Harris Beach II - SOLD

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"Harris Beach II" SOLD

Day 30 - "Clouds" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 30 and this was a wonderful challenge. Thank all of you who visited my blog and made such supportive comments. Artists are the best.
Here is my class study.  This is my first attempt at cloud. You have to start somewhere and it is usually at the beginning.

"Clouds" A Study By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 29 - "Chetco Fog" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 29 of the 30 Days 30 Paintings by Leslie Saeta.  The time has passed by and I have loved every minutes of of this challenge. Thank you, Leslie. Also, thank you, Randy Blasquez for informing me and others  about this wonderful challenge.
Here is my study of abstract landscapes. This "Chetco Fog".  The Chetco River is in Oregon and runs into the Pacific Ocean. The river mouth lies between Brookings and Harbor, Oregon.

"Chetco Fog" Study By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas Oil on Canvas

"Autumn River" - SOLD

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"Autumn River" - SOLD

Day 28 - "Red and Green Study" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 28 and I am back in class. This is a study with complimentary colors.  I could have worked on this for hours but I wanted to start another study before the day was over.

"Red And Green Study" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas Oil On Canvas Sheet

Day 27 - "David, Loosen Up" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 27 of the 30 Days 30 Paintings by Leslie Saeta.  I took all my mixed oil colors  left over on my palette and had some fun. I have a statue of Michelangelo's David. I grabbed a  discarded canvas  to let the paint fly and danced like no one was watching. Notice the look on David's face. 

"David, Loosen Up" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 9'x12' Oil On Used Yes Board

Day 26 - "Perspective Practice" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 26 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge by Leslie Saeta.  I love painting cars. It forces you to measure and improve your perspective.

"Perspective Practice" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 8x10 on Canvas Board

Day 25 - "Cake Walk" SOLD

Day 25 of the 30 Paintings in 30 Days Challenge by Leslie Saeta.   I swapped my doughnut for this strawberry shortcake.  So here is my cake on a pedestal.

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Day 24 - "Two Of A Kind" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 24 of the 30 Days 30 Paintings challenge with Leslie Saeta. This is another attempt of the view from Arch Rock  north of Brookings, Oregon.  I don't know about all of you but I need a few attempts at some pieces before I can resolve my issues with them.

"Two Of A Kind" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 8"x10" Oil On Linen

Day 23 - "Stick Figure" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 23 and I was hanging out with the Brookings Coastal Plein Air Artists today at Audi Stanton's studio. Audi introduced us to painting with willow sticks and ink. Love it.  I then folded the paper over to make splatters.  Fun stuff.
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"Stick Figure" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas on Butcher Paper

Day 22 - "Blood Orange Martini For Van Gogh" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 22 and today I thought I would use my palette knife to paint this piece.  I was out with my husband and wonderful artist friend, Audi Stanton, the other night at Superfly. They distill their own  vodka and my spouse wanted to sample one of their drinks . He chose  a blood orange vodka martini with salt. It was so pretty when it arrived he took several pictures of it.  So here is my painting for today. I am going to re-try this with brush. I need to compare the different orange colors to get it just right. What a fun piece to paint!

"Blood Orange Martini for Van Gogh"  By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 8'X10" Oil On Linen Board

Day 21 - "A View From Arch Rock" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Now I am not making excuses but... I had the whole day planned to plein air paint. Instead, my time was cut short to fix my car windshield.    I  had just enough time to work on the values and a bit of color.  I was still happy with the piece. This is a view from Arch Rock in Oregon.

"A View From Arch Rock" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas Oil on Gallery Wrap  Linen Canvas $95.00

Day 20 - "50's Glamor Girl" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 20 - I painted this at open studio from a live glamorous model. She reminded me of the 50's fresh faced women with her red lipstick.  Great model.

"50's Glamor Girl" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 9x12 Oil On Canvas Sheet

Day 19 - "Atmosphere and Distance" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 19 of the 30 Days 30 Paintings challenge with Leslie Saeta.  Here is another study from my landscape class with Terry Miura. His demonstration was about atmosphere and distance. I painted this from his demo to reinforce what he taught. Again, I paint these studies on canvas sheet and write notes on the back after they dry. (I write down notes in a sketch book and transfer the information to the back of the study).  I can then store the canvas sheets in a book format and refer to them. Priceless information.

"Atmosphere and Distance" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 9"x 12" Oil with Brush on Canvas Sheet

Day 18 - "Doughnut Craving" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 18  of the Leslie Saeta Challenge.  I cannot remember the last time I had a doughnut let alone a chocolate covered doughnut.  Obviously I am craving doughnuts since this is my second doughnut painting in one week.

