The Strada Easel 30 Days of Art Challenge September 2021

©Dora Sislian Themelis, September 2021, The Strada Easel Challenge 

 Here are all the finished works done during the September 2021 Strada Easel Challenge.

Yes, I did it. I didn't think I could hold out and make art every day for 30 days, but I did.

Even when I registered for the challenge, at the very last moment, I thought I might have to bail at some point. 

But there was that accountability factor of signing up and posting the work each day. That helped. The premiss was to paint or draw from life, and maybe win a prize at the end of it all. Direct observation was a must for this challenge to mean something. What was going to draw me in to paint? Did I have the time? Would I find the time?

No excuses. When I found myself too wrapped up in other things, crayons came to the rescue!

When I found out I could work on one piece a few days to completion, that was a game changer.

And here we are, 30 days of work. You will notice there aren't 30 works. That's because I spent a few days on some of these oil paintings.

On the Monday after the challenge was finished, the great people at Strada Easel held a prize ceremony. They pulled names of the participating artists to win a paint brush, art courses, and a few easels.

Alas, I was not a winner of a prize. What I did win was more valuable: 

I completed the challenge! Yay me!