So difficult to wrap my head around the fact that the new year is only days away. It's a GOOD thing though, in my head anyway.
Oh yay! my brain says to everybody in my head, this is a new beginning, another chance to be better; kinder says the Nice Emotion, empowering says Strongman, and of course my Muse "better and funner art!" And therein the plan for the new year is born, sketchy as it is.
I have already signed onto Leslie Saeta's challenge to do 30 paintings in 30 days beginning Jan 1. Last September I committed however possibly only halfheartedly because I believe I only shared 19 pieces. Everyday I was scrounging around for paper or an empty canvas to paint on, then I would decide whether to do an oil or to slap some acrylics around, or to just share a drawing that is always going on around here. A couple times I just did an oil painting over an old oil painting but this time, I have decided to choose a theme and be more prepared with my choice of media for the month.
Today I am cutting up sheets of canvas paper into pieces 6x8" so that I will have them at the ready. I'm choosing to begin with acrylics since I have a good many colors already mixed and ready, and right now am thinking the theme will be birds; all kinds of birds including chickens which I am in love with painting. This past few months I have been gathering images of pleasing color combinations and I will be choosing from those to be my palette for each piece. Yay!
