Day #26 :: APPLE :: January Daily Painting Challenge

APPLE
by Kim Morin Weineck
original pastel, 6x6"

$125 + $8 shipping

We all have these days -- when you aren't in the flow. Wow! I threw away three painting starts tonight. It was hard. It's like my alter-ego showed up tonight in my studio and decided to 'have a go' at pastels.

Ha! The struggle is usually overcome with ability or vision. Tonight I lacked both for a while. 

Here is my single apple. The colors are fun. The marks are vibrant. Some of the color notes are unexpected. 

Tonight I could have fallen upon my comfort references and painted the landscapes I love. A marsh or a hay field or a beach would have been fun, but I really took the idea of a painting challenge to heart and thought I'd push myself. 

After all that challenging work, I'm tired, BUT ----

I'm also quite pleased with my apple. 

Thanks for reading! ~kmw

Mixing it up

After focusing so intently on pastels for a spot of time, it was a nice mental break to switch to something utterly different: illustrations in mixed media. 

©2012 Kim Morin Weineck
BRAEBURN APPLE
original mixed media, 7x7 unframed
available $45

For these works on board I used pencil, colored pencil, watercolor, watercolor pencil, iridescent pastels, ink, sharpies, my daughters' art supplies of all sorts, and perhaps something else I am forgetting....

©2012 Kim Morin Weineck
HEIRLOOM TOMATO
original mixed media, 7x7 unframed
available $45
I am going to take a better photo and repost

Julie at Gallery9 has asked me to do some work in a different vein for a show coming up Friday, August 3rd. I always am up for the challenge to see what can be produced under a time crunch. 

©2012 Kim Morin Weineck
ASSORTMENT of ORIGINALS

These are fun illustration art for me to do and making them is oddly exhausting. 

©2012 Kim Morin Weineck
LEMON
original mixed media, 7x7 unframed
available $45

Photographing them in my dining room was horrible, but I was anxious to share them because they got me excited. 

©2012 Kim Morin Weineck
WATERCOLOR BRUSH
original mixed media, 2x7 unframed
available $25

I can't tell which is my favorite and can't wait to do more. 

©2012 Kim Morin Weineck
PEPPERMINT CANDY
original mixed media, 7x7 unframed
available $45

Have suggestions for a subject or want to purchase one? Let me know in the comments, in an email (kimweineck@gmail.com) or on Facebook.

Thanks for reading!
~kmw