I can't believe it worked!  So this is one of 3 I did at a park in Mukilteo.  Please don't see the wrong year written in the bottom right.  I meant to write '13. :)

So obviously I’ve taken a bit of a break from posting.  I have committed to posting some recent things I have done.  I will talk about each picture briefly.  For example, where I was when I painted them and what was going on at the time.  Hope you enjoy!

look! pretty pictures!

Monday 13th of February

Wednesday 15th, i might have got carried away with the camera

Thursday 16th

Saturday 18th

Monday 20th

I think this will be the last of the pictures in this series until i can do another bunch of pictures from york photo.  my next series will be far away things in the landscape.  my goal is to make the mountians or whatever look very far away.  :) wish me luck!

i haven't posted in 2 weeks!  i guess i have been a little busy.  i have done 3 paintings since, and have worked out 3-4 more on paper.  it seemed i had got to a stopping point with the photographs i had to work with, but then i realised i had to rework sketching them to make them better.  i also ran out of panels to paint on.  i think if i work 'till the end of the month, i should have 9 more paintings besides the ones i have already painted.  this would make 16 paintings total.  i think i will end the series i've started probably next week and start a new series, but i don't know what kind of landscape series yet.  when i see my paintings in person i am proud of them.  but other places like in pictures i'm not sure the full effect of them is captured.  so that can get me discouraged.  i'm not sure how to get the full effect in pictures yet.  i'll keep that problem on the back burner.  i like that i paint.  i try not to critique right after i paint.  while i'm painting i do make decisions like adding a cloud, or using a different color, but still constantly evaluating good color or bad color, need fixing or not, move on, or go back to a part on the painting.  but once i'm done i sign it and try not to look too much at it.  its like it looses its flavor for me if i see it too often.
on my goals i made last post: getting up earlier has been a challenge.  i'm sure everyone can relate to that.  thus, i'm thinking of taking back that goal.  i have been working on composition. :) i have been reading about painting and taking notes.  i put some clouds in a painting and then wanted to know how to do them better.  still working on the quotes for the wall. :)
catch up:
4th Sat- ?
5 sunday- resting
6 monday- disracted
7 tuesday- sketched
8 wednessday- my birthdday, distracted
9 thursday- sketched
10 friday- husband got me 9 panels to paint on
11 saturday -tinted the panels from white to sky blue
12 sunday- resting
13 monday - painted
14 tuesday- valentines day, really wanted to paint but just didn't get around to it.
15 wednessday- painted
16 thursday- painted
17th friday, today i posted, and its time to paint. :)

whoo hoo!

31st, Tuesday- i did some errands, needed some liquin, bought a brush half off, stopped at the library to return some books, went to devotional with my hubby.

1st, Wednessday- i painted.





 2nd, Thursday- i painted.

 3rd, Friday, today i painted.

bla bla bla:
ok now my new goals are to get up earlier so i can start painting sooner.  wed. and thurs. were overcast days so there wasn't as much light coming through my window by the time i started painting.  i had to use warm indoor light instead of outdoor light more those days.  it is harder to know if your colors are right or good in warm or cold light.
i'm not sure if i want to do any more in this series.  we will have to see.  i may want to work a little more on composition and color.  i am pretty proud of my trees and showing distance in the paintings.  i look at them and i say, they are not perfect. :(  but i am excited to be practicing painting, and i believe with determination and habit i will become better.
tomorrow, saturday i think i will read up more on painting landscapes and the rules associated with them.  i think i will put more planning in composition and color.
some time i will line these paintings up for one picture to see them complete together, they are just a little wet, thats also why i just hold the frame up to them instead of putting them in the frames.

sum it up: i am proud of my paintings although they are not perfect.
goals: get up earlier, work on composition, read up and take notes on rules and procedures of landscape painting.  make a wall of painting quotes.

it seems somehow the weekend gets me lazy, and i don't post as often as i'd like.  but i do do art.
today the 30th is like 4 days since i posted.
so friday 27th i did a painting it came out really good and i like to brag about it.

28th i decided i want to do a series of pictures similar to this one because i know the colors well and it is the same season.  the composition will change.  i thought of this because one time i went to a show by obanass barbarian(not spelled right, but that is how his name sounds to me).  he had a bunch of small paintings that were all similar that were beach scenes.  i didn't realize then that a bunch of pictures you take at one place can be a bunch of similar paintings to create a series. 

29th-sunday, a day of rest.
30th-today, i'm posting my painting.  and i will plan out more of my paintings in my series from the many pictures i have taken.  my goal this week is to start and finish a painting every day or every other day.  on an 8x10 canvas that shouldn't be too hard.

today i have spent some time reading art books.  i took some notes/rules from them and i plan to cut them out and stick them up in my art room.  tomorrow i will read about painting the seasons, because each season has different problems associated with it. 
i picked a picture to paint from the many i have taken.  i sketched it, and i have found where i want the eye to go in the painting, and thought about how i am going to change the picture.  i have picked a simple picture because it is easy to get overwhelmed with complicated pictures.