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#DailyArtChallenge

Sarah Sammis
2 weeks ago

I have been so busy with traditional media — all those chicken paintings as well as the theater backdrops— that I haven't done any digital art in a while. Today while I literally watch paint dry, I drew this Guadalupe Murrelet

Purchase here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/guadalupe-murrelet-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #MastoArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Guadalupe Murrelet: a small dark brown water bird with a white face. It has just risen up from under the water.
Sarah Sammis
3 weeks ago

"Coffee with the Muse" is finished. 16x20 acrylic on canvas. #art #MastoArt #2023AYearForArt #SelfPortrait #AcrylicPainting #DailyArtChallenge

An artist draws chickens on an ipad. Next to them, a fluffy yellow hen sits on the counter. They're at a coffee shop with a view of the Hayward hills. Some of the artist's paintings hang on the shop's wall.
Jessi Minter
4 weeks ago

'oleander bloom'
A bright microsection with abstract flowers and fields.

#watercolor #art #painting #dailyartchallenge

A microsection of a larger piece from an abstract watercolor painting done on cold press paper. Each section is separated by white and contains various elements, the main one in focus is pink with orange background in the shape of a flower. Other sections have vivid colors with messy paint strokes.
Jessi Minter
4 weeks ago

Today's piece; 'Aqua wavelengths'

Really wanted to capture the emotional rush of water sensations, not of drowning but of enjoyment.
🌊 💦 💙

#painting #watercolor #art #dailyartchallenge

Abstract watercolor painting in divided microsections; deep blue green elementals, wanted to capture the swift fluid nature of water power, wave and swirls. Each section has various activities but I wanted it to feel cooling and active.
Sarah Sammis
1 month ago

Glass Cat - a digital painting of one of those cat shaped wine bottles. We have the red one which we sometimes use a vase.

Prints, mugs, puzzles, pillows, etc available here:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/glass-cat-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #MastoArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Backlighting makes this red cat shaped wine bottle appear to glow.
Jessi Minter
1 month ago

Wanted to do something a bit different. Watercolor painting plus graphics tweaked. Love the colors. Plus the tiny bubbles feel dimensional.

#art #abstract #watercolor_combo
#dailyartchallenge

A mixed abstract art piece, original watercolor painting with computer graphics applied to create small bubbles and pathways divided into multiple colorful sections.
Jessi Minter
1 month ago

Felt inspired by all the auroras, did a larger piece with multiple micro-sections. The spiral is of the energy in the night sky, plus the usual elements of nature.

#watercolor #painting #art #dailyartchallenge

An abstract watercolor painting in a kaleidescope type of split with each section a different scene and element featuring vivid colors and hopefully the illusion of movement or immersion. There is a wide range of shapes and colors, from the swirl of the night sky ocean waves to yellows and reds of dust, also green pathways.
Same watercolor painting but a micro close up of a few sections. There is a shadow figure standing in gray clouds, other sections involve yellow and green fields, and additional blue sky.
Jessi Minter
1 month ago

'Durango skies'

Wanted to capture natural horizons and an overall view of multiple levels in a simple way.

#watercolor #art #painting #dailyartchallenge

An abstract watercolor painting with three sections of natural scene elements. Filled with grass fields of various greens and sky with billowing clouds. There are dark shadow figures of people at the bottom, overlooking the edge of the valley, looking directly at the blue sky.
Jessi Minter
2 months ago
An abstract watercolor painting with multiple sections. The largest section is of blossoming reds, pinks and sparkles. Other sections are of blue and green elements, based in water, with shapes of fish or whales and algae.
Sarah Sammis
2 months ago

I finished "Hen Party Gone Wild" by bedazzling the drunk ladies. I don't plan on bedazzling everything in the future, but this one called for it.

This piece will be on display and for sale at Snappy's Cafe in Hayward, California this October.

#artwork #chickens #ChickenArt #AcrylicPainting #MixedMedia #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt

Four drunk and bedazzled hens waiting for their mug shots.
Jessi Minter
2 months ago

Today's painting; 'Agora Garden'

I wanted to capture an immersive moss garden seascape feel with gentle but bright tones.

