Day 31 !! NO it isn't !! "Upper Peninsula"

Hey Friends,  Can I keep it going?  No don't think so.  But since I am trying to clean out my studio, trying to make room for new stuff ('cuz I'm compelled to keep painting) I will continue to post work for sale on Ebay.  And everything starts at a penny, $0.01, not a typo. 
It doesn't hurt to look.  And ebay has made the listing process so much easier that I don't mind doing it.  This beaute with the crashing waves is in a gold frame and ready to hang.
Go ahead and Click Here to look.
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Day 30 of Leslie Saeta's Challenge "Yellow Can"

Hey friends,  Is this the last day?  I just listed this in Ebay  for auction starting at a penny.  Over the years I've done a bunch of water cans with flowers, a bunch.  Just one of those subjects I never tire of.
 I might be crazy but every time I try to put a link to ebay with the "Click Here" close to the edge , IT will NOT work.  It won't connect.  So now I put it in the middle, CLICK HERE, for Ebay.

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Day 29 of 30 day Challenge "Smith Mountain Lake"

Hey Friends, Well this is water, yes.  Lake water, not ocean water.  But it'll be fine.  I love water any way you paint it.  This 10"x 8" acrylic plein-aire was painted this past summer while we, the DLP, were at Midge Club house at Smith Mountain Lake.  This is a pretty big lake here in SW Virginia.  It was constructed by AEP years ago and has a lot of retirees around it.
This is going over to Ebay for auction starting at a penny !  Right !
Click Here for the auction link.

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No. 28 of the 30 Day Challenge "Kite Feast"

Hey Friends, Closing in on the end of the month !  Yay!  Leslie always asks "What have you learned?"   All I can think of  is How hard all of this is.  Artists are not your usual kind of worker.  We are so crazy we will slave away into the night and after putting the brushes to bed, we spend another hour trying to get it to look right on a computer . (that's a period)
I know it's not taken from Myrtle Beach but it LOOKS like it could be?  That pretty blue sky !

Anyway, it is for auction on Ebay , starting at a penny.

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Day 26 Almost done ! Myrtle Beach State Park #3

Hey Friends,  Some trees at Myrtle Beach State Park, SC.  I was told the salty sea air causes the trees to naturally prune themselves by dessicating the foliage on the sides facing the ocean.  The trees were more naked and flat on the right sides but it just looked stupid to me in this little painting.  So I fixed it OR did I?
CLICK HERE for the ebay auction.

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Day 25 "Hovering #3"

Hey Friends,  "Hovering #3" painted from a photo taken while feeding the birds on Myrtle Beach, SC.  This was a fun day but had gray skys.  I had to change that.
Listed for auction at Ebay.  CLICK HERE
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Day 24 of 30 day Challenge. "Dune Grasses #2"

Hey Friends, Day 24 brings another view of the grasses on the dunes of Myrtle Beach, SC.

For auction on Ebay, CLICK HERE if interested.
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Day 23 of Leslie Saeta's Challenge "Myrtle Beach State Park #2"

Hey Friends,  This is another version of Myrtle Beach State Park, SC.  It feels incomplete or non-descript, may be a better word.  Not enough contrast, esp. on my monitor.

I will most likely re-do this one.  But I'll go ahead and let the world see my screw up only because of this challenge.

For the Ebay auction CLICK HERE, which goes live at 6pm tonight.

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Day 22 "Popcorn Thief"

Hey Friends,  A pretty little gull (I thought it was a girl because it was so petite) stole a popcorn from my sisters hand as she was pulling back to throw it.  Sis let out a squeak, funny.
She is for sale in an Ebay auction, CLICK HERE.
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Day 21 "Alley #2 "

Hey Friends,  Alley #2 is horizontal, #1 was vertical.  It is 5"x 7" and painted on a gessoed panel.

For auction in Ebay, CLICK HERE to check it out.

