Mesa Grande

Day 60  -  60/60 Painting Challenge     -  This is Stan's final painting for the challenge.  He's more serene. "A quiet sunlit hillside in Mesa Grande.  I love the shadow shapes and subdued colour."  Watercolor

8" X 10"

The Final Challenge Roses

Day 59  - 60/60 Painting Challenge   - This is MY FINAL PAINTING for the 60 day painting challenge.  One can probably tell.  I painted this so fast that I forgot what the subject was.  My set-up is leaning a little.  I'm not sure if it's the fault of the set-up or me being a little tipsy (not from imbibing)  These roses are ground covering.  I used them in desperation as I've run out of flowers.  Oil on board  6" X 6"

What comes next?

View from Hwy 78

 Day 58    -  60/60 Painting Challenge  -  Stan's painting.   This is a view from Hwy 78 west of Julian, CA.  Watercolor  6" X 10"

Looking South

 Day 57  60/60 Painting Challenge   - Stan's painting.   This is done from on site drawing & colour notes. Acrylic    8" X 10"

Yellow Rose

Day 56  - 60/60 Painting Challenge - This rose is the first bloom from a bush I have planted in a clay pot. It is mildly fragrant.  I love the layers of petals.  I learning to keep the form while detailing the specific parts of the flower.  Oil on board  6" X 6" $225 Please email to purchase

Stan's Wildflowers

Day 55  - 60/60 Painting Challenge  - Stan's painting.   Stan is saving the day.  He has a few more paintings than I do.  I'm leaving for Baltimore to see my son graduate from law school.  I'll be posting the rest of the paintings for this challenge later today.  This painting was a class demo.  Stan was experimenting with water-colour on Plate Bristol Paper.  It's very smooth.  10 " X 6"

Lake Cuyamaca Coolness

Day 54 - 60/60 Painting Challenge - Stan's painting    - Can you feel the chill of the day on Lake Cuyamaca?  Acrylic on board    6" X 8"

Oaks in the Distance

Day 53  - 60/60 Painting Challenge - Stan's painting.  These are some oak trees across the distance from our house.  Watercolor  6" X 10"

Santa Ysabel Valley II

Day 52  - 60/60 Painting Challenge - Stan's painting.  This is the water-colour version of an acrylic painting I recently posted.  6" X 10 "

Wildflowers

Day 51 - 60/60 Painting Challenge - I picked a few wildflowers today.  Painted this fairly fast on smooth board.

Rose Shadow

Day 50  - 60/60 Painting Challenge  - Stan's painting.  This is a quick acrylic study.  10" X 6"

Lilacs

Day 49  60/60 Painting Challenge  - I picked these lilacs at the school area in Warner Springs.  This arrangement is an ode to Margarita.  Two of the stalks wilted before I could paint them.  Fortunately, I blocked in the painting while they were still fresh.  I'm working on painting values and shapes.  I think I captured the feel of lilacs.    Oil on board.  6" X 6"   $75

3 Cecil Brunner

Day 48  - 60/60 Painting Challenge - I'm behind by 2 days.  Stan is lagging also.  I have a climbing rose bush; Cecil Brunner.  Right now it's loaded with rose buds & blooms.  They're very tiny and they don't live long.  The container is a liquore glass.  Very teeny.   Oil on board   7" X 5" SOLD

Left the Bouquet

Day 47   60/60 Painting Challenge    -  I bought a bouquet of tulips at Trader Joe's last tuesday.  Today is the first chance I had to paint it.  These 5 tulips were the survivors; they are beaming!  Oil on board 8"x6" $225 Please email to purchase

Santa Ysabel

Day 46  60/60 Painting Challenge  - Stan's painting - This was painted at the north end of Santa Ysabel.

