I’ve been busy with life-in-general things lately and realized that I hadn’t done a pastel in awhile.  You’re going to be seeing more and more that are similar to those already posted, I’m afraid.  Or, you may be seeing some really weird ones.   After all, the point of doing 100 was to force me to choose colors that I wouldn’t normally use.  I noticed that this one is sticking pretty close to natural colors, so I’ll need to concentrate on doing it completely different next time  (maybe tomorrow?)

Enjoy!

Yes, yes, yes……here are pastels 41 & 42 in my quest to paint 100 pastels. Rules:  same size  5 X 7, completed in 30 minutes and different from the previous 40.   I’m beginning to think I really will succeed in getting the 100 done.   BUT, I won’t decide how I’ll celebrate until after number 75!

Enjoy!

Somewhere in all my moving (I’m converting a room into a studio), I believe I’ve miscounted in my identification of the paintings.  I’ve had a few fall off the boards they are lightly affixed to and I didn’t notice right away.  At this point, I can say that I now have 40 individual paintings on boards in the room, so please ignore any previous identifications.   Hopefully, I can clear up some of the confusion in the room and keep a correct count as I go along.  But, ( whatever the numbers I’ve reported in previous posts), the above three photos are nos. 38, 39 and 40.   I’m getting anxious to at least hit the half-way mark soon.  I’m doing other paintings in between…..I have no idea how long it would take working day and night to complete 100….I’m limited to 30 minutes per painting, but then there’s all the other stuff……cutting pastel paper to size, taking photographs….not to mention eating and sleeping occasionally.  I think some of the Wet Canvas pastel painters that accepted this challenge  last year were probably smart enough to keep their designs simpler.

Anyway, I hope you are enjoying the challenge (and don’t mind the confusion!)

I “believe” these are numbers 39 & 40, but it looks like I’ll have to gather my boards they are mounted on and check the count again……they could be 38 and 39.    Oh, well, I guess the only important number is 100…………..wouldn’t it be awful if I miss-counted and did 101 by mistake?

Enjoy please!

Well, I’m crank’n  them out.   I have daily sketches and MiniPix to show as well, but I just HAD to share with you how far I’ve gotten.

Please enjoy!

(And remember, they aren’t meant to be the “best” in any category.  It’s a challenge that forces me to think about putting colors together that I might not normally do……and it’s working!)

Yes, I just couldn’t leave it at one-third done, so…………..here’s number 34

Here’s number 31…….

Here’s number 32…..

Here’s number 33…….and…….

the 1/3 !!

Enjoy!!

Well, what can I say?  I definitely need practice counting pastels.  I have all of them on boards now, and it turns out this one today is number 30!  I’m going to be rearranging them for better viewing and I’ll post all 30, probably tomorrow.  Then, I’m taking a break to work on my new category called MiniPix.    And, then of course, there’s the daily sketches.   Somewhere in there, I’ll probably be doing some regular sized work, including going back to watercolor for some.   But right now, I’m basking in getting 1/3 of this challenge down!

Enjoy!

Yep!   It’s #28!   I have a feeling I know what I’m going to be doing tomorrow morning…..don’t you?