"Doughnut Craving" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 5"x7" Oil On Canvas Board

"Foggy Daze" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas - SOLD

This plein air piece sold yesterday and I want to thank the art collector for purchasing my artwork. Thank you!

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Day 17 - "Color Study"

Oh my goodness... it is already day 17.  Here is my color study from this week's class. It took me 7 hours to paint this and I was grateful for the instruction. I had to compare the green background, to the green pot  and then to the green in the lemon. Yikes. It was difficult for me.   Excellent instruction. Excellent lesson.

"Color Study" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas - Oil on Canvas Sheet

Day 16 - "Go Figure"

Day  16 of the 30 day 30 paintings challenge with Leslie Saeta. Here is one of my figure studies from class yesterday. This is painted using mars black and white starting with a number 12 flat brush. Yes - I went big. 

"Go Figure" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas  9x12 Oil On Yes Media Canvas

Day 15 - "Smile For the Birdy" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Here is my value study of a ceramic bird.  My weakness is painting correctly dark values so I need to practice to improve my work. I take several classes with excellent instructors to help me with this.  Here is one from yesterday's class taught by Randy Blasquez.  We used complementary colors. I  used  cadmium lemon and dioxazine purple.  Oh, and white.
TIP: If can't remember the complementary color just remember the primaries: red, blue and yellow. Yellow mixed with blue make green. Guess what? Red is the compliment. Therefore, the complimentary color of green is red.
Yellow mixed with red make orange. The left over primary is blue. The complementary color.
Blue and red make purple. The compliment is yellow.
Here is another way to remember. You want to know the compliment of yellow. Mix the other two primaries red and blue which equal purple.
Compliment of red. Mix yellow and blue which equal green.
Compliment of blue. Mixed red and yellow which equal orange. I hope that makes sense.

"Smile For the Birdy" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 9x12 Oil On Canvas Sheet

Day 14 - "Doughnut, Anyone?" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 14 of the 30 Day 30 Paintings Challenge. My dear friend, Audi Stanton, sculpts desserts and sells them. I couldn't resist this doughnut she created.  It never goes bad and doesn't attract ants. Perfect for a still life setup.  I set up this still life in the sun with a Corelle plate. There is light in the shadow that I found intriguing created by the plate's transparency. Lots of greys and similar colors to force me to look before leaping.

"Doughnut, Anyone? By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 5"x7" Oil on Canvas Board $65.00

Day 13 - "Where Are My Glasses?" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 13 of the 30 Days 30 Paintings Challenge by Leslie Saeta  and I am still painting my orchid while she is in bloom.  This time,  I decided to put my glasses in the still life. Hmm...I guess I could change the  tablecloth next time.

"Where Are My Glasses"  By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 8x10 Oil on Linen

Day 12 - "Lady in Red" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 12 of the 30 day 30 paintings challenge with Leslie Saeta.  This is a re-paint (is that a real word??) of my non-stop blooming orchid. She seems so happy in my kitchen. I dressed her up in red instead of purple. I don't think she will mind. 

"Lady In Red" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 8x10 Oil On Canvas Board

Day 11 - "Orange and Blue Two" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 11 of the 30 day 30 paintings challenge with Leslie Saeta.  Here is another study of orange and blue from this week's class. This was a fun piece as the two flowers are different in color and value. Yet - they are the same flowers.

"Orange and Blue Two" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas Study on Canvas Sheet NFS

Day 10 - "I'm Bigger Than You" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 10 of the 30 day 30 paintings challenge with Leslie Saeta.  These are a pair of the many boats in Crescent City, CA.  The sizes always vary.  When they are way out  to sea, they all look small to me. No matter how large they are.  Here is today's painting I call "I'm Bigger Than You".

"I'm Bigger Than You" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 8x10 Oil on Linen 

 

Day 9 - "Over the River" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 9 of the 30 day 30 paintings challenge with Leslie Saeta. I painted this from a picture of Gold Beach, OR. My focus was trying to get distance while working in a smaller format with larger brushes.  I have painted this bridge a few times and I will no doubt paint it a few more times.

