30 Day Challenge- Day 18 Roses by Ann McCann 10 X 10 Oil

I again painted the butterfly roses but on a larger canvas.   I also added a white rose in the upper right hand corner.  A frost was scheduled so I picked a big bouquet.  The painting isn't this dark, but it was a cloudy day when I photographed it.  

30 Day Challenge- Day 17 Rose by Ann McCann 6 X 6 Oil

I painted another butterfly rose today.  I tried to be much looser with my strokes.  I'm pleased with the result!   

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!