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30 Paintings in 30 Days-Day 9

meet-cecil

Meet Cecil

  After yesterday’s painting of a retro pinup girl watercolor painting, I thought I would do another one with that same vibe.  The photo reference I used for this painting caught my eye because it included one of my favorite cartoon characters, Cecil.  He is one of the stars of The Beany & Cecil show.  This cartoon originally ran from 1959-1962 and then made a brief return in the late 80’s by the creator of Ren & Stimpy.  Needless to say, when I saw this photo I had a bit of a mind blown moment and quickly saved it and filed it away for possible use in the future.

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30 Paintings in 30 Days-Day 8

haunted-pumpkin

I have to admit that today was the hardest so far for the 30 Paintings in 30 Days challenge.  My original painting did not turn out the way I wanted and I decided to not post it.  And I had no plans to start a new piece today after a long day at work.  But, I thought I should try and give it a shot.  The drawing of this piece was really fighting me.  I didn’t know what type of paint I wanted to use on it after the questionable results I have been getting on previous paintings.

One thing I have been trying to pay attention to on social media is the number of followers some artists are getting on Instagram.  I’ve found some representational oil painters who have over a hundred thousand followers and I was shocked.  That is the highest I’ve been seeing for artists.  I have also noticed that all the highest, I’ve seen, are oil painters and water color painters are not even close in followers.  This is starting to make me think I need to focus on oil painting and stop using these other types of paints.

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