"Mission San Diego" Day 21

30 Paintings in 30 Days

Day 21

"Mission San Diego"

8" x 10"

oil on canvas panel

$50

This is another mission I visited in San Diego two years ago.  I can't wait to do a collage of all my doors.

"Ancient Door" Day 20

30 paintings in 30 Days

Day 20

10" x 8"

oil on canvas panel

$50

Another old European Door from my friend Judy.  The bottom of the door and wall was covered with a beautiful green moss.

"Filoli Door" Day 14

30 paintings in 30 days

Day 14

"Filoli Door #2"

10" x 8"

$50

Oil on canvas panel

Another door from Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California.

"Parisian Door" Day 13

30 paintings in 30 days

Day 13

10" x 8"

oil on canvas panel

$100
I used a photograph from www.scanlan.com about 12 years ago to paint a mural on my wall in my studio.  This is just half the photograph and mural.

This is the mural in my studio.  I change the painting to fit my door theme.

This painting didn't looked finished so I add the other half timbers this morning.  See the difference in composition.

This is the final painting.

$100

 

"Blue Door" Day 9

30 paintings in 30 days

Day 9

10" x 8"

oil/palette knife on panel

unframed

$100

Here is the blue door of Provence with the vine and pot added to complete day nine's painting.

"Filoli Door" Day 8

30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Filoli Door"

10" x 8"

oil/palette knife on canvas panel

$50

Another door from the Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California.

"Charleston Door" Day 3

30 paintings in 30 days

Day 3

"Charleston Door"

8" x 6"

While visiting Charleston for a College graduation, I took photographs of some of the beautiful doorways in Charleston.

Day 12 "Banyan Tree"

30 Paintings in 30 Days

Day 12

4" x 4"

oil on panel

$35

I used just two colors for this monochromatic painting, viridian and violet.  The values came from gradually  adding white.  It shows coolness of the day where the sky and sea almost match.  This small painting was harder to do than some of my larger daily paintings.

Day 9 "Black Oak"

30 Paintings in 30 Days

Day 9

"Black Oak"

6" x 6"

Oil on panel

$45

This painting is from another photo of my friend in California.  I use my own photos but sometimes use Judy photos because that are excellent photos of my favorite places and things.

Day 7 "California Oak"

30 paintings in 30 Days

Day 7

"California Oak"

8" x 8"

Oil on panel

$50

I took a photo of this oak tree in the Filoli Gardens in Woodside, California two summers ago.  I was looking up into the tree and saw the burl and the gnarled old branches.