IRIS VIEW

A fancy iris to add to the collection.  This one was definitely a challenge (I seem to be saying that a lot lately!) and I had never dared to try it.  So, I guess my skills are improving as I am actually happy with it.  I used to have a lot of this iris but they are all gone....I loved them for their feminine little white edging and gorgeous purple falls.  Another of nature's wonders.

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IRIS VISION

I did this painting earlier in the summer.  I saw this iris a few years ago while on a workshop in Valyermo, CA. The workshop was held at St. Andrews Abby which is where Benedictine Monks live and worship.  The Abbey was like a small oasis in the desert, with a beautiful pond at its center and a large grove of trees off to the eastside.  We were expected to follow the rules of the Monks and were not supposed to speak during certain evening hours and we could not talk at meals.  Quite different, but interesting!  The reason I told you all this is because they had beautiful iris plantings and a few were blooming while we were there and of course this was one of them.  It was a nice experience...

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EPIPHYLLUM

This palette knife painting was done during the summer while I was doing Art A Fair in Laguna Beach, CA.  I really enjoyed doing it and working at getting the warms and cools right.  The flowers of an epiphyllum plant are so pretty, but the plant itself is rather awkward and ungainly (at least mine are).  We only have two left, but my father-in-law had many of them.  They were all out sitting on top of his block wall that lined the property in their backyard.  They were quite a sight to see when they were all blooming.

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JUST THE TWO OF US

            DAY 26 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

For me, composition seems always to be a challenge (along with all the other challenges of painting!).  I remember one of my first teachers (in watercolor), Robert E. Wood, saying "Big, Middle and tiny (or tiny, tiny, tiny).  He was talking about values and shapes.  It's so difficult to follow that concept as I tend to place too many lights in the darks or darks in the middle values and then the whole concept is blown!  Hopefully I did OK here.  

These two Gerbara Daisies seemed to make such a sweet couple thus the name "Just the Two of Us"

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ANGEL'S TRUMPET

       DAY 25 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

This was from a photograph also taken some time ago at the Mission in San Juan Capistrano, CA
I liked the idea of showing the "lifespan" from fresh and new to declining.  I did intend for a wall to be shown behind the flowers but it somehow just didn't happen.  Sometimes we just have to go with the flow.....

I'm doing a one-day workshop with Tom Balderas tomorrow so have finished two paintings today so that one will still be posted tomorrow.

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SUNFLOWER GIRLS #4

           DAY 24 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I switched to palette knife on this painting.  It seems so appropriate for Sunflowers.  If you are a painter and haven't tried using a palette knife, try doing a Sunflower with one.  Somehow the texture just works with them.  I teach a class at a show call Art A Fair that goes on in Laguna Beach all summer and when we do Sunflowers, everyone is always happy with their results.  Enjoy!

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BY THE WATER

            DAY 22 OF THE 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS LESLIE SAETA CHALLENGE

This is all "fictitious" except for the flowers that I found at our local nursery.  I decided to place them in a happy background by some other flowers, water and mountains.  I heard of a man who did a challenge of 24 paintings in 24 hours--I cannot imagine.  That meant he had to paint all through the night at a different location each time!  Any of you painters up for that???  

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PINK GERBARAS

                     

                        DAY 21 OF THE 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I found these Daisies at a local nursery.  Fortunately they were faring far better than the ones I found at the market the other day, but the nursery itself looked like it was going out of business.  I think I will go back tomorrow and purchase these just as I did the orange ones from the market.

Painting the 6 x 6's is really fun and the small size makes the composition more manageable.  I normally do a "pre-plan" but so far haven't had to on the floral 6 x 6's.  Does anyone out there that paints feel the same way???

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GETTING TO KNOW YOU

                                                    THE CHALLENGE FOR DAY 20

I called this one "Getting to Know You" because I truly felt like I was getting to know this pansy.  Every time I thought I understood where the petals were going in the photograph I would look more closely and find there was more to it than had met my eye!

I enjoyed yesterday's challenge so much so went back to the market to buy the flower I had painted.  It was almost dead!  All the plants were dry as a bone.  I took it into the market to the Manager and asked who was supposed to water the plants.  He said they had been watered but it was too hot.  I said "No, I was here yesterday and they were dry and they are drier today and are all dying"  (Can you tell I am a plant lover?  As if you hadn't figured that out already.)  Anyway, he said he would sell the half dead plant to me for half price and would water the plants.  Soooo, brought it home and gave it some water.  The flowers had to be cut off, but the leaves have already recovered.  So it lives to flower another day...

