Week 15 - Winter continues...

Winter continued here for a few days anyway. 

We actually had a full day of continuous snowfall. 

I was able to capture at least one view out of my window, then it melted again. And then it snowed again. And then it melted again. 

Hence, a couple of views with snow and a couple without as is our winter this year.

Winter Field

Feb 17, 2012

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/59f0fdcd-6252-4674-aefa-9873b677fab0

Waiting for Spring

Feb 16, 2012

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/e8a8dc75-d70c-4f14-9af9-0ef27e65a280

Dull Day

Feb 15, 2012

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/5b7f6d7e-5637-4e4b-9ffd-0baba11df0e1

Snowy Path to Lake Ontario

Feb 14, 2012

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/5720e24e-671e-402e-940c-bf3ac00241d5

Week 14 - Fat Brush

One of the aims of this daily painting venture was to loosen up.

I was trained as a Technical Illustrator so I love corners, angles and precision but that is not how I want to paint these. This week I forced myself to use only a ½” brush. On a large canvas this is no big deal but on 8x10” it definitely gave me no option other than “loosening up.” 

Feb 11, 2012

Field of Green and Gold

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/10abdb98-6075-4983-85b4-2374477da9e7

Feb 10, 2012

Twilight

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/75b3e819-d97f-4d85-be6a-2cdbbe99e26c

Feb 9, 2012

Rolling Field

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/e4af3432-d05a-421d-8508-7fc7670dcf54

Feb 8, 2012

Field of Green and Purple

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/a0e61d61-2c0c-48fb-868e-f9d110ca3e71

Children's Guide To Knowledge

Children's guide of knowledge - link

As an aside to my daily paintings, I came across this interesting link as I was searching for the illustrator of a children's book and thought it was worth a look.

I have a copy of the referenced book copyright 1963. I received it in 1968 so it is a newer version than the one Nan posted but the picks are the same. Mine is missing a few pages - I probably used them for a school project somewhere along the way - shame on me.  I have added a couple of different images below.

I always loved this book but I can't find any references as to who the illustrators were. If anyone know, please advise.

Children's Guide To Knowledge

Copyright 1963

Published by Parents' Magazine Press

Week 13 - Made up

Ok – so the snow only lasted a couple of days and then it started raining again.

I decided to forgo trying to find a real scene to paint and just made up a bunch of rural fields in my head. It gave me a chance to do whatever I wanted and use any colours I liked. I did have fun with it.

Feb 4, 2012

Bright Morning

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/c5f9fc0d-4cd9-4353-8cf2-0e3c861d20c9

Feb 3, 2012

Green Hill

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/89b08fb9-f879-495a-8fd5-cab9ce3a36a3

Feb 2, 2012

Daisy Field

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/73a13258-e3ba-47e1-a9c0-f893d3f9e6be

Feb 1, 2012

Autumn Field

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/judyblue-anderson/9c29eec8-ca5a-44c4-b657-b4914a30f7ae

Week 12 - Winter

Wow – I can’t believe this week I hit painting number 50. It has been much more difficult than I imagined to force myself to paint this regularly. I have always painted quickly but where I used to find larger canvases daunting – these little 8x10’s some days stress me out.

Our crazy weather has given me the opportunity to see days that are bright and sunny and gloomy and rainy, but not much snow.

Since I only painted my first winter piece earlier this year I was hoping to work on that a bit more. As much as I am not a fan of winter driving, I was hoping to get some snow so I could tackle winter as a subject. Luckily this week we got at least enough for me to go out and get some reference and give it a try.

Jan 27, 2012

Snow in the Trees

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/outofpopup/01ebbe98-9ebb-49a9-a11a-0e2b86e41041

Jan 26, 2012

Snowy Field

 http://www.dailypaintworks.com/outofpopup/4a44c07a-9038-40f4-97b4-b8bd636ade92

Jan 25, 2012

Snow on the Escarpment

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/outofpopup/85ffa978-8114-4d69-8b92-a7af01eb296c

Jan 24, 2012

Snow Rows

http://www.dailypaintworks.com/outofpopup/20572fe0-1c20-464b-96bf-7a26795c3036