A new year coming and a new challenge!

I just signed up for another 30 paintings in 30 days challenge starting Jan 1st. Stay tuned!

A watercolor today.

Playing around with city scenes and watercolors today. The next Mid-Atlantic Plein Air Painters exhibit will be the urban landscape and I want to get some practice in.
This is called "The Eavesdropper" an 8x8 inch watercolor.
Don't know if I'm done with it yet. Will put it aside and think about it.

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Another Monotype

Worked on another monotype today. Each color was printed in a separate layer. I redrew the image each time. This took 3 passes to complete.

"After the Harvest"
monotype print
image 8x15 inches
includes a 12x16 mat with a 9x12 inch opening
$120.00

New Website

I've been working on my new website and finally it is up and functioning. Stop by for a visit!
cawetovich.com

Another Print

Decided to use one of the monoprints from yesterday and add a bit of watercolor.  I really am enjoying this creative process.

"Blackwater-Early Fall"
4x6 inch monotype print
$30.00 includes mat ready for an 8x10 inch frame.

SOLD

Printmaking Again!

I am experimenting with a new printing process called monoprints/monotype prints. This image depicts a scene from the Blackwater National Wildlife Refuge, located on Maryland's Eastern Shore.

What are monoprints?

Known as the most painterly method among the printmaking techniques, a monoprint is a non editionable kind of print and is essentially a printed painting.
The characteristic of this method is that no two prints are alike. However, images can be similar, but editioning is not possible. The true appeal of the monotype lies in the unique translucency that creates a quality of light very different from a painting on paper or a print, and the beauty of this media is also in its spontaneity and its combination of printmaking, painting and drawing mediums.
(monoprints.com)

"Blackwater"
4x6 inches monotype
Mat included, ready for an 8x10 inch frame
$30.00 plus shipping

Day 30

Day 30...the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge is over.  Time to take a breath, clean up my studio and then get prepared for the upcoming rush of holidays.

I have many larger scale paintings in the works so check back for my posts on these!

Thank you so much for following this blog and, if interested, most of my daily paintings will be posted on my new Etsy store. Also prints and greeting cards of various paintings can be purchased at my Fine Art America store.

"The Last"
4x4 inches in canvas panel
$40.00 plus shipping

Day 29

Wow! Day 29...one more to go. I can't believe I made it through the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge.
I thought that since a combination of Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations are all finding their way into stores, I would also give an early shout out to the upcoming holidays.

"Retro Christmas"
4x4 inch oil on canvas panel
$40.00 plus shipping

SOLD

Day 28

Another little gem from my local farmer's market.

"Swan Squash"
watercolor
image 6x8 inches on 7x10 inches Arches paper
$95.00 plus shipping includes matting

Day 27

Day 27 of the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. I was out with my plein air painting group all day and decided to try a quick watercolor sketch. Trying to loosen up a bit.

"Dappled Path"
7x10 inches watercolor on Arches watercolor paper
$100.00 plus shipping, includes matting

Day 26

A feeling of Fall in the air and a watercolor for the season.

"Turban Squash"
image is 7x9 inches watercolor on 9x12 inch Arches watercolor paper

$125 plus shipping includes matting

Day 25

My number 25 entry for the 30 paintings in 30 days. Can't believe there are only 5 more to go!
It's been one of those rainy, drizzly, chilly days today.

"Rainy Day"
4x6 inches oil on canvas panel
$60.00

Day 24

A little childhood flashback for my entry number 24 in the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge.

"Say Cheese!"
6x6 inches oil on canvas panel
$90.00 plus shipping

Day 23

During my morning walk, I pass by my neighborhood horse farm/riding academy. I love to stop and visit with the horses in the pasture. They always come right up to the fence, probably looking for a carrot or apple snack.

"Good Day for Grazing"
6x9 inches watercolor on Arches paper
$110.00 plus matting

Day 22

Day 22, it's Fall!

"Fall Apples"
4x6 inch oil on canvas panel
$60.00 plus shipping

Day 21

We had a bit of a cat incident last night. While I was posting the painting of my kitty "My Girl" yesterday, my other cat George decided to get creative. He got into my still wet watercolor palette and got ultramarine blue paint all over the carpets, walls and himself. So I worked into the wee hours of the morning cleaning my carpets, walls and George.




"George, the Blue Period"
5x7 inches watercolor on Arches paper
Not For Sale

Day 20

My Day 20 painting for the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. A watercolor of "My Girl" Ariel.

"My Girl"
10x7 inches watercolor on Arches Paper
Not For Sale

Day 19

Wow, can't believe we are coming close to the end of this 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Here's my Day 19 entry, a brush and palette knife painting called "Red and Green."
I thought pears would be appropriate for the fall season.

"Red and Green"
6x6 inches oil on canvas panel
$90.00 plus shipping, unframed

Day 18

I felt that I was getting a bit tired of painting small pieces so I decided to go for it and do a larger watercolor piece.

"Cloudy With A Chance of Sun"
12x16 inches watercolor on Canson Paper
$375.00 plus shipping, matted

Day 17

This is a small pen and ink and watercolor piece of an old lighthouse at the Chesapeake Maritime Museum in St. Michaels, MD.

"Hooper Strait Lighthouse"
5x5 inches pen/ink and watercolor on Arches watercolor board
$40.00 plus shipping

SOLD

Day 16

My Day 16 entry "Martha En Plein Air." We were painting in the Paint Annapolis event and found a quiet and cool place to paint at the St. John's College boathouse.

"Martha En Plein Air"
5x7 inches oil on canvas panel
$90.00 plus shipping, unframed

Day 15

My day 15 entry "Beach Memory." I can't believe it, we are now at the halfway point in the 30 paintings in 30 days challenge. Whew!

"Beach Memory"
5x7 inches oil on canvas panel
$90.00 unframed plus shipping

Day 14

A little watercolor of a local flower shop is my Day 14 entry.

"Flower Shop"
5x7 inches watercolor on Arches paper
$60.00 plus shipping

Day 13

Another little gift from my garden for my day 13 entry in the 30/30 challenge.

"Red Tomato"
4x4 inches oil on canvas panel
$40.00 plus shipping unframed

Day 12

My Day 12 entry, a little treat from my garden: "Yellow Tomato."

"Yellow Tomato"
4x4 inches oil on canvas panel
$40.00 plus shipping

Day 11

My day 11 entry, "Old Glory", to remember this day.

"Old Glory"
4x6 inches oil on canvas panel
$60.00

Day 10

A watercolor entry for Day 10 called "Summer Shadow". My geraniums love the hot weather on my back deck and bloom all summer.

"Summer Shadow"
6x8.5 inches watercolor on Arches paper
$108 plus shipping. Matting included.

SOLD

Day 9

My Day 9 entry for the 30/30 challenge "With Sprinkles". This was a fun piece to paint, but I kept getting the enticing aroma of the doughnut. But, fought through the temptation and got the painting done!

"With Sprinkles"
6x6 oil on canvas panel
$90.00 unframed, plus shipping