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Day 20 " Alley #1 "

Hey Friends,  While at Myrtle Beach last month, I rode around a bit on the tricycle of my sisters Son.
He is handicapped so the cycle is adult sized.  I had fun riding it and it really amused my niece.
Pedaling along on Ocean Blvd., I saw several alleys of interest so I went back at sunset and the setting sun was just right to create nice little streaks of light in the darkness.  I really want to do a bigger version.  This one is 7"x 5" and is for auction in Ebay - CLICK HERE.
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Day 19 of Leslie Saeta's Challenge

Hey Friends, A favorite subject for Day 19 - Clouds !   At the state park in Myrtle Beach, SC it was very windy on this day.  I caught some grasses upright when the wind stopped for a second.  I believe it is sea oats.  BTW sea oats grow just about anywhere, they are tough little plants, I guess that's why they hold the sand in place so well.
I've put her in Ebay at Auction, just CLICK HERE.
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Day 18 "Hoovering # 3"

Hey Friends,  A silly little sea gull for Day 18 of  Leslie's Challenge.  I've got at least one more gull to paint, probably more.
This tough old bird is at auction in Ebay, CLICK HERE to check it out.
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No. 17 of the Challenge

Hey Friends,  I'm caught up for a few days with the challenge paintings.  By that I mean, if something happens (like my Babes spending tonight or a play date with my paint buddies) I will have one to post.  I'll still paint every day.

Here is one of my photos for reference.  Took a while but I finally learned how to move the camera with them, to get a NON blurry shot.  It's a wonder I wasn't covered in poo.
This little diddy is in my Ebay shop  CLICK HERE
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Day 16 in the 30 dy Challenge

Hey Friends,  My piece for Day 16.  The back yard again at the vacation house in Myrtle Beach, SC.  The little short white fence with the contorted trees (I don't know what kind they are) was a challenge for me.  I can't paint a straight line.
Again you will find it in an auction on Ebay, Click here.
And click on the DLP blog over there, to hear about our fun time today.

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Day 15 of Leslie Saeta Challenge

Hey Friends, Day 15  and yeah, I know about yesterday.  The dog ate my painting ! ?  This was done here at home not at the beach.  It measures 12" x 9" on a canvas panel that I texturized with acrylic medium and one of those net bags that oranges come in.  It's a bit more pronounced than I intended.
I put it in Ebay with the auction starting at a penny. CLICK HERE.
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Day 13 of 30 Days "Beach Butts"

Hey Friends,  Did not think it would happen so quick.  Running out of time, running out of paintings.  But that's what has happened.  This past week was busy with family stuff and not feeling so swell, as in NO SUN depression.  So I'm cheating a bit.  This was painted some time ago and the photos were taken in the Tampa, Fl. area. 
I wanted every painting to be from the trip to Myrtle Beach.  I have about 5 in various stages but none dry enough to scan.  They should be dry enough by tomorrow, so then I'll just carry on.
Click here to go to the EBay auction.
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Day 12 of Leslie's 30 Day Challenge

Hey Friends,  Day 12 has rolled in, almost half-way.  This was painted from the photos I took in Myrtle Beach, SC.  Yeah and a lot of imagination.   Wish I were there now.
Click here for the Ebay auction that starts at a penny.
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Day 11 - 9"x 12" Oil for Saeta's Challenge

Hey Friends,  Another day on the beach.  Another day in Paradise.  Don't I wish !  It is 15 degrees as I type this.  I want to go to the grocery store but I don't wanna go outside.  What a wussss.
Painted this one after I was home from Paradise.  Using some of the 500 photos I took.  I didn't quite capture how high the waves were.  But I like it.
It's in my Ebay auctions, Click here.
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Day 10 of Posting Original Paintings for Leslie Saeta's Challenge

Hey Friends, Another of palms, same spot as the painting posted 2 days ago.  Just about the same weather conditions so I stayed on the porch again.  Every one was at the beach, shivering but Happy !  I felt the need to practice a bit with the oils again.
She is listed in my Ebay auctions starting at a penny.
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Day 9 of the Leslie Saeta Challenge

