30/30 Challenge, Day Nine: Pink Octopus at Night

Evening Octopus

Evening Octopus

3x3, Oil on wood panel

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Sometimes it's nice to just go for a little walk by yourself at night, when there's no one else around.

This is painting #9 in the "30 paintings in 30 days" challenge!

29 Faces, Round III - Face 11

The Octopus of Mystery

Face 11

the Octopus of Mystery

2x2.5" Oil on Canvas Panel

I bet this guy's' got some secrets, that's why they call him the Octopus of Mystery.

Face number 11 for the 29 faces challenge!

29 Faces Redux - Faces 1 and 2!

I must be a glutton for punishment, I signed up to do 29 Faces again!  Actually it was a lot of fun back in February but also a lot of work and I hope I can keep up with it.

Here are yesterday and today's faces, both are ACEO's:

Face 1

Blueberry

2.5 x 3.5, 

mixed media on bristol

Face 2

Octopy

2.5 x 3.5

graphite on bristol

Here's a link to the other particpants: OTHER PARTICIPANTS

29 Faces Challenge - days 9 and 10

Here are my two Faces for days 9 and 10, later on I'll post day 11 and be all caught up!

Another thing I like about this challenge is that it's inspiring me to use some materials I never seem to get around to using. This first one is pastel on Stonehenge paper:

Face 9

Maybe he's really nice, but I don't think I'd want to see "Face 9" coming at me in the dark!

Next is another experiment, it's oil on YUPO, another of my favorite surfaces on which to paint, and also brought to you by the same folks who bring you Stonehenge paper!

Face 10

Face 10 is very enlarged, it's actually about 1.5 x 1.5 inches.

Ode to Bloo

Ode to Bloo

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I was going to pull together a little poem for this painting since the theme is “Ode to Bloo”, but I changed my mind. Sorry.

Anyway, I feel compelled to offer some explanation, which is that this is just a little painting of Bloo going off to her first day of Kidneygarden. She was feeling a little nerbbis until I told her she could take her security octopus and (of course) her Lunchbox lunchbox. She’s a little shy so I hope that either Lunchbox or Soft and Fuzzy Johnson is in her class.