This challenge was strenuous for me. In the beginning I painted several times a day, before getting something worth posting. I struggled each day, as I expected I would after not having painted for months. Still, here we are at October, and it feels like September passed in no time at all. Part of the strange time anomaly that happens when you take part in a limited event.
I’m already looking forward to our February 2026 gathering!
I included one piece from last week, in the first series above. So that you could view them together. (4 x 6 inches.) I wanted the collection to be light and airy. But I can see now, I could have gone a bit deeper on some elements, to have more contrast. Another lesson learned this month!
More quick trees, 4 x 6 inches. The technique is so fun, I want to do a large version. A forest!
It will take a lot more practice to get there. 😁
To finish the month, I decided on a graphic series. I worked on them all at the same time. I started with a capital letter. I thought of faith, healing, spirit, and belief. After playing with
design elements, I thought to add more text. Tried to do asemic writing, but mine was coming out too spikey and rigid. Not the mood I wanted. For fun, I thought of a quote by Pooh. I used one in each piece. I veiled them, for a little bit of mystery. A foggy memory you can’t quite recover. It wasn’t as much about the words, as it was about letters, as a design element.
“A friend is one of the nicest things you can have,
and one of the best things you can be”
“Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart.”
“If there ever comes a day when we can’t be together,
keep me in your heart, I’ll stay there forever.”
“We didn’t realize we were making memories, we just knew we were having fun”
Of course the F could be for finie, finale, finally, or finished. And the month is finished.
Tomorrow I will share my favorites with you, and the 30 day collage. See you then!
