung about today at my studio.

However, the house is squeaky clean. The meal is planned, and the groceries are purchased; enough to keep 18 (count'em eighteen) people happy, I hope:)

Regarding studio work however, it was a bit of polish off the last little bits kind of day. Two figurative paintings and one still life got their varnish today. Another figurative piece got it's wire attached. And we found the camera! Tomorrow I will do a final photo for you of the two pieces I have been working on to send to the 'Rave On' invitational at the Clear Lake (Iowa) Arts Center.

Right now I will upload yesterday's daily paint. It' s a canvas that I had worked on before and knew it needed more:) So here's more: 'Straight On', acrylic painting on canvas, 20 x 16 inches.

Later, Cooper

ps. Here's a link to 'Straight On' when I first tried to convince myself that it was done:)

http://www.karencooperpaintings.com/blog/1799

"A Painting A Day"

Hello, and happy Sunday afternoon to you!

I have been looking at all the "painting a day" people's sites, and there are many. Way to go, and congratulations to you all. It's not nearly as easy as it sounds. For those unfamiliar with the phrase and it's use, it literally means an artist commits to painting a work of art each day. Yes, it's allowed to be smaller, and ok, it's not as complex as usual.

I would love to say that I'm there, I'm getting it done, BUT no, not yet. So, is there anyone out there who wants to form a "painting every 2 1/2 to 3 days" group? No, I'm not serious. I am continuing to push for the one a day. Just watch, I'll get there.

As for today, I uploaded a piece that I started at a studio group session, and finished up yesterday. Actually, you get to see three jpgs of it---one, as it looked after the studio session, two, where I played with a copy of the image to find a solution for finishing it, and three, as it is now, and if you look close, yeah, it's signed, so maybe it's done. (maybe!) Ok, time to post.

Later, Karen