I will also do an annual retrospective, but here’s my month of December! The month was dominated by my Advent Calendar challenge.
Advent Calendar
Most of the month’s paintings were done specifically to showcase one of my DIY $0 Advent Calendar “gifts”. Some days I did swatches or non-paintings, but for these I had the time and inspiration for full paintings!












Here are the posts with more info about these individual paintings:
- Forest: Advent Calendar Day 6: Phthalo Green BS
- Marsh: Advent Calendar Day 7: Quinacridone Gold
- Half-moon: Advent Calendar Day 10: Washi Dots
- Hydrangeas: Advent Calendar Day 11: Phthalo Turquoise
- Song Sparrow & Seaside Cliffs: Advent Calendar Days 13 & 14: Mars Brown, Posca White Paint Pen
- Desert Cliffs: Advent Calendar Day 15: Quinacridone Magenta (PR202)
- Dunkin: Advent Calendar Day 16: Quinacridone Magenta (PR122)
- Skies/Flowers: Advent Calendar: Days 19 and 20
Drawings
Some of my advent calendar pulls were not paint!


See also:
Arizona
I painted a bunch of Sedona scenes from reference photos to prepare a palette for a visit to my in-laws in Arizona… then I didn’t go to Sedona. D’oh!




I never did get to see those red rocks – but I saw some great sunsets.


Misc
And, here’s some more stuff!