Hey Friends,  This palm was painted on the porch at Myrtle Beach.  The weather was nothing to crow about so I stayed on the porch.  I know it got close to freezing while we were there in Dec. so I'm wondering how cold it is now !  I always thought these palms wouldn't make it that cold.
She is in my Ebay store, Click here.  The auction starts at a penny.
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Day 8 of the Challenge

Hey Friends,  Yep, Made it 8 days !  This is a 6" sq. canvas panel.  I prepped it with leftover oils a couple weeks ago.   I like working on a textured surface.  These palms were in the yard of the Whitacker House in Myrtle Beach, SC so I moved them to the oceans edge.
Click Here if you want to win this little babe for yourself.
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Day 7 of the 30 Day Challenge

Hey Friends,  Still chugging along.  I believe I took about 400 photos of the birds on the beach at Myrtle Beach, SC.  We would feed them popcorn and pretzels.  They came in a big burst.  Almost made the sky disappear.  This guy is really embellished with the colors.  I've got a couple more drawn out and ready for me to paint (today I hope).
This birdy is available in an Ebay auction by clicking here.
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Day 6 of Leslie's 30 day challenge

Well here it is Day 6.  I remember the other challenge seemed to drag on forever and was over quick as a wink.  Time is a funny thing.  We never have enough of it and we wonder where it went.
Just like the week we spent in Myrtle Beach....Where did the time go?  I only got a handful of paintings done, certainly not enough for this challenge.  But I think I'll get ahead this week because it's negative degrees here in SW Virginia and I certainly don't want to go outside.  I'll just sit here by the wood stove and paint.   She (above) is up for auction in Ebay.
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Day 5 of Leslie Saeta's Challenge

Hey Friends,  Just finished packing a couple of little paintings that were purchased on Ebay !  It is a very, very small beginning but I'm sticking with it this time.  I appreciate all the lovely people that are bidding on my humble little works.  I have meet some pretty special people through my art posting.

This little bird house was in the garden next door to the Whitacker house in Myrtle Beach, SC.  And it was not these colors.  But I'm a colorholic so this is what I saw.  No drugs were involved, really.

And I'm putting in my ebay store at a start of $0.01.  Click here if you want to see.

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Day 4 of Leslie Saeta's Challenge

Hey Friends,  Here it is day 4 already.   This watercolor on 140 lb. paper is embellished with scratches from a water soluable graphite pencil.
Click here if you would like to bid on it in Ebay starting at a penny.
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Day Three of Leslie's Challenge

Hey Friends, This is Ocean #2.  Painted while I was at Myrtle Beach, SC last week.  One of the many things I like about watercolor is the way the paint runs into each other or Blooms.  Like the way the sky ran together here.  I got it to bloom a bit in the waves also.  Simple little piece is in my EBAY store-Click Here.
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Day Two Original Watercolor

Hey Friends,  Day 2 already.   I've listed this in Ebay, with auction starting at a penny.  This was painted plein aire, mostly.  I was on the porch of the Whitacker House in N. Myrtle Beach, SC. last week.  The light was pretty flat and it was windy so I stayed on the porch. (If you can't run with the big dogs-stay on the porch, right?)
Enjoyed every minute of it.

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New Year New Challenge !

Hey Friends,  Yep, I'm gonna torture myself again for a whole month.  I just got back from spending a week at Myrtle Beach with my sister and family.  So this challenge will all be based on work done last week at the beach or using photos taken around the area. 
I came home with about 400/500 photos.  Of course a good bit were the family on the beach

The painting above I did sitting on the balcony of the Whitacker House on the oceanfront.  Late evening sun made the sky pretty orange.  And we had lots of white caps and foam all week.
It was heavenly !
You will find this little piece in my Ebay store starting at a penny.

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