#watercolor #painting #art #DailyArtChallenge

An abstract watercolor painting - green hills, trees and sky horizon. Along with muddy paths and trails.
A slightly different angle but same watercolor painting (on hot press). A larger overall view to include more clouds and sea shore line. Similar micro trees and muddy river paths.
Sarah Sammis
2 months ago

One New Year's Day while returning to my in-law's house in South Pasadena I stopped to photograph a purple daisy. I've since then gone back to that photo a bunch of times as artistic inspiration. Here is my latest version, a digital piece done in Procreate.

You can own prints, cards, mugs, phone cases, pillows, etc here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/1-purple-daisy-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #MastoArt #DailyArtChallenge #2023AYearForArt #flowers #purple

Purple Daisy: a fully open flower and a bud ready to open soon against a verdant background. Bright light and strong shadows.
Sarah Sammis
2 months ago

Here’s my latest digital piece in which I am exploring local to me birds.

This is a Marbled Murralet. Drawn in Procreate.

If you like it, you can own a print, a pillow, a mug, a puzzle, etc., here:

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/marbled-murrelet-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #waterfowl #DigitalArt #DigitalPainting #DailyArtChallenge #2023AYearForArt

Marbled Murrelet - a small brown pigeon shaped waterbird having just rising from diving under the surface.
Sarah Sammis
2 months ago

Although my recent chicken paintings won't be for sale until October, you can buy prints, mugs, blankets, pillows, etc now.

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/collections/chickens

#FineArt #ChickenArt #MastoArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #art #chickens

A screenshot showing seven available chicken themed artworks.
Sarah Sammis
2 months ago

New digital piece: Swiss Chocolates. It's a redraw of a piece I did originally with Copic markers in 2020.

Prints, pillows, bags, blankets, etc here:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/swiss-chocolates-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #chocolate #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Two pieces of chocolate: one with a picture of summertime fun. The other a more classic bonbon.
Jessi Minter
2 months ago

Today's piece, 'Bechamel'

I wanted to swirl a butterfly wing with ocean wave energy.

#watercolor #art #painting #DailyArtChallenge #abstract

This is an abstract watercolor painting. I wanted to capture the water elements of wave energy with a butterfly wing. At least that's the underlying theme - it's also designed to give a vast swirl sensation of being caught up in the art piece. There is deeper ocean water color in the center, with a circular wave & cloud shapes below. The background is gray. Small amounts of pale red & orange are mixed in as well. The butterfly wing is outlined in a dark blue but with flaming yellow and smoky clouds to indicate movement. Small, undefined shapes and shadows are also present but depend on angle viewed.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

I paint during the day and I draw either when watching TV or just before bed. Here's my latest digital drawing, "Focus."

It's available for purchase as prints, cards, throw pillows, etc.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/focus-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #chicken #ChickenArt #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Focus: three turqouise hens outlined in red and orange stand Charlies Angels style before a yellow background.
Same image but in a black frame with large white mat, hanging on a white brick wall.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

If Chickens Were Psychopomps - 6x6 acrylic on canvas. This one will also be for sale at Snappy's Cafe in Hayward during the month of October.

#art #MastoArt #DigitalArt #DailyArtChallenge #AcrylicPainting #ChickenArt

An orange chicken stands next to a yellow chicken. Both stare at nothing with big round eyes. Below them, a pair of chicks demand attention.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

Next in my exploration of birds near me, The Common Murre. Reference photo by Alan Schmierer.

Purchase prints, pillows, mugs, etc here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/common-murre-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #FediArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A black and white water bird floating on the water.
Jessi Minter
3 months ago

Today's painting

'atmospheric dilemma'

#watercolor #art #painting #DailyArtChallenge

This is an abstract watercolor painting on hot press paper. It is a landscape with a split view of the sky and the grass field. It's not very detailed. I wanted to keep it fairly bland and simply capture the cloudy smog atmosphere with an active sensation. The horizon has a yellow border. The upper angles of the painting have darker clouds.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

Blue Punch Buggy is finished. It took me about nine hours total but was worth the effort. (I also had fun drawing it!)