Thanks for reading my long drawn-out tale of saving (hopefully) some flowers!

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STAR OF THE SHOW

          DAY 19 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

As I was leaving the grocery store today these flowers caught my eye.  The entire display was suffering from the terrible heat we've been having.  I'd have watered them if I could have, but guess they would think I'm crazy.  Anyway, these flowers were still hanging in there so I took a couple of pictures and came home and painted them.  At least they're immortalized if they don't make it.  They were fun to paint and not nearly as complicated as I'd thought they might be.  One just never knows!

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POPPY SHADOWS

I painted this from my photo once before (and may try again) and found the shadows very challenging so thought I would try again.  Shadows are so much harder than one would think--particularly on a surface that lets the sun shine through.  The only way we ever get these things right is to keep trying---and trying!

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HERE I AM (Orange Iris)

I finally got my 6 x 6 canvases so thought it would be fun to do an iris close-up and personal.  The smallest I had been working recently had been 5 x 7 (which is actually smaller in square inches by l) but somehow because of the landscape format they seemed larger.  6 x 6's are interesting to work on and I enjoyed doing this one.   I don't know the proper name of this iris as I took the photo elsewhere.

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BRUGMANSIA (Angel's Trumpet)

                    DAY 14 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I just finished a waterlily picture from the Mission in San Juan Capistrano so was into the file on flowers from the Mission.  The Trumpet flowers are so beautiful and the Mission has two trees of them.  These are of the Brugmansia family and are very poisonous and also very beautiful.  They are also called the upside-down flowers, topsy turvy flowers and Angel's Trumpet.

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WATERLILY

            DAY 13 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I used a photo I'd taken of the waterlily pond at the Mission San Juan Capistrano some time ago.  The Mission is a beautiful place to visit and is so big compared to some other Missions I have visited.  It's really a treat....

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CACTUS FLOWER

            DAY 12 OF THE 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE BY LESLIE SAETA

Wow!  This truly is getting challenging!  Fortunately I have lots of flower pictures on my iPad to choose from, but it is getting more difficult to select one--and there's more than half the month to go.

I  originally chose flowers as my theme so am enjoying doing these little paintings!

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FRIED EGG FLOWER

                           DAY 11 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS

This was such fun to paint.  I'd always been intimidated by all the wrinkles in the petals, but they were not that difficult to define.  The flower is actually called a Matilija Poppy and it is amazing to watch it bloom as all those petals come out of a tiny round ball and of course that is what causes them to have all the wrinkles.  The longer they are out the straighter they become.

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HEART OF A ROSE

                DAY 10 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

This was inspired by one of my roses called Ingrid Bergman.  She normally blooms beautifully but has a set-back this year because of the re-planting.  So, I just enjoy my older photos of her.  There's always hope for next year.

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PANSY FACE

                 LESLIE SAETA'S 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE--DAY 9

Just a simple little pansy showing its lovely face.  They're all lovely (pansies) and more of a challenge to paint than one would think.  While doing this challenge I find myself getting close to falling behind and so I pick a painting that I think will be easier than some of the others.  Not so in this case.  Oh well, I was up late!

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SUNFLOWER GAZE

                DAY 8 OF THE LESLIE SAETA 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I know, I do paint a lot of Sunflowers!  However, they are fun to paint and I've recently discovered how much fun it is to paint them with a palette knife.  If you haven't tried using a palette knife yet, I highly recommend it.  You can get such beautiful, clean color and lots of texture.  To get into tiny areas, just load the color on the knife and then wipe away all but the size of the area you are trying to cover...It's really fun to experiment with.  Hope you enjoy!

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POPPY PARADE

                    DAY 7 OF LESLIE SAETA'S 30 PAINTINGS IN 30 DAYS CHALLENGE

I did these poppies with palette knife and tried to make them looser than some previous poppy paintings I've done.  Not sure if it worked or not but must get it out there for the challenge.  I just listened to Leslie interview Elizabeth Pollie on blog talk radio and Elizabeth says she does a lot of scraping and re-arranging.  I tried a little of that on this painting and will try to remember to do more of it.  I know occasionally I have done a passage in a painting that hasn't worked and I've gotten frustrated and just wiped it off.  Sometimes it can leave magical paint behind.  Now I shall have to remember to do it even if the area hasn't completely frustrated me.  I know it won't always work and that's what scares me.  Oh well, as Robert E. Wood used to say "it isn't precious!"

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