Day 8 "Let's Play"

"Lets Play" 

6x4 Watercolor Pencils on Paper

Day 8 - Of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge by Leslie Saeta.

This is for an entry in my Sketchbook Project which deadline is

approaching very soon!  

And Oh yes, I LOVE Scrabble!

Day 7 - "The Practice Grape"

"The Practice Grape"

 4x4 oil on Canvas Paper
NFS

I should call this Abbey's Grape.  Why? Because while taking a workshop from Painter Abbey Ryan,

she demonstrated how to get the luminosity of a grape.  SO,  the other day I bought some grapes,

mixed  the same colors she used while remembering her tips .... and within 20 minutes or so -  Voila! 

 I thought,  WOW!  it worked!  

THEN today,  Day 7 of this 30 Paintings in 30 day's challenge,  I attempted another painting of the grape only on a hard canvas with the intention of making a more detailed version.

Must have worked on it for at least 3 hours and guess what? 

 I couldn't stop painting, it started getting overworked, muddy and of course the light kept changing.  Grrrr!  

 In the end I wiped the canvas completely clean.... and so here you go,  my first practice grape.

Day 6 "Pokey and Drawbomb Gumby"

"Pokey and Drawbomb Gumby"  

4x6 Watercolor Pencils

Renee Brennan

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

When I was a kid (still am sometimes)  I used to LOVE watching

the claymation show of Gumby and Pokey.  

I found Pokey in a box tucked away in the closet, but no sign 

of his friend...so sad, I might have to find him on ebay or something.

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blog to the Google Friend box on the right side of this post....I like to see your art too!

Day 5 - "Little Red Head"

Day 5 - "Little Red Head"

4x6 Watercolor Pencil on paper

Who remembers this fun little play figure?

Only 25 day's left of the 30 Paintings in 30 Day's Challenge.

Day 4 "Blue Mist"

"Blue Mist" 16x12 oil SOLD

Day 4 - 

This is another view of the lovely 1917 Commuter Yacht

"Blue Mist".   Day 2 of my 

 "30 paintings in 30 day's",  shows a different view only on board.  

The photo is a little bit off, but in real life she is 

restored to her glory with all the fine woodwork that one of my 

neighbors was lucky enough to be apart of. 

This painting will be showing at the Captain Avery Museum in Shady Side, MD

from January 11- February 22

Day 3 - "3 Marbles"

"3 Marbles"  Watercolor 4x6

Day 3 out of 30 paintings in 30 day's.  

Leslie Saeta is keeping alot of artists busy with this challenge!

Go take a peek, there are some really fun artist's works.

I usually paint in oils and have never attempted glass with 

watercolors...but it was kind of fun!  Kind of.

Available to view in The Sketchbook Project, NYC

Day 2 "On Board Blue Mist"

"On Board Blue Mist"  6x8 oil NFS

by Renee Brennan

Day #2 of the 30 paintings in 30 day's challenge by Leslie Saeta.  

This painting of the Blue Mist Yacht built 

in 1917, used to be a commuter boat into NYC.  

On my 50th birthday, my husband rented it for a small party!

We are sailors so  normally when we go out onto 

The Chesapeake Bay,  the weather is nice and sunny. Well this

day happened to be rainy, rain, rain rain... which actually

turned out absolutely perfect!  

Day 1 "Sock Monkey"

"Sock Monkey" 

Watercolor Pencils & Ink 4x6

This is Day 1 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Day Challenge by Leslie Saeta.

This little painting is a redo from a larger canvas one

 I did in the Fall which sold.

He will be going into a sketchbook for another project. 

One thing for sure is that this girl will get alot 

of needed practice this month.  

Yay! 

New Energy for the New Year

"It's A Wonderful Life" 07

 10x8 Oil NFS

Renee Brennan 

Happy New Year Everybody!

I will be starting a new challenge  called 30 paintings in 30 day's

hosted by Leslie Saeta beginning Jan 1, 2014. 

 Hopefully I will have not knocked 

myself out thinking what the heck did I get myself into,  

and have a painting posted by the 2nd and so on for 30 day's.  

Oh did I mention there are about 300 other artists also joining in, 

 so it should be like a big painting party right? 

Wish me luck.

  Yikes!

On the Easel

2 weeks ago I had the opportunity to take yet another workshop with Abbey Ryan at the 

John F. Peto Studio Museum in Island Heights, NJ.  

It is a lovely restored home/studio of the artist who was known for Tromp l'oeil (to fool the eye). 

 Peto's props where all over the home as well as a gallery upstairs which had an amazing Tromp l' oeil exhibit including 3 pieces of Abbey's.  One of the props that caught my eye was a ceramic beer bottle just like the one I had brought from home, so I knew I had to use it.  

Thank you Vintage Stew for selling me that bottle!

The small unfinished painting in the middle is from the workshop.  Abbey helped me get the correct colors of the pear and there were supposed to be some figs on the right...those got scrubbed out.  SO  it was used as a study for a larger painting when returning home.  I used the same props from the workshop except added an old green book, and yes that is the same pear.   

 

This is my alomost finished 12x16 version.  I think it needs a little tweeking on the symetry of the bottle and not sure what else yet, so going to let it sit a few more day's...  Thoughts and comments are welcome.

This finished painting is available framed $300 please contact Renee Brennan