Prints, mugs, yoga mats, pillows, etc available here: https://fineartamerica.com/featured/blue-punch-buggy-sarah-sammis.html

#art #ClassicCars #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A blue classic VW beetle parked at a Garin Regional Park trail head.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

Another digital cat for #caturday — "Enlightenment"

Buy her, wear her, drink your morning tea from a mug with her mug.

https://fineartamerica.com/featured/enlightenment-sarah-sammis.html

#art #DigitalArt #cats #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Enlightenment: A calico cat stares forward.  The black side of her face is spotted with stars. That eye is a keyhole.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

Here are two new paintings I've started. One is a 6x6 canvas. The other is 12x12.

#art #wip #AcrylicPainting #MastoArt #FediArt #DailyArtChallenge #chickens #ChickenArt

The Chook in the Moon (6x6 inches): a blue background with glowing orbs. In the foreground is a white and yellow figure that's vaguely comma shaped. That figure will eventually be a very stylized chicken.
The Cluck Stops Here (12x12): In this WIP, a light blue chicken and a yellow chicken stare at a green chicken, who doesn't look too pleased.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

My exploration of local to me birds continues with this Clark's Grebe. The reference photo is by Sandra Uecker\USFWS.

Prints, etc. available here:
https://fineartamerica.com/featured/clarks-grebe-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #FediArt #bird #BirdArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A long necked seabird with a white neck, wings, and belly, floats on it's reflection. It has a funny topknot of black feathers that reminds me of Moe from the Three Stooges.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

Here's my latest digital piece: "Hippy Chic." The romantic drama was completely unintentional but now I want to know all about this potential romantic kerfuffle.

You can buy it here:
https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/hippy-chic-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #FediArt #DigitalArt #ChickenArt #chicken #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Hippy Chic: Three hens dressed in various 1960s inspired dresses. Is there some love drama going on here?
Jessi Minter
3 months ago

Rough day. I'm not even going to name this one.

#watercolor #art #painting #DailyArtChallenge

This is an abstract watercolor painting on canvas with many different random elements with a full range of colors. Marked by a red streak across the middle, inverted mountains at the top of the piece. Fuzzy and blurry boundaries between black and white. Various shades of blue at the bottom with minimal waves and pathways. A scratched gray rock. Orange partial doorway/frame at the bottom. Center purple cluster. Various shadow images within Yeah, this one is really just up for imagination. There is a lot of scratchy textures involved and shadows but that happens on canvas vs cold or hot press paper.
Jessi Minter
3 months ago
This is an abstract watercolor painting featuring blue and yellows and the minor mixes of both in gentle stamping patterns along with long streaks dragged across the canvas. I just wanted to capture a sense of motion, lighter natural colors and a scope of map dimension with a highlighted play of texture enhancement.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

No book review today as I was busy making art and finishing a mystery I was reading.

Here's my newest WIP. I'm calling it "Guild Members" because these self important roosters remind me a bit of a certain Rembrandt painting.

So far it's painted primarily in Payne's gray and gold pearl acrylic paint.

#wip #ChickenArt #AcrylicPainting #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt #FediArt #art

Guild Members: A 10x10 Paynes gray outline of two important looking roosters.
Guild Members: A 10x10 acrylic painting showing two black roosters with white heads posing and looking important.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

The next bird in my artistic exploration of local birds is the Western Grebe.

Reference public domain photo by Robb Hannawacker, 2021.

Prints, etc. available here:
https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/western-grebe-sarah-sammis.html

#art #waterfowl #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt #FediArt

Western Grebe: A black long necked bird glides across the water, it's head turned to face right, revealing a white throat and cheeks, and a red eye.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

The Fates are finished. The 6x6 original acrylic painting as well as prints, pillows, etc. are available for purchase.

