Collage--30 Paintings in 30 Days, January 2015

This collage shows all but my first painting, which was pretty awful. Happy to have completed this challenge! :)

Flower Garden (Day 7--out of order!)

Day 7 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. Watercolor, 6"x6". I was behind in the challenge in the first week, and somehow totally missed #7! So I'm adding it now. I love the summer garden--hollyhocks, sunflowers, roses, clematis, and lots of annuals. But I'm getting less and less interested in planting it all, and the upkeep! So each year my garden gets a little less colorful. Now my husband is eyeing all the garden space for veggies. I did that for a while--I'm glad he's taking a turn at it. ;)
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Wisteria Again

Day 30 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge! Watercolor, 4"x4". Another try at wisteria. I have a long way to go to get the look I want. I have enjoyed experimenting with watercolors, and look forward to doing more and improving.

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$20.00 Option 2 Option 3

Color Riot

Day 29 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. Watercolor, 4"x4". Colorful bouquet of flowers--trying to do more color blending and stay loose. Tiny steps.

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$20.00 Option 2 Option 3

Think Spring!

Day 28 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. Watercolor, 6"x6". Spring here is so amazingly beautiful with the flowering cherry trees, the azaleas, and the daffodils and tulips. Seems far away right now. Still some winter to go. The Northeast just got hit with a bad blizzard. Hope there aren't a lot more of those coming this year.

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$25.00 Option 2 Option 3

Icicles

Day 27 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. Watercolor, 6"x6". Icicles! They're pretty, especially with the sun shining on and through them. Brings back fun memories of my Michigan childhood, but I'm happy to be in Georgia now where we don't see too many icicles. An icicle story--in Michigan, in the 60's and before, rhubarb was grown in the winter in hothouses. These were low structures that were kept warm partly with an insulation layer on the roof--which was usually manure. So the icicles on these hothouses were not clear, they were kind of brown! My husband's family called these "root beer icicles". :)

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25.00 Option 2 Option 3

Pinwheel Palm Tree

Day 26 in the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge. Watercolor, 6"x6". My friend and pastel teacher, Karen Margulis, told us don't let your palm trees be too symmetrical, looking like pinwheels. I can't seem to get away from this habit, and will have to work on it!

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$ 25.00 Option 2 Option 3