Day 26 - I Love Tulips!

I Love Tulips!  TBM

8x6 Oil

by Renee Brennan Art

Day 26 - 30/30 Challenge got away from me due to things out of my control,
SO here is a TBM (throw back Monday).

  I painted this one a couple of years ago. One of my favorites!! 

Blank cards with this image you can find here in my Etsy Shop. 

I have a suprise for you when the 30 day's are up...stay tuned

Day 6 - Pink Flowers in Jar

Pink Flowers in Jar

4x6 Acrylic by 

Renee Brennan Art

Day 6 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Day's Challenge hosted by artist Leslie Saeta.

I had this canvas panel already primed a nice orangy/red background.  For some reason I decided to just leave it as is for now......I may change it later and claim another painting! hehe.

"Milk" & "Brownie"

These two fur babies are California cats.  

I envy them living the life in sunny San Diego.  Mostly because 1. I miss living there and 2. we on the East coast have had rain for weeks on end and it's getting old!  The only positive about this weather is that I am making a blog post instead of mowing the lawn and planting flowers which alway's makes me itchy.  

Moving on.... 

I did enjoy painting each one.  The owner sent several pics of both.  Milk has so much white in his fur that it had to be simplified with subtle shadows which is tricky. I really, really liked his blue eyes and so I thought the blue background would make them stand out even more.

 "Milk" 6x8 oil by 

Renee Brennan
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And then here is Brownie.  

He sure was a challenge because his fur is so dark I could hardly see his sweet face or any shape of his body, I finally got a profile photo of him looking out the window.  

He is probably staring at a little humming bird with those big green eyes....at least that is what I'm imagining :)

 "Brownie" 6x8 oil by

Renee Brennan
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Day 29 - Bucky the Pony

"Bucky the Pony" 6x8 oil

by Renee Brennan

Day 29 of the 30/30 Challenge is Bucky.

He belongs to my great nephew and is a feisty little guy...

actually both the pony AND my nephew are feisty

and equally adorable.  I loved the reference photo my niece took 

of Bucky slyly peeking over the rail of the stall door.

He has this crazy shaggy mane and forelock that falls

into his eyes.  Cute huh?

Day 14 - Freedom

"Freedom"  6x8 oil

by Renee Brennan
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Day 14 - of the 30 Paintings in 30 Day's Challenge HEY!  1/2 way there!

This is my friend in Colorado's Pit Bull named Freedom. 

She looks like a sweetheart and 

I think she is getting ready to take her nap in that big cozy bed!

The challenge with painting an all black shiny coat are the subtle highlights within the fur.  In the original photo the highlights looked much warmer but I wanted it to be a bit cooler instead.  Besides she looks like a cool dog!

  

Day 2 - "Betty the Chicken"

 "Betty the Chicken"  6x8 oil

by Renee Brennan
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Day 2 - of the 30/30 Challenge is from my sister Becky's farm, she calls this one a Welsummer hen.  I don't know very much about chickens but I liked
the feathers on this one, they were so vibrant and
her eggs are colorful too!
Just kidding...that was from Easter.

Day 24 - "Sitting Pretty"

"Sitting Pretty"  6x8 oil

by Renee Brennan
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Another cat for day 24 of the challenge.  Loved the orange fur and big green eyes!

Again trying not to paint every single hair, I grabbed the palette knife for part of the face and whiskers. 

 This image was found on a website called Paint My Photo
from the photographer, Taylor Nicole Demarcy.

Photographers upload images they think that artist's would like to paint, and then post them.
There are so many to choose from.

30 Paintings in 30 Days hosted by Leslie Saeta is on the homestretch.

6 more day's...I need a nap!

Day 21 - "Matisse Girls"

"Matisse Girls"  6x8 Oil

by Renee Brennan
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Day 21 of the 30/30 Challenge is from a photo I snapped while visiting MOMA in NYC last year.

These 2 young girls where admiring the Henri Matisse painting called "The Red Studio" 1911

I thought it was pretty cool that they were so into art and roaming the gallery without some adult yapping away about this and that.  

Day 7 - "Miss Daisy"

"Miss Daisy"  6x8 Oil

by Renee Brennan

Day 7 of the 30/30 Challenge brings My little dog Miss Daisy.  This is painted from a photo when she was just a pup who was rescued by my niece Ashley from a terrible person.  Now she is a sweet, chubby little girl but still cute and a great companion with the rest of the family.

Thank you Ashley!!  (having trouble photographing after revision ugh)