Day 27: 30 in 30: Every and Anything Series

"Sunflowers & a Daisy" Oil on Canvas, 8"x 10", Original Painting FOR SALE: $75.00 + $10.95 S&H

Hello everyone! It's January 27, 2015 and today is Day 27 of my 30 Painting's in 30 Days Painting Challenge!

My theme for this 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge is "Every and Anything" and over the next 3 days I will be painting every and anything from landscapes, to pet portraits; from people portraits, to still lifes; and so forth! (To learn more about why I chose this theme click HERE.)

This is a still life oil painting of several sunflowers & a daisy. I love the restricted color palette most about this piece: the yellows, the browns, the whites, and the little hints of green on the leaves and stems of the flowers.

I see this piece as peaceful, calm, subtle, sunny, and soothing. It just creates that sort of mood in me when I look at it. It just gives me a "quiet" smile when I look at it. It makes me happy!

I hope it does the same for you! :)

Anyway, tomorrow is Day 28! And then after that, I will be posting only two more paintings for this challenge! Can you believe it? We are almost there . . . Yay!

I'll see you tomorrow for Day 28! 'Til then, and 'til later fellow art lovers! Take care, and God bless!
-SamDoum

Squirrel Climbing Tree

"Squirrel Climbing Tree" Pastel on Illustration Board, 8"x 10",
Original Painting FOR SALE: $75.00 + $10.95 S&H

Hello everyone!

Today's painting is of a cute, little squirrel climbing a tree, and this little painting was done in pastels, as opposed to all the oil paint I've been using lately.

My husband says that he loves my oil paintings more than my pastel work, but I kind of like them both. Pastels are my favorite medium to work in. I just love forming lines, shapes, and colors with them, blending and smudging. I love pastels because this media allows you to be hands on, if you will, with the painting. With painting there's usually a tool (your paint brush or palette knife) between you and the painting. But pastels allow you to kind of dive in and become one with you art work. Though it can be kind of messy and though it's kind of hard to get your nails clean after you've been using them, I still just loooove pastels, and I love the way they feel in my hands. Hard to explain but its a good feeling.

Sometimes I feel like I have more control over my pastels then I do with a paint brush, when it comes to how my painting comes out. I guess that's because with pastels, there's no tool between me and the painting I'm working on, as I've already mentioned.

Anyway, I do hope you enjoy this brown, little, furry, friendly squirrel of mine. She's definitely a cutie! What d'you think?

Take care fellow art lovers and God bless!
-SamDoum

Garden: Rocks, Trees, and Grass

Original Painting: "Garden: Rocks, Trees, and Grass!":
 8"x10"- Pastel on Illustration Board,  $75+$6.95 S&H USD

Hello everyone! I have my new pastel painting which was inspired from last week's "What Should I Paint Wednesday" for you today! After the voting on Facebook, last week, this landscape scene won out.

Love this beautiful green and brown landscape garden with all of the earthy tones of greens and browns. Hope you Love it too!

Don't forget to vote on Facebook today in order to vote on what gets painted next week!

I hope you enjoy!

Til later, fellow art lovers!
-SamDoum

Day 29 of 30 in 30 Painting Challenge: Animals: "Elegant Horse"

Original 8x10 Pastel Painting For Sale - "Elegant Horse" : $50.00+ $6.95 Shipping and  Handling

Hello everyone!

Its Day 29 of the Leslie Saeta January 30 Paintings in 30 Days Painting Challenge and I have my new 29th animal painting for you today! This one is of a tanish-brown elegant horse whose photo I found online. She's such a beautiful little horse, so I just had to paint her picture!

Tomorrow will  be the last day of the challenge! Can you believe it? After tomorrow, I, and all of the something of about maybe 400 other artist who've participated, will have completed 30 paintings in 30 days non stop! So exciting! We did it again!

This is only my second Leslie Saeta Challenge, but I do plan to keep doing them because the more I paint, the  better I continue to grow, as and artist. My father was telling me the day before yesterday that he could see that my painting skills have grown, and I owe that to Leslie Saeta because painting everyday has allowed me to develop my skills even more. And as they say, practice makes perfect!

Anyway, that said, I just wanted to thank all of you who have supported SamDoum Art. Whether you continue to visit my blog just to check up on whats going on with SamDoum Art, whether you leave comments in the comments section of this blog or Facebook, or whether you have "liked" any of my paintings on Facebook, I just want to let you know how much I appreciate you! Thanks so much for helping me to get the word out about SamDoum Art! Please continue to "like", "share", and "comment"! Thanks so much!

Well, that's all for now from SamDoum Art! Take care and God bless!

'Til later fellow art lovers!
-SamDoum

A Look Back on the 30 Day Painting Challenge: Animals
 

Day 1: Delicate Butterfly	Day 2: Lady Lioness	Day 3: Cheetahs: Mum & Babe
Day 4: Closeup: Male Fallow Deer	Day 5: Wading in Water	Day 6: Sip of Water
Day 7: Majestic Lion Couple	Day 8: Yellow Bird Perched	Day 9: Perched in Snow
Day 10: Yellow-Eyed Tiger	Day 11: Baby and Mother Elephant	Day 12: Blue-eyed Kitty-cat
Day 13: Spotted Giraffe	Day 14: Kitty-cat with Leaves	Day 15: Bird on a Snow-Covered Branch
Day 16: Rabbit in Grass	Day 17: Bamboo Panda	Day 18: Munching Squirrel
Day 19: Sage Perroquet	Day 20: Tangerine-Orange Swimming Fish	Day 21: Merry Meerkat
Day 22: Lion in Grass	Day 23: Girly Goat	Day 24: Yellow Chicken in Profile
Day 25: Rooster	Day 26: Pink Piglet	Day 27: Puppy Dog
Day 28: Slippery Snail

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Day 18 of 30 in 30 Painting Challenge: Animals: "Munching Squirrel"

Original 8x10 Pastel Painting For Sale - "Munching Squirrel" : $50.00+ $6.95 Shipping and  Handling

Hello everyone!

Hope you are having a great weekend!

I'm just posting today's painting for the 30 in 30. This one is of a cute little squirrel whose photo I found on "Paint my Photo."  I must say, I really like how this one came out. Love the neutral tones and his big, fat, puffy tail. This little squirrel is just nibbling and munching away at something. Isn't he cute?!

Anyway, that's all for now from SamDoum Art. Take care and may God bless you!

'Til later fellow art lovers,

-SamDoum

A Look Back on the 30 Day Painting Challenge: Animals

Day 1: Delicate Butterfly	Day 2: Lady Lioness	Day 3: Cheetahs: Mum & Babe
Day 4: Closeup: Male Fallow Deer	Day 5: Wading in Water	Day 6: Sip of Water
Day 7: Majestic Lion Couple	Day 8: Yellow Bird Perched	Day 9: Perched in Snow
Day 10: Yellow-Eyed Tiger	Day 11: Baby and Mother Elephant	Day 12: Blue-eyed Kitty-cat
Day 13: Spotted Giraffe	Day 14: Kitty-cat with Leaves	Day 15: Bird on a Snow-Covered Branch
Day 16: Rabbit in Grass	Day 17: Bamboo Panda

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