Goats in the Pumpkins

What's more fun than painting goats and pumpkins in October?!!  I love having animals on the farm - especially when they are as sweet as these young ones!  This painting is showing at Powell Gardens until November 11th, when I'll be installing new paintings for the holidays!  Painting number 4685 in 4685 days. 

Goats and Sunflowers

These sweet young goats are irresistible as they help clean up various areas on the farm, and I am enjoying them so much!  They have the funniest calls whenever they see me - or any other person who might feed them. I toss weeds in, and they love them! The bonus is that I don't have to take them to the burn pile.  I want to paint them near the barns, too.  I can already see the paintings in my head, if I can just get to them!  This one is now showing at Powell Gardens until November, and is painting number 4644 in 4644 days. 

Goats in the Pumpkins

It's super fun to sketch these inquisitive young goats at play, as they clean up the brush in the old barn lot.  I just added the pumpkins today, hoping to add a few seasonal paintings to my upcoming Powell Gardens collection.  I think they like being so near our chickens, and the chickens definitely love their company, too!  I'm really embracing my family farm era these days - and can't wait to fill my papers up with chickens, cows and goats! Painting number 4635 in 4635 days. 

Baby Goat Pair

 

Baby goats are so much fun to paint - and they pose constantly at the Deanna Rose Farmstead.  I've been painting a few farm animals for a special show, and this will be in the collection along with 8 others.  I sure love baby animals, and if I spend too much time with them - they might have to come home with me!  This one is also heading to Gallery Zeke in Steelville!  Painting number 4593 in 4593 days. 

Baby Goats!

 

How could I possibly resist painting these adorable baby goats?!!  The Deanna Rose Farmstead is a wonderful place to take family to see many farm animals.  From chickens to cattle in the dairy barn to fishing in their pond, this place is so very paintable.  I've been painting here for years, but this is the first time I've focused on the baby goats!  They are easily sketched from outside their corral, and so fun to watch as they interact with each other and all the children walking in with tiny bottles!  Painting number 4531 in 4531 days. 

African Goats in the Snow

 

I LOVE when these African goats come to visit - they are so paintable! It has been years since I've played in the pastels, and I'm a little rusty.  I sketched my scene first with a pastel pencil, then laid in the masses with my pan pastels.  I chose a red oxide sanded paper because I thought it would compliment my scene, but I feel like I was fighting it.  I found it hard to bring the lights out of that dark beginning.  Next time, I'll choose a lighter color and see if that helps my process.  My daughters were asking about learning pastels, so I thought I'd better get them all out and clean them up.  Now, I'm thinking of all the animal paintings I could use them for!  Painting number 5071 in 5071 days. 

Morning Rounds

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Once in a while, I am so inspired on location that the paintings roll through my mind as I'm soaking it all in.  This farm was such a place, and I knew I would have to paint this first.  The goats and cows were so engaged with their host, it seemed I was watching a children's story unfold.  I love where this painting took me and I'm looking forward to many more paintings like this!  Painting number 5045 in 5045 days. 

Two Goats

 

These goats are the sweetest!  They are super fun to paint, and I LOVE seeing them just beyond our front lawn!  We all go out and hang with them, it's just so relaxing to watch them mow.  They've now moved past this area to the pole barn,  to start working their miracles with the brush. These guys have us seriously considering a few goats of our own!  Painting number 3898 in 3898 days. 

Goats on the Farm

What a great farm to paint!  Our private estate paint had goats, chickens, labs - and lush scenery - so much to choose from! I first set up inside the gate to paint these sweet goats, but soon discovered that was a bad idea!  Before I had uncovered my paint, three goats were trying to climb my easel, another knocked my palette off and started chewing the plastic, while still another jumped up on me, and a baby walked on my panel - all within 2 minutes of set up!  Grabbing my entire box, I lifted it over this gate and climbed out.  From this side, only four of them squeezed through to nibble on anything they could reach.  I had no idea they were such a handful.  And to think, I have been tossing the idea around of getting a few goats!  So adorable to paint, but rambunctious too! Painting number 3032 in 3032 days. 

Three Goats

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After a busy Christmas Eve of wrapping, cooking and family fun, these three goats are wishing you all a Happy Christmas Eve!  Better get to bed before Santa arrives!  Painting number 2552 in 2552 days. 

Three Goats!

Goats are so active, they can be a challenge to paint!  These little guys rotated all over the place - jumping on rocks, eating from their bucket, running along the fence, and back to the rocks again!  I picked one at a time, sketching with quick lines. Once the lines were down, I painted in a little watercolor to capture the scene.  Animals are super fun to paint, even if they don't stand still!  Haha!  Painting number 2421 in 2421 days.

Farmstead Morning

Morning is my very favorite time to paint on a farm!  Lucky to have my daughter join me, we painted at the Deanna Rose Farm with the Art Mob - which is also part of Stems Plein Air!  We walked over to the original part, drawn to the animals and farm life.  I simply could not pass this scene, complete with horses and goats!  As we painted, one of the girls brought in hay for the goats - and they went crazy!  Practically climbing up the feeder, they all stood together, eating!  I was just ready to paint the goats in, so it was perfect timing!  They were entertaining us the whole time with their funny noises as begging for food!  One even started nibbling on the leg of Michaela's easel!  Painting number 1948 in 1948 days.

oil on panel, 9x12
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Goats in the Pasture at Kill Creek Farm

In the Pasture at Kill Creek Farm
Oil on wood, 14x11

In the early morning, it looked as though rain would be my painting companion.  But, it turned out to be a beautiful painting day - even warm at 88 degrees by the time I finished this one!  I have been to this historic farm several times through the years to paint, but I have never actually painted near the farmhouse and old barns!  The goats were very interested in me at first, but soon grazed on to a greener field, ending up back in the woods!  Whenever I paint animals en plein air, I get their shapes in as fast as I can - you never know when they will dart out of sight!  It was so quiet where I painted, I could even hear a rat chewing on the old dead log behind me!  My daughters used to have pet hamsters, rats and mice - so I know that noise!  Painting number 998 in 998 days and Day 25 in the 30 day painting challenge.