30 Day Challenge- Day 16 Rose by Ann McCann 6 X 6 Oil

This is a "butterfly" rose which comes in combinations of 3 colors- white, pink and yellow. They only have five petals, and they do look like butterflies in flight.

30 Day Challenge- Day 15. Winter's Bones V by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

This is a scene on Turtle Creek in Highland Park, a city within Dallas.  I was struck by the reflections of the skeleton trees in the creek.

30 Day Challenge- Day 14 Rose by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

Another rose for the painting challenge. This is a very wine/blue one.  I love the little bud in the right hand corner.

30 Day Challenge- Day 13. Winter Bones IV by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

I do love that winter sky.  Although I just painted what I saw, it does looks like Van Gogh was inspiring me.

30 Day Challenge- Day 12 Roses by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

Today I tackled a white rose as well as a drooping pink one. I may add a leaf or two in the upper right hand corner.   I liked the droopy rose the best!

30 Day Challenge- Day 11 Rose by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

I like this rose because it had so much depth to it, with many layers, like a piece of sculpture. It challenged me quite a bit, but I kept going.  I think the struggle made it better and more 3 dimensional.

30 Day Challenge- Day 10. Winter's Bones III by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

Here is another painting from a walk around White Rock Lake over the December holidays. The stark contrast of the tree skeletons against the beautiful winter sky really attracted me.

30 Day Challenge- Day 9 Roses by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

Here I have painted a "bold and "shy" rose, one fully open and one from the side. The "full on" view is more challenging.  But, I really like the juxtaposition of the two. Which one do you like better? 

30 Day Challenge- Day 8 Winter's Bones II by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

This is another painting from the beautiful winter day last December when we took a walk around White Rock Lake . It was in the 70s, and many other Dallasites were doing the same thing.  Bare trees against a glorious sky...................................

30 Day Challenge- Day 7 Roses by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

Here are some more pretty loosely painted roses, more detail than yesterday's reds but less then earlier mauve ones.  For some reason, I like the smaller one better. 

30 Day Challenge- Day 6 Roses by Ann McCann 5 x 7 Oil

For Day 6, I decided to paint a truly red rose in a very loose way.  I really like the looseness as well as the kick of the complementary colors of orange and blue.

30 Day Challenge- Day 5 Rose by Ann McCann 5 X 7 Oil

Still working on my roses.  This painting features a full blown rose as well as 2 buds. You can almost smell this rose.   I really like this one!

30 Day Challenge- Day 4 "Winter's Bones I" by Ann McCann 2016

In addition to my rose theme for this 30 day challenge, I have a "Winter's Bones" theme.  Here is the first one.  This is a winter day on White Rock Lake in Dallas.  It was warm but definitely winter, with the tree leaves gone.  The late afternoon sky was spectacular.

30 Day Challenge - Day 3 Rose

I am still continuing with my rose theme.  Here is my third rose.  It is called "Valentine" and  is more of a mauve color than red.  it just keeps blooming in my yard.  I hope we don't have a freeze in the next 26 days!