The end of the June Challenge

Today is the last day of the June Challenge - and I've done it!
A painting a day every day in June.

Here are the last seven paintings.

We'll start with this beauty

In the Wildflower Field

then Glass 1

with this one, I painted the glass and used some gentle washes in the background

Glass 2

with this one, I painted the paper with a light blue tint, then painted the shadows and shapes around where the glass was. This gave the impression of a glass vase, though I never painted that directly. Hope that makes sense.

Wimbledon

of course, I've been watching the tennis at Wimbledon this year - and this is my little homage to the tradition of strawberries and cream.

Sailing Away

just a seascape from my imagination.. water, reflections, red boat, rugged mountain. I can taste the salt air, mmm !

Breakfast

a freehand set of fish, feeding in a pond

and finally, Splash!

a little flower, in watercolour, with touches of ink.

I hope you've enjoyed the June Challenge paintings - all thirty of them.

I also have some great news. One lady saw my pears and wanted all four.
She's agreed to sponsor a kennel at Battersea Dogs Home as payment.
As you all know, that's where my Missy came from. I couldn't be happier.

If you're wondering what's happening with my novel, there's a new post about it on my other blog HERE

Thanks for bearing with me through this Challenge. I'm going to continue to post once a week, because it gives me more time to come visit you  - and that is important to me. Now I'm going out to enjoy the Sunday sunshine. Tomorrow I'll come visiting. Cheers!

Wimbledon - Champion!

Someone remarked to me that whilst I was watching Wimbledon tennis tournament I should paint a crowd scene.

And I thought about it, but thought, its too normal to paint a player or the crowd.. so then, what is synonymous with Wimbledon?

Strawberries and cream!

Then if I was there, eating them - and my man won, they'd be flying through the air as I leapt from my seat to cheer!

So from my wild imagination, that's how this painting came to be.
I had great fun painting this one - it really makes me smile.
Hope it does the same for you :)

Champion!

this painting will be added to my permanent gallery site

Pat Elliott Paintings