30 Paintings In 30 Days?


For January, I painted 19 paintings. Whew. Only 2 were completely awful, in my opinion.

It was exhausting and I look forward to beating that record the next time the challenge comes around.

A couple things I learned:

  • It is really difficult to find something to paint after the 10th painting so stock up on images. I will spend the next few months taking photos every day so I’m prepared for next time.
  • A bad painting really isn’t anything to be scared of, in fact, you’ll probably have much fewer truly awful paintings than you would ever imagine.

I would love to show you my final paintings, but my new  card reader has already turned traitor and is in the trash. It appears I need to either send my camera a USB repair or buy several card readers to have on hand. This is on the heels of my laptop charger biting the dust.

Oh well, sometimes I just take after Gunnar and break everything I touch.

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram you can see some cell phone pictures of the paintings.


About Elisha

Elisha Dasenbrock is an award winning, international watercolor artist. She paints with a limited palette on claybord. Dasenbrock graduated from the American Academy of Art in 2009 and has been painting professionally ever since.