My 30 in 30 - well my 7 in 30

I had a friendly request from someone wondering what happened to the rest of the paintings from the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Well, like I said in my newsletter under the heading Success in Failure I just couldn't get it done = the failure part. The challenge did however help me start clawing my way out of my 2 month "block" = the success part. 

I said I'd post the paintings whether they were finished or not. Frankly, some were just to unfinished to post. I just couldn't do it. So, here are the ones that are a little more finished but not quite - except one.

 Bowness Park, Calgary, plein air (bit of tweeking required)


 The mountains behind Pringle Bay where we were last Christmas (quite a bit of tweeking required)


 Oupa's mountain early in the morning. What my in-laws see from their kitchen window on the farm (moderate tweeking needed)


 These grow in mom in-law's garden (some tweeking needed)


One of the Calgary Zoo's young tigers (a bit more tweeking to do)


ICY BRAGG CREEK - Done Tweeking this one now. Sorry about the shodows. Just held it near the window and click!


Big cloud. Just want to put the silver lining on this thunderhead and deepen it in the distance. 


Horse Creek Road Chinook. Camera couldn't match the color of the painting (needs a tiny bit of tweeking)
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6 comments:

  1. Cecilia LeaFebruary 15, 2013 at 11:17 AM

    Thanks for posting these Hermann. Nice to see work in progress. You have some good things going here. I'm impressed you got as far as you did. Way further than I, who didn't even try.

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  2. Erica MacKenzieFebruary 16, 2013 at 10:33 AM

    Hermann, I love your painting of the Irises. Almost as nice as the bowl of roses...next assignment - arum lilies please.

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  3. LarryFebruary 19, 2013 at 10:34 AM

    Thanks these are great. I especially love the tiger. I would never call this a failure. It helped you get out of a 2 month block and that is the most important thing. The most that I would attempt when I get a block is find an single object, set the clock and "Capture the Essence".

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  4. HermannFebruary 19, 2013 at 11:21 AM

    Thanks Larry. You're right. Breaking the block was for sure the success. Carol Marine has a great piece on her ArtBytes link regarding painters block. Check out her site dailypaintworks.com

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