30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 28 – Close

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The twin painting to yesterday’s creation turned out to be another one I really like. And as usual it’s a representation of how I feel right now. I did start on it yesterday but I only did the foreground with the grasses and ground and some implied trees in the background – the finished painting is how I feel right now. But how do I explain that? The straightness of the trees, the joined canopy, the independent little mini hills that they stand on, the joint darker ground. The mist. Warmth and cold at the same time. A hare that’s alert. A more crooked tree on the other side. Well.. It all makes a sort of emotional sense.

“Close”, acrylics on paper, A4-sized.

30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 24 – Party in the Woods

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Next to its twin, the painting posted yesterday, this one looks so loose and fuzzy, I don’t know if I like it yet. It’s hard not to compare and have a preference. Maybe I’ll keep working on this later, maybe not, we’ll see. Right now I’m tempted to add a bunch of colours and decorations. At first I thought of it more like woodland spirits celebrating, now it feels much more like they’re human, and humans bring stuff with them. It’s a party in the woods either way. Autumn colours, equinox on my mind still.

“Party in the Woods”, acrylic on paper, A4-sized.

30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 23 – Autumn

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Happy equinox and Mabon and all that jazz! Today I’ve been cutting down on summer things on my balcony, taking down the watering system and one of the flower boxes, bringing some of the plants indoors, so autumn has been much on my mind. Right now the night sky is periodically getting lit with bright flashes, I thought it’s so cold that thunder was a thing of the past already. Apparently not. I’d better hurry up and post this in case it comes closer.

“Autumn”, acrylic on paper, A4-sized.

30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 11 – Presence

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It’s been a weird kind of day but in this late evening I’m still left with a warm glow kind of feeling, I guess it poured out onto the canvas as well. Personally I sense something’s there, something’s with us in the forest. Maybe a whole hoard of small things, maybe something angelic, maybe a UFO, who knows. Maybe for someone else there’s simply the sunlight. Nothing more awesome than nature, you know? Whatever you see is great.

“Presence”, acrylic on canvas paper, about A4-sized.

30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 9 – Autumn Sky

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Oh how I love these colours! I love playing around with bright! Probably going to have to touch up the white tomorrow after it’s all dried, the white parts do tend to dull a bit since I often use them slightly diluted.

“Autumn Sky”, acrylic paint on canvas paper, about A4-sized.

I should be sleeping by now, so I’m hurrying off to bed right away. Got some errands to run tomorrow and also I’ve suddenly got this major urge to be up early enough in the mornings to take a short walk. Maybe it’s wishful thinking, maybe it’s a good idea, we’ll see. Good night for now!

30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 8 – Mystic Woods

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There’s signs of foliage yellowing here in southern Finland right now. It’s such a warm September it feels unreal to think that there’s going to be an actual fall soon. Feeling pretty tired out tonight so I’m calling this painting “Mystic Woods” and leaving it at that, hoping I won’t regret the title tomorrow morning when my brain is up for thinking again.

“Mystic Woods”, acrylics on canvas paper, about the size of A4.

I like the way the paintings look side by side. Since I’ve been in a similar mood or state of mind while painting both, they feel very much related. I also try to use somewhat similar colours, whatever blend is left from making the start of the first painting.

30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 7 – Love

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Oh boy did I have problems getting this one to look right. For the longest time it just looked like I had stopped painting too soon, so I kept going. Thankfully that paid off, but I did lose the lovely brown and yellow hill ground that I had liked so much. For some reason whenever I tried making grass it just looked wrong, it worked better as growth with flowers. And love, of course, is what’s on my heart today, so although I had envisioned something different, this is where I ended up.

“Love”, acrylic paint on canvas paper, about the size of an A4.

30 Paintings in 30 Days – Day 3 – Glow

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Today’s painting was one I went back and forth with a lot, pondering if I should add more to it. But every time I looked at it I got such a sense of peace and expectation that I decided not to mess with it further, just added a couple of birds for balance and interest.

“Glow”. Acrylic on canvas paper. Slightly smaller than an A4.

This is what my work space looks like right now. I like to work on my couch but maybe things are getting a bit ridiculous. No place to sit.