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One Painting a Day – Week 7 and 8

March 5, 2017 by Ashley Hackshaw

One Painting A Day for 365 Days. Catching up on my daily painting posts. This is everything I painted in week 7:

A tiny watercolor trout. I loved painting this one! It turned out much better than I thought it was going to:

A few watercolor hearts. I love Jane Davenport’s new line of watercolors at Michaels….they are so rich with pigment:

I spent this day working in my art journal using Jane’s washi tape line too:

A small watercolor moon. I added the quote to it afterwards because it needed something extra:

A tiny abstract painting on an easel. This one was fun…I actually cut out the teeny tiny paper dolls to use as a stencil. It would have been easier if I’d had some teeny tiny scissors:

We went to eat dinner at the Hemlock Inn one night and I took this photo from the porch:

I was inspired to paint one of the rocking chairs:

I spent this particular day doing some little portraits of Happy. Doesn’t she look pleased? Yay for a happy customer. Portrait customers can be very fickle.

And here’s everything I painted in week 8:

I didn’t paint the background of this painting…it’s a vintage thrift store find…and I just added the quote to it:

One day I painted a rooster. It’s layered acrylic on wood panel:

A pink and blue Choose Joy watercolor:

A formal portrait of Happy. I love her crown of flowers:

Roses in watercolor:

I’m learning my scientific fish names. This is a bluegill I painted. It’s a Lepomi macrochirus. A mouthful. Much easier to say bluegill, bream, brim, or copper nose:

An abstract forest and quote. I was very happy with how this layering turned out. Some experiments work…other’s don’t. This one worked. And I love John Muir.

And I keep going….I can’t believe I’ve made this far.

I do list some of my artwork for sale. You can find it on Etsy here.

All my daily paintings can be found indexed here!

One Painting a Day – Week 5 and 6

February 15, 2017 by Ashley Hackshaw

Only 44 more weeks to go. Phew. I’ve been reading this book called One Continuous Mistake and it makes me think a lot about my painting. It gives Four Noble Truths of writing which I think can be applied to almost any practice:

1. Painters paint.
2. Painting is a process.
3. You don’t know what your painting will be until the end of the process.
4. If painting is your practice, the only way to fail is not to paint.

I went so long without painting that I was very rusty…now I feel it all coming back again…and in new ways.

Here’s what I painted as my daily practice the past two weeks:

A watercolor:

The power of imagination makes us infinite. – John Muir

A tiny Statue of Liberty:

Here are a few photos I took of the process:

Circles:

Lettering:

A few tiny watercolor paintings in lockets:

Abstract pine trees:

Reclaimed wood and driftwood hearts:

And here’s everything I painted last week:

Maya Angelou. I still don’t know what quote I’m going to use

Loosely painted forest with a Thoreau quote:

A watercolor trout:

An abstract watercolor wash with a quote:

Mountains:

Harriet Tubman:

A custom order of a tiny pig and dragonfly:

And I keep going….

I do list some of my artwork for sale. You can find it on Etsy here.

All my daily paintings can be found indexed here!

Painting a Day – Week 4 – 365 Project Progress

February 2, 2017 by Ashley Hackshaw

Progress on my 365 project of daily creativity – all the paintings I painted last week for days 22 through 28:

A tiny watercolor pelican:

A tiny watercolor elephant:

A watercolor with an inked quote overlay:

The world is full of magic things patiently waiting for our senses to grow sharper. -W.B. Yeats

Tiny galaxy paintings:

Another watercolor with an inked quote overlay:

Remember that wherever your heart is, there you will find your treasure. –Paulo Coelho, The Alchemist

Borrowed from one of my all-time favorite books:

The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho.

“Paulo Coelho’s masterpiece tells the mystical story of Santiago, an Andalusian shepherd boy who yearns to travel in search of a worldly treasure. His quest will lead him to riches far different—and far more satisfying—than he ever imagined. Santiago’s journey teaches us about the essential wisdom of listening to our hearts, of recognizing opportunity and learning to read the omens strewn along life’s path, and, most importantly, to follow our dreams.”

A tiny watercolor globe:

You can view all my daily paintings here. Thanks for checking them out!

Also I’m making progress on my daily button/embroidery stitch: