Leslie Saeta's 30 Day Painting Challenge: SamDoum's Day 14

It's Day 14 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, and I have my new fourteenth painting for you today!

Before I reveal it to you, however, I'd like to take a moment and share my artist statement with you. I've been reading a lot of art blogs and articles lately and one suggested that it would be a good idea for artists to include their artist statement in a blog post. Doing so helps others to learn more about the artist and what they represent. It gives understanding on what they stand for, and serves as a platform for artists to express their creativity and passion for art, with not just their visual art, but also in words, that is text. And so here is my artist statement. I hope you enjoy! :

ARTIST STATEMENT

            
            I am a fine arts artist who draws and paints portraits of mainly women and children in the African American family using mixed media in a loose realism. My subject matters are inspired by both the late artists Mary Cassatt and Henry Ossowa Tanner, as many stories of the African American family life and the themes of women and children permeate my canvases. However, I do enjoy switching it up a bit with still lifes, landscapes, and kaleidoscope drawings.


           I draw and paint because I love to capture beautiful sweet moments and freeze them into time, so that they can not be forgotten or ignored. I love to savor sweet precious moments that can all too quickly be lost, and thus unappreciated, on account of the pace of and influence of time. I love to freeze the rapid scenes of life and capture them in my paintings so that they can long endure on my canvas for everyone to savor and enjoy for as long as they'd like.
 
          I draw and paint because I am a constantly inspired. My mind is always effervescent with ideas, as I am always enthused by something: Something always sparks my interest, which always sparks an idea that I can use in my work later, as an artist. All these ideas bubbling inside my brain just have to be released: Out from the corners of my brain, down in to my right hand, and out onto my canvas and/or illustration board. The result is a beautiful piece of work : A drawing and/or painting for everyone's enjoyment!

I hope you've enjoyed reading my artist statement. And now . . . drum roll please . . . the big reveal of Day 14th's Kaleidoscopes in Ink's painting!  Here you are . . . Take a look! 

Kaleidoscope #14: 30 Day Painting Challenge: Day 14

$50.00 , 6"x6", Ink on Illustration Board

Did you Know? . . .

Day 14 : Kaleidoscope Fact #14: David Brewster, who invented the kaleidoscope in 1816, was a child progidy, and he built his first telescope at the age of ten.

Leslie Saeta's 30 Day Painting Challenge: SamDoum's Day 13

It's Day 13 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, and I have my new thirteenth painting for you today! But first, in my last blog post, I promised I'd invite you inside of the SamDoum Art studio. And I plan to do just that. Please take a look at the below video! ;) :)

That taken care of, I'd like to introduce you to day 13th's painting and I hope you enjoy! 'Til later fellow art lovers!
-SamDoum

Kaleidoscope #13: 30 Day Painting Challenge: Day 13

$50.00 , 6"x6", Ink on Illustration Board

Did you Know? . . .

Day 13 : Kaleidoscope Fact #13: Although kaleidoscopes are mostly used as toys or collectibles, they are also used in certain design professions as a source of inspiration.

Leslie Saeta's 30 Day Painting Challenge: SamDoum's Day 12

It's Day 12 of Leslie Saeta's 30 paintings in 30 days challenge, and I have my new twelfth  painting for you today!

In my last blog post I promised I'd tell you about what I'm thinking about while I draw my kaleidoscope paintings. Well, here it is:

Nothing. That's right absolutely nothing! For me, drawing kaleidoscopes is a spur of the moment, impulsive kind of thing in which I make marks on a page/ piece of illustration board, and I work very freely with each piece. When I start a new piece, I have no image in mind. I just go with the flow and over time I see what emerges from the canvas. The truth is, I'm just as surprised by the end result as the observer is. I have no plan when it comes to my kaleidoscopes in ink. Instead, I just work freely.

Switching gears, I've recently read that a lot of people who are not artists seem to be interested in the creative spaces artists work in. And so . . . in my next blog post, I'm opening up the SamDoum Art studio and inviting you in. You will see what space I work in when I do my paintings, whether they be kaleidoscope drawings, portraits, or anything else. So, as always, stay tuned . . .

Enjoy! And 'til later fellow art lovers!
-SamDoum

Kaleidoscope #12: 30 Day Painting Challenge: Day12

$50.00 , 6"x6", Ink on Illustration Board

Did you Know? . . .

Day 12 : Kaleidoscope Fact #12: When Brewster invented the kaleidoscope in 1816, they immediately appeared throughout Europe. However it wasn't until 1870 that the first known kaleidoscope appeared in the United States.

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Bible Tales: The First Five Books in Rhyme (For Children and Adults) now available in paperback. Click the image below!

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Leslie Saeta's 30 Day Painting Challenge: SamDoum's Day 11

Hello all!

It's day 11 of the painting challenge and I have a fresh new painting for you today. As discussed in my last post I promised to give you my second reason for choosing "Kaleidoscopes in Ink" as the theme for my 30 paintings in 30 days painting challenge and here it is:

Well, reason number two is that drawing these kaleidoscope drawings allow for me to be 100% creative. When I draw my kaleidoscopes, I'm not just copying what I see around me in life and nature, I'm instead, creating something unique and new. Something that's never been seen before and something that can not be seen anywhere else except on my canvas or piece of illustration board. I'm not drawing from observation, instead I'm drawing from my imagination, and when I create each kaleidoscope piece, I'm sharing something with the viewer that would, otherwise, never have been seen by them before, had I not shared it, because the idea for the painting originated in my head, and not anywhere in our natural landscape or environment. It truly is an amazing thing to me.

So you might ask, if the ideas for these kaleidoscope paintings originate in my head, what am I thinking about when I draw them? Well, I'll tell you what in my next blog post. Stay tuned . . .

Enjoy! And 'til later fellow art lovers!

-SamDoum

Kaleidoscope #11: 30 Day Painting Challenge: Day11

$50.00 , 6"x6", Ink on Illustration Board

Did you Know? . . .

Day 11 : Kaleidoscope Fact #11: In the late 1970's a renaissance of Kaleidoscope artistry began and still continues today.

Also from SamDoum . . .

Bible Tales: The First Five Books in Rhyme (For Children and Adults) now available in paperback. Click the image below!

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Leslie Saeta's 30 Day Painting Challenge: SamDoum's Day 10

It's day 10 of the 30 paintings in 30 days painting challenge and I have a new tenth painting for you today!

As mentioned in my last blog post, I promised I'd tell you why I chose to do kaleidoscopes in ink for my 30 paintings in 30 days painting challenge. Those who have followed my blog in the past know that my artistic focus in the past has been primarily painting women and children and African American daily life. But why the sudden change now? Here is the reason:

Well there are two reasons really:

Reason #1) I'm a busy mom of three little girls and I'm really strapped for time. Between all of the cooking, cleaning, preparing meals, folding clothes, doing laundry, and washing dishes, there really doesn't leave that much time for painting. However, when I draw my kaleidoscope drawings, they usually take only about an hour out of the day to complete and I can spend the rest of the time in my day focusing on my family and spending time with them. And so, doing kaleidoscope drawings (for the 30 day painting challenge) allows me to meet my goal of one new painting a day, but still allows me to spend time with my family. All of those 20"x30" paintings that I've been accustomed to doing take a bit more time to complete. And I could never do thirty of them in 30 days with the way my family life is currently. So I restricted myself to a smaller painting canvas of 6"x6."

But there's also another reason. What's that? Well you'll just have to read my next blog post in order to find out what.

Enjoy! And 'til later fellow art lovers!
-SamDoum

Kaleidoscope #10: 30 Day Painting Challenge: Day10

$50.00 , 6"x6", Ink on Illustration Board

 

Did you Know? . . .
Day 10 : Kaleidoscope Fact #10: Kaleidoscopes are becoming more and more a popular art form to collect, and in the year 2000, one kaleidoscope sold on auction for more than $75,000!

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Also from SamDoum . . . 

Bible Tales: The First Five Books in Rhyme (For Children and Adults) now available in paperback. Click the image below!

Leslie Saeta's 30 Day Painting Challenge: SamDoum's Day 9

It's day 9 of the 30 paintings in 30 days painting challenge and I have a new ninth painting for you today!

Beauty in red, white, and blue! And despite all the twirls, swirls and curls, this one looks a little masculine to me, as the color palette is a bit masculine. Usually in the past my kaleidoscopes have been "pretty," but this one to me is kind of "handsome," and I think even males might like this one. What d'ya think?

This one is modeled after the colors of Independence Day, as I discussed in my last blog post that Independence Day would be my theme for today.  But I'm running out of holidays, so time to switch it up. No more holiday themes in my next blog posts. Instead I plan to work freely using all colors of the rainbow in my remaining kaleidoscopes (for the 30 day challenge) with out restricting any of my color palates.

But why all the Kaleidoscopes? That is, why did I choose "Kaleidoscopes in Ink" as my theme for the 30 paintings in 30 days painting challenge? . . . I could have done still lifes, or portraits, or florals, for example. But why the kaleidoscopes?

Stay tuned, because in my next blog post, you'll find out why.

Enjoy! And 'til later fellow art lovers!
-SamDoum

Kaleidoscope #9: 30 Day Painting Challenge: Day 9

$50.00 , 6"x6", Ink on Illustration Board

Did you Know? . . .
Day 9 : Kaleidoscope Fact #9: Although David Brewster invented the kaleidoscope in 1816, a flaw in his patent registration prevented him from being able to collect any profits from his invention.

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Leslie Saeta's 30 Day Painting Challenge: SamDoum's Day 8

Costumes and Candy Corn! It's day 8 and I have a new painting themed after Halloween for you today, as I had promised I'd do the holiday theme of Halloween in my last blog post.

White, oranges, and blacks: they're the colors of Halloween, and though it's not Halloween yet, SamDoum Art is celebrating early with Kaleidoscope number 8!

In my next blog post, it'll be Independence Day. 

I hope you enjoy!
-SamDoum

Kaleidoscope #8: 30 Day Painting Challenge: Day8

$50.00 , 6"x6", Ink on Illustration Board

Did you Know? . . .

Day 8 : Kaleidoscope Fact #8: Modern kaleidoscopes are made from beads, wood, brass, gourds, steel and stained glass.

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