a painting a day (1-5)

So last month I embarked on a goal to do a painting a day for a month..Over the years, I feel like working digitally all day is slowly killing my soul and felt the need to make an actual physical paintings (and drawings for that matter) a more prominent part of my daily life.  My constraints were only to do something with paint - could be from life could be from photo, could be a master copy, could be from my head.  Generally i kept them small, and generally i tried not to spend too much time on them (must resist the urge to fuss!).  As it turns out most of these ended up being from photos, i guess for convenience, though i am excited to try some master copies too, as i continue.  These are by and large watercolor and gouache with some pencil here and there.  though i've been trying to stay more 'watercolor-y', many turned out more 'gouache-y'.  Shrug..It's what i gravitate towards i guess.

Some of them turned out ok, some of them pretty crappy, and i'm still debating whether to post those, heh heh!  Here are the first few..

happy halloween!

Neither of us are big on this 'holiday', but for some reason my wife is always calling Valentine's day 'Halloween'.  Anyhow, a quick diversion this morning before starting work...hadn't really planned it to be quite so...anatomical, but there you are.

happy krampus

...'cause it's his time of year!

beer

daffodils & alcohol

saru sushi

i've never eaten there...

commuter

...and the future of MUNI ticketing...maybe....not...