"Over the River" By Eva Marie Tanner 5x7 Oil on Pintura Board $65.00

Day 8 - "Orange and Blue" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

Day 8 of the 30 paintings in 30 day challenge by Leslie Saeta.  I continue to take weekly classes  to improve my work . This piece "Orange and Blue" is a study from this week's class. I take two sessions in one day  and paint two studies.  My goal this year  is to improve my values, create beautiful under paintings and improve my brushwork.  That means standing at an easel for 7 hours with a break between classes.  It isn't easy but if I want to be a better plein air painter, painting still life is the best way to learn. 
This last year,  I started painting these studies on canvas sheets where I write my notes on the back. I did the same when I painted on board.  I just find the canvas sheets easier to store. 
Tip - The notes on the back are lessons learned.   I have stacks of these in my home where I can see my successes and review the notes.  I write the notes with a sharpie.

"Orange and Blue" NFS

Day 7 of the 30 Day Challenge - "Changing Weather" by Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

It was time to clean my palette so I created this 6x6 palette knife piece I call "Changing Weather".  So whatever is left over on my palette, I create a painting. This one was fun. On the Oregon coast, the weather can change in a few minutes. The moment the sun comes out, we all run to get our errands done, walk the dog or head to the beach. When the clouds return, most of us return to our homes or sit in the car to wait it out. I love it. If you own an umbrella, we all know you are probably not from around here. We don't need no stinky umbrellas.

"Changing Weather" by Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 6x6 Oil With Palette Knife on Gallery Wrap $80.00

Day 6 of 30 Day Paint Challenge - "Cranky Cat II" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

This is Day 6 and I was up early. I decided to paint the cat again but this time not make up what I would like to see. The picture I used was back lit. Eek...not my favorite type of photo.  So here is my second painting of "Cranky Cat II"  8x10 painted on linen.

"Cranky Cat II" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas - 8x10 Oil on Linen Canvas $80.00

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Day 5 of 30 Day Paint Challenge - "Cranky" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

This is my painting for day 5 of Leslie Saeta's 30 Day 30 Painting Challenge.   I used a large brush to paint this cat.  But...I kept changing it after photographing it. Here is the last photo before I messed with it so much I scraped it. What artist hasn't done that?

"Cranky"

Day 4 of 30 Day Paint Challenge - "Garden Gateway" By Eva Marie Tanner Klaas

This is a painting of a house on the beach in Brookings, Oregon. It sits on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean. The azaleas were in bloom and it was a warm day when I took the picture.
I struggled with the values with this. Why? It was from a photograph. Every thing was very dark or washed out even though it was a good photo. That is why I prefer to paint from life than photo. I call this piece "Garden Gateway".

"Garden Gateway" by Eva Marie Tanner Klaas 8x10 Oil On Canvas Board $100.00

If you are interested in purchasing "Garden Gateway", please email me at emklaas@gmail.com. I accept PayPal. The shipping is free and I only ship to the US.

Day 3 of 30 Day Paint Challenge - "Trinity River, CA " 10x10 Oil on Canvas

I love to travel along 299 between Eureka and Redding, CA.  The color and views are incredible.  This particular scene is of the Trinity River.   I wanted to show distance.

"Trinity River, CA" 10x10 Oil on Canvas $100.00

Day 2 of 30 Day Paint Challenge "Bridge to Gold Beach" 10x10 Oil on Canvas

Day 2 of 30 day paint challenge .  This is painting of Gold Beach , OR .  It is a wonderful place to visit and plein air paint.  Note: it can get a little windy so prepare for it.  For me, this was another opportunity to paint distance and their wonderful landmark bridge.  I started this piece with dark under paintings. I kept pushing back the mountains with blue and more white to show they were in the distance and comparing it to the sky and the water. I added naples yellow light and a little white to my original meadow color as I painted the background meadow. I cooled down the green grasses in the meadow with more white and blue.   I made sure I  added dark accents in the foreground.  I enjoyed the process.

"Bridge to Gold Beach" 10x10 Oil on Canvas $100.00

If you are interested in purchasing "Bridge to Gold Beach", please email me at emklaas@gmail.com. I accept PayPal. The shipping is free.   I only ship to the US.

Day 1 of 30 Day Challenge - "Beyond Arch Rock" 10x10 Oil on Canvas

This is a particularly pretty scene near Arch Rock between Brookings and Gold Beach, Oregon. The area has a well maintained hiking trail and if you are lucky, you can spot porpoise swimming in the water below.  When the wind blows, the trees don't whisper, they shout. This is one of my favorite spots on the Northwestern Oregon coast.

"Beyond Arch Rock" 10x10 Oil on Canvas -$100.00

If you are interested in purchasing "Beyond Arch Rock", please email me at emklaas@gmail.com. I accept PayPal. The shipping is free and I only ship to the U.S.

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It's A Good Life!

Happy New Year. My family and I wish you all well throughout the year. And as always, a special thank you to our  beloved veterans and their families.