It was so great to see my granddaughter Camden this weekend. I hadn’t seen her for quite a while and missed her a lot, she is going to be six soon and growing up to be such a big girl. I love that she loves nature so, and is quite adventurous. She had no fear feeding her pet chicken Nellie. I always wanted to paint this image and thought it would be great for her to take home with her. I showed it to her mom and she actually started to well up with tears. She not only loved this painting, but was touched by the image of Camden feeding her favorite chickens.
This is my seventh painting of my #paint52 series, the challenge to paint 52 paintings in one year. The painting is 9” X 12”, painted on a linen covered Birch New Tradition Art Panel; the medium Atelier Interactive Acrylics. The New Traditional art panels are lightweight durable, and easy to carry for Plein air painting, but can be used for studio painting as well. They come in a wide variety of styles and textures. This panel will be easy to transport and pack. You might want to check out the site, it’s a great find. I under-painted the painting with Raw Sienna. Once again I prefer to paint loose and capture the essence of the moment.
Last night my son Blair said he was very proud and excited to see what I was doing and expressed that it was a great challenge. What I love about this challenge is sharing it with everyone and perhaps along the way inspiring you as well.
I really appreciate you sharing my journey.
Beautiful, beautiful piece in color, composition and especially sentiment. This should be saved for her!!! Very lovely! 😀
Oh Janet this is beautiful and the story is sweet!
Oh, I love this one, Janet.. the movement of the brush strokes is nice. The warm tones and one can just imagine your precious moments with your granddaughter.
Hi Christine, yes it was very sentimental, thank you for wonderful comments.
Hi Shannon, it was a special moment. Couldn’t believe that Mom had tears.
You know Allison for some reason, I have been enjoying the strokes that is inherent with the use of acrylics. Thank you!
This is a very lovely painting and a sweet story. I enjoy reading your blog! Thanks!
Love this Janet – especially your use of colour and blocks of colour – to me it’s reminiscent of Matisse.
Keep going!
This is one of my new favorites, Janet. There is such a feeling of joy, the colors are wonderful, and you captured her sweet happiness to be feeding her friend, Nellie.
I am really enjoying all of your paintings and look forward to next week’s creation.
Oh Ruth thanks for visitng. And thank you for the lovely comments.
Cheryl your are so sweet thanks so much.
Very nice Janet. Nice memories to record on canvas. I’m sure it means a lot to everyone in your family.
Thanks Becky yes it meant more than I thought it would, for me as well.
Hi Janet,
I love a painting that comes with a story! Makes it so much more special. I’ve learned quite a bit about you in the last week by reading your blog and looking at your artwork. It is very inspiring, thank you 🙂
Franziska San Pedro
Flavor Designs
Thanks so much Franziska. I’m so glad you are visiting my blog.