If you are not out doing a Plein Air painting, how do you decide what to paint next? I keep file drawers with lots of ideas. I collect work from other artists for inspiration. I add anything that looks good to me from an ad or magazine at the moment. I look for great photos on Facebook and ask permission to use. When I travel I take lots of photos that “might” make good paintings.

Read my blog. You will see I just did a series of pen & ink drawings of Vacaville, California, where I currently live. I completed a few more drawings for the series I did for Winters, California. This was relaxation time in the evening, as I could watch a movie, draw and use watercolor in my home.

I did a series of animals for fundraiser for a local animal shelter named Funky Chicken. My pieces are selling very quickly as they are posted on “Shine A Light – on those that Inspire“. Each day a different artist’s work of animals from the shelter is put on Facebook for sale.

Right now I am working on a fun piece. It’s from a photo my daughter-in-law took. The photo features her two daughters and niece. They are at the beach in almost matching purple swimsuits. I wanted you to see them, not the water. Hope you like it.

So, now that this is done, what is next?

Many artists stay with one theme. They paint landscapes or portraits. They paint only still lives or fruit. I get “bored” with always painting the same theme, so like to try different things. Maybe I will paint flowers next?

If you are an artist, how do you decide what you want to paint?

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