20 Days' Backlog Coming Down the Pipes...Gradually

So what happens when we go on an 8 day trip is that I get behind on posting by about 3 weeks!  Crazy, but such is life.  However I managed to paint every day and here are the results with some commentary along the way where warranted.


Hourglass

Colourstream

The following is what I painted after a long day of driving, actually the longest I have ever driven in one shot before! We drove from Richmond Hill Ontario to Washington D.C., or actually Arlington, Virginia which is just across the Potomac River from there, where my sister-in-law lives.

11 Hour Drive

I don't have a title for the next one.  I painted this after spending the day at the National Gallery of Art in Washington D.C..  For the first time I was actually standing in from of works by Monet, Renoir, Cézanne and Degas.  Aaaahhhhh!  It was so inspiring to see their works up close, to see the actual brushstrokes, to see where there were dry brushstrokes under the colours they had eventually chosen to show, that they made changes and revisions as they painted, that they were real people just like me, (okay, much more talented, but still real nonetheless).  It really makes me want to paint on larger canvasses which I can't realistically do until after I complete my year of one painting a day.

Paintings a Day 262-265

So this batch of paintings brings us to the beginning of the last stretch of year, the final 100.  I have done 265 paintings over the past 265 days.  When I started out I had no idea if I was going to be able to keep it up, but it seems like it's working so far.  Now I don't want to jinx anything because we are going on a road trip this week, down to Washington DC and Atlanta.  With the seven kids.  In two cars.  It will be an adventure for sure!  So once again the posing of my paintings will be delayed for a couple of weeks, but I will be faithfully painting everyday, and Ill have lots to tell you all when we get back.

Sideways Glance, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Cerulean Circles, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

More Water, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Confused Scots, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Painting a Day 261

Here's today's painting.  I can't believe that we're already halfway through August, and the back to school rush is already upon us.  Crazy.

Painting a Day 255-260

So we have been away for the last few days, camping out at Fergus for the Highland games where our daughter was competing in the dancing competition on both days.  She made a respectable showing on the second day of competition, but got the Overall Winner trophy in her age category on the first day!  We are very proud of her!

So here are the paintings of the days when we were away.  The last one I was going to name Sean Truibhas, but with that crazy Celtic spelling I knew no one would be able to pronounce it, so, I've named it Fling instead.

Fling, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Red Line Star, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Concert Lights, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Blue Heron, acrylic on canvas board,  8" x 10"

Rosé, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Spiral, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Painting a Day 253 and 254

Tangled in Knots, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Peace, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Painting a Day 251 and 252

Trying to stay on track, it almost slipped away from me there!

Summer Storm, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Golden Pond, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"

Painting a Day 250!

250 days in and I'm still going despite all odds!  Some days I really wonder if it's worth anything, but I realize that's just my own melancholic temperament talking and so I keep going.

Contemplation, acrylic on canvas board, 8" x 10"