Orchid

Day 45 - 60/60 Painting Challenge  - I painted this orchid without any confidence.  I didn't take to this painting.  I did receive a few nice comments about it on fb.  I think it photographed well.  Oil on board  6" X 8"

Lake Cuyamaca in AM

Day 44  - 60/60 Painting Challenge  - Stan's Painting.   -  This is early morning at Lake Cuyamaca.  Acrylic

Kiersten

Day 43   60/60 Painting Challenge   -  I posted this on Facebook even though it's not plain-air.  I like the small format of this painting and it only took a few hours.  I received permission from Kiersten to paint her.  This was her profile picture on fb.  She changed her profile photo since I painted this.  Oil on board

6" X 6"

Oaks Near Lake Henshaw

Day 42   60/60 Painting Challenge    -   Stan's painting   -  Oaks near Lake Henshaw, San Diego County.

Watercolor   6" X 10"

Mums

Day 41   60/60 Painting Challenge  -  Stan brought me a bouquet of roses and mums.  The roses wilted fast; the mums remained.  The photo of the painting seems too light.  But I'm not complaining; I'm usually too dark.  Oil on board    8" X 6"

Lakeside

Day 40  -  60/60 Painting Challenge  -  Stan's painting  -  This was painted during a San Diego Watercolor Society Paint-out at the lake in Lakeside, CA.  As you may know, painting in oil at a water-colour paint-out is "painting on the dark side".  The day was overcast damp & grey and getting some colour into this was somewhat of a challenge.  Oil on canvas.  8" X 10"

Spring Flowers

Day 39 - 60/60 Painting Challenge -  I painted this at one of Stan's students' house.  Bulbed flowers are aplenty here in Julian, CA.  We painted this with direct approach.  (no blending or fussing)  This was not going to be used in this challenge but my week is getting away from me and I didn't finish a painting today.  So this is my stand-by.  Oil on canvas board.  10" X 8"

High Desert II

Day 38  60/60 Painting Challenge   Stan's painting  -   This is another painting of the high desert.  This is oil on canvas.   10" X 8"

Wildflowers In A Vase

Day 37 - 60/60 Painting Challenge -  I picked a few wildflowers from my yard; I'm always amazed at how they survive the snow and reseed to form new life.  Again, the colour is not quite accurate.  It's raining today and difficult to photograph with enough light.  Oil on panel    7" X 5"  $75

High Desert

Day 36  -  60/60 Painting Challenge - Stan's painting -  8" X 10"  Acrylic

"At first glance it seems as though the desert is not very colourful.  Here I have tried to balance blue, violet, ochre and green."

Iris & Cecil Brunner

Day 35  60/60 Painting Challenge -  I started my floral paintings today.  I clipped this from my small garden; iris & climbing rose.  I had to paint fast as the iris was wilting in front of my very eyes.  I loved the color of the translucent light; I struggled to get it.  I think I fell short.  Overall though, I'm pleased.  Oil on board     8" X 6"

Morning at the Lake

Day 34  60/60 Painting Challenge  - Stan's Day    -  Today is Easter Sunday.  Stan went out plein air painting at Lake Cuyamaca which is about 8 miles from our house.  It was so early I was barely out of bed  when he left.  He had a good painting session.  Oil on panel    6" X 8"

Red Egyptian Bottle

Day 33  60/60 Painting Challenge  This is the last of the bottles for awhile (I think).  I'll be switching to florals.  This glass bottle was gifted me by my daughter and son-in-law, Mike.  He travels to Europe and the Middle East frequently for his work.  My daughter sometimes travels with him.  I now have a collection of beautiful ornate bottles.  This is the brightest.  Oil on board    6" X 6"  $75

Gray Day

Day 32  60/60 Painting Challenge  - Stan's Day  -  "This is another view of the Santa Ysabel Valley on a tray day."  Oil on board   8" X 10"

Iridescent Bottle

Day 31 - 60/60 Painting Challenge  -  Another bottle.  I'm trying to describe glass on a 2 dimensional surface.  Tomorrow I'll paint another glass piece and then I'm off to do something different; maybe flowers.

Oil on panel   7" X 5"   $75

Old Oaks

Day 30  60/60 Painting Challenge - Stan's Day -  This is a view from Pine Hills Rd. in Julian, CA.  It's about 9:30am.  Oil on canvas.  7 1/2 X 9 1/2"