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/the-fates-sarah-sammis.html

#FineArt #MastoArt #ChickenArt #FediArt #DailyArtChallenge #AcrylicPainting #chickens

A 6x6 colorful painting showing three chickens standing before a glowing abyss. What do they see?
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

I haven't posted new art in a while but I have been working on it. Here's one I finished after a week of work:

"Inner Worlds", a digital redraw of a piece I did just as the COVID lockdown had started in March 2020.

Available here: https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/inner-worlds-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #redraw #FediArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Inner Worlds: Four nearly identical windows face the world. What's going on inside?
Jessi Minter
3 months ago

Today's piece; 'firealloy'
I wanted to capture the active velocity of multiple elements.

#painting #art #DailyArtChallenge #watercolor

This is a watercolor painting that has multiple elements. Bright fiery flames contrasted against black edges that are actively being crushed/overpowered by the plasma flames in a destructive manner. In the background is a sea of dark blue water, complete with foam on the surface. Further background is of the night sky and various stars.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

I found some 6x6 canvas, left overs from a project I was working on before the COVID lockdowns.

Here are three progress shots of "The Fates."

#MastoArt #wip #AcrylicPainting #FediArt #ChickenArt #DailyArtChallenge #2023AYearForArt

The Fates: A 6x6 acrylic painting. The background is painted in lavender, violet and magenta. The basic colors of the three chickens are blocked out now.
The Fates: Three chickens in a semi-cricle, still in pink outline. The background is painted in an ombre of purple, lavender, and magenta.
The Fates: 6x6 canvas showing a pink outline of three chickens standing in a semi-circle.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

My exploration of local to me birds continues. This is an Eared Grebe. Sketched in Procreate.

Public domain source photo by Tom Koerner/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Available as prints, mugs, throw pillows, etc:

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/eared-grebe-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Eared Grebe: a black and brown long necked water bird. It's floating across it's reflection. Around they eye are some gorgeous yellow feathers.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

For #SilentSunday, I'm sharing the early flowers of my plum tree. This was last Sunday. It has since pretty much finished blossoming and is now busy growing leaves.

#photography #DailyArtChallenge

Pink buds and a single white five petaled flower against a wash of green. A thin strand of spider silk extends  down from one small branchlet to another.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

New painting finished. "Clucker Fust." 12x12 acrylic on canvas.

Purchase the original or prints here:
https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/clucker-fust-sarah-sammis.html

If you're local to the Bay Area and are interested in purchasing the original, message me for a discount.

#art #ChickenArt #AcrylicPainting #MastoArt #FediArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

Six irate chickens on the edge of an argument. Painted in bright, expressionistic colors and strokes.
Jessi Minter
3 months ago

Today's piece. 'sandsipid road'

Just a basic soothing elemental. Many ways to interpret this one but I see a road being met & overtaken by nature.

#watercolor #painting #art #DailyArtChallenge #microart

This is an abstract watercolor painting, and it is of many mixed themes, mostly trying to capture the textures of soft nature. Lots of green and water. I wanted this to be more of a soothing piece.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

Earlier I shared a photo of my cardigan stealing cat for #caturday. Now I'm sharing a drawing.

Meet "Inky." Wouldn't she look nice on your wall? On a throw pillow? Or holding your coffee or tea?

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/inky-sarah-sammis.html

#cats #art #MastoArt #FediArt #WallArt #print #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A blank and orange cat who appears to be made from ink and spray paint. She has a sardonic look on her face.
Jessi Minter
3 months ago

Today's piece. 'Navy Paravoid'
Kind of wanted to capture the waves.

