Day 69. Where to go again and again
“My spot” 10×10, oil on canvas $125 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/my-spot/390595″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] Here it is again. My little spot on the Tchefuncte River. The summer heat is keeping me from my plein air painting so this one is based on a few photographs I took a few days ago in the […]
Day 68. Putting it Into Practice
8×10, oil on canvas SOLD Yesterday I talked about not procrastinating so today I put my new goal into practice. I did a commissioned painting I’ve been meaning to do for a while. I also made a couple of adjustments to my day 39 painting which I created for the same collector. Again, like yesterday, […]
Day 67. Stop Procrastinating
24×36 oil on canvas SOLD This one is a large commissioned piece I had been putting off and putting off. But once I started, it was joyful. Once I committed to just starting, just spending time on it, it came easily. I loved painting this beautiful family. It’s hard to believe that someone with enough […]
Day 66. Back Up Plan
“Looking Out” 8×8, oil on gessoboard, $100.00 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/looking-out/389943″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I spent my painting time today working on a painting I couldn’t quite finish. Which is why I had this little back-up plan ready to go for day 66. I was hoping to save him for one of the […]
Day 65. Catching Up
Today, my dear friend visited me. Our kids played, then miraculously napped at the same time and she sat for me for while I got in some portrait practice. Painting from a live model is probably the best artistic exercise, but I was honestly more interested in chatting with my friend than painting. After sixty-five […]
Day 64. A Sideways Stroll
“Sideways” 10×10 oil on 1.5in canvas, $125 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/sideways/389456″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] It took me a while to get into painting today, but I think I eventually found my zone again. It didn’t come easily but I finally decided to quit forcing some other things in favor of today’s painting, which […]
Day 63. The Elusive “Zone”
“Posturing” 6×6, oil on canvas, $75 [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/posturing/389222″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] I’m working on a lot of things that aren’t going where I’d like for them to. Which is why I gave myself a break with this little robin painting. Yesterday I was in the zone– which for me is relaxed, […]
Day 62. Memory Lane
“Violinist” 6×6, oil on canvas [creativ_button url=”http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/denise-hopkins/violinist/389015″ icon=”” label=”Buy Now” colour=”blue” colour_custom=”” size=”medium” edge=”straight” target=”_self”] This in another image borrowed from years past. In college, my friend Lindsey agreed to pose for me with her violin. I remember attempting to set up “dramatic” lighting in my campus apartment and taking photos with a borrowed digital […]
Day 61. Rock On
“Play On” 10×10, oil on canvas $125 SOLD This is the first in the musician series to be an indoor performance. I didn’t use a brush at all this time and just stuck to the palette knife the whole way through. The model is a very talented musician. I used to babysit him and now, well, he’s […]