#painting #watercolor #art #DailyArtChallenge

This is an abstract watercolor painting of using shades of only blue for a large-scale perspective of multiple elements and natural horizons. Waves of rushing water, clouds, trees, stick figures and many motions are contained within this piece.
Sarah Sammis
3 months ago

I'm having fun drawing this ridiculously intricate chickens. Here's my latest which took about seven hours to draw: "Fowl's Moving Castle"

Prints, mugs, etc, available here: https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/fowls-moving-castle-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #FediArt #puns #ChickenArt #DigitalArt #2023AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge

A gaudy, brightly colored castle shaped rooster mecha.
Jessi Minter
4 months ago

Something simple for today. 'oleander dock'

#watercolor #painting #art #DailyArtChallenge

This is an abstract watercolor painting featuring a wispy clouded sky with a faint background outline of a boat dock. The center of the painting involves heavy blue paint streaks that I wanted to invoke a sense of diving or rapid water. There is also a bank of grass in various color ranges from light green to red.
Jessi Minter
4 months ago
This is an abstract painting in watercolor of floral fields, sky and grass, along with a few shadow figures hidden.
Sarah Sammis
4 months ago

Look what I finished. Here's "Board Meeting." An acrylic painting revisit of "Quorum."
Original and prints, etc available:

https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/board-meeting-sarah-sammis.html

#art #MastoArt #ChickenArt #chicken #FediArt #BuyArtNotCandy #AcrylicPainting #DailyArtChallenge #2023AYearForArt

Board Meeting: a 12x12 colorful painting of six chickens in a heated discussion. Colors used: red, orange, yellow, magenta, pink, lavender, violet, white, and black.
Sarah Sammis
4 months ago

I worked another hour on "Board Meeting." I am slowly building up layers of paint to get the look I want. These new acrylics are luxurious.

#wip #AcrylicPainting #ChickenArt #MastoArt #FediArt #DailyArtChallenge #2023AYearForArt

Board Meeting - wip - 12x12 acrylic on canvas showing six white chickens with purple and magenta shadows and yellow, orange, red and pink highlights. They are in a close group, in the middle of an intense debate.
Sarah Sammis
4 months ago

New piece: Fraught!

This piece I love now that it's finished but it was a bear to paint. Took me about ten hours.

Purchase here: https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/fraught-sarah-sammis.html

#art #ChickenArt #chicken #DigitalPainting #DigitalArt #MastoArt #FediArt #BuyArtNotCandy #DailyArtChallenge

Fraught: A boldly saturated riotously colored rooster who is staring intently at something or someone.
Sarah Sammis
4 months ago

A new painting started. I'm calling this "Board Meeting" and it's an acrylic painting re-do of "Quorum" which I did in Procreate.

#wip #MastoArt #FediArt #ChickenArt #chicken #art #DailyArtChallenge

Primed the canvas for "Board Meeting." 12x12 canvas covered in crimson.
Outline of six chickens done in pink against the crimson background
Six chickens blocked in with white and shades of pink and lavender
Sarah Sammis
5 months ago

I've been busy with my role as the secretary for the board of directors of the Hayward Area Forum of the Arts (aka the Sun Gallery). So I haven't had time to draw or paint until tonight.

Here's my latest, Reflection of a Couple in a Teapot.

Purchase here: https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/reflection-of-a-couple-in-a-teapot-sarah-sammis.html

#art #ArtJanuaryCalendar #AYearForArt #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt #DigitalArt

A  red enamel teapot with a stainless steel top sits on a table. In the red enamel are the silhouettes of a couple sitting at another table.
Sarah Sammis
5 months ago

First art piece for 2023. Eggshells on a Rainbow. Painted in Procreate and inspired by the eggshells left behind after my husband made chopped liver last night. My youngest designed the plate the shells are sitting on.

Purchase prints, etc, here: https://sarah-sammis.pixels.com/featured/eggshells-on-a-rainbow-sarah-sammis.html

#DailyArtChallenge #art #MastoArt #AYearForArt #ArtJanuaryCalendar

The shells of two cracked eggs sit arranged on a white plate decorated by a child. There's a carefully but childish rainbow and a colorful number 5 on the plate.
Debbie Youll
5 months ago

Today’s #art: Golden Pony. This was inspired by my friend’s new “yellow pony”.
#DigitalArt #DailyArtChallenge #MastoArt #horses

A glittering golden pony trots against a black background.
Fairy
4 years ago

Anyone know any good daily art challenges?

#artchallenge #dailyartchallenge