Tamami<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> Day 24 <br />"The Lights on the Hill"<br />pastel on UART paper - 24x18 in</p><p><a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/the-lights-on-the-hill/1132111" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailypaintworks.com/fineart/ta</span><span class="invisible">mami-tokutake/the-lights-on-the-hill/1132111</span></a></p><p>The last day of ArtAdventCalendar is reserved for one of my favorite works I painted this year. This will be a spotlight piece for my upcoming show "High Desert Colors" January 11 - February 23 in Northwest Reno Library, Reno NV. If you are local, I'd love you to come!<br />Thank you so much for following along this month, and your kind comments and boosts. I ❤️ you! <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PastelArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PastelArtist</span></a></p>
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Sarah Sammis<p>Day 24: This swallowtail butterfly is a 3x3 inch watercolor, ink, and acrylic paint piece. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/watercolor" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>watercolor</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/butterfly" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>butterfly</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mixedmedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mixedmedia</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>art</span></a></p>
Tamami<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> Day 23<br />"As If No One 2"<br />pastel on UART paper (mounted) - 20x16 in</p><p><a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/as-if-no-one-2/1142840" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailypaintworks.com/fineart/ta</span><span class="invisible">mami-tokutake/as-if-no-one-2/1142840</span></a></p><p>I painted this entirely from my memory; I saw this tree, just barely turning colors, an early morning last October in Zion. I thought I took a photo of it, but I couldn't find it. It is liberating to paint something from imagination and memory. <br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PastelArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PastelArtist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ZionNP" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ZionNP</span></a></p>
Sarah Sammis<p>Day 23: I painted this watercolor triptych of a cat I used to have. Caligula lived from 1995-2014. She was my first cat as an adult. Each square is 3x3 inches. I used Beam paints, black ink, and white acrylic paint. It's painted on cold press paper. </p><p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastoart</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/catsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>catsofmastodon</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/calico" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>calico</span></a></p>
Tamami<p>Here, take some flowers because tomorrow is Monday. <br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/SundayFlowers" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>SundayFlowers</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a></p>
Tamami<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> Day 22<br />"Eureka, NV"<br />pastel on UART paper (mounted) - 13x13 in</p><p><a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/eureka-nv/1119478" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailypaintworks.com/fineart/ta</span><span class="invisible">mami-tokutake/eureka-nv/1119478</span></a></p><p>I've driven across Nevada through US-50, "The Loneliest Road of America" several times now. This is just west of Eureka from my trip in April 2024.<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PastelArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PastelArtist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LandscapePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandscapePainting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Nevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Nevada</span></a></p>
Sarah Sammis<p>Day 22: Calico Shadows - 16x20 acrylic on canvas - this commission took approximately 10.5 hours to paint after an initial 3 or 4 hours of thumbnailing / planning with the client. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/commission" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>commission</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AcrylicPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcrylicPainting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/CalicoCat" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>CalicoCat</span></a></p>
Tamami<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> Day 21<br />"July 13th"<br />pastel on Canson Touch paper - 20x8 in</p><p><a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/july-13th/1009174" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailypaintworks.com/fineart/ta</span><span class="invisible">mami-tokutake/july-13th/1009174</span></a></p><p>Updated a plein air painting I did on July 13th, 2022 at Davis Creek pond in Washoe City, NV. Beautiful day, even though I had to fight the sun. I put it away when I came home, then two years later I finished it by adding lights.<br />In September, there was a wildfire that started in Davis Creek that spread quickly. I'm pretty sure that these trees I painted are now gone. <br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PastelArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PastelArtist</span></a></p>
Sarah Sammis<p>Day 21: Today's piece is "Dublin Sunrise." It was inspired by a photograph I took as we left the Bay Area for Canada to move our youngest into her dorm and to take a two week vacation. The piece, a 16x20 acrylic painting on stretched canvas will be on display at Turtle Bay (<a href="https://www.turtlebay.org/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">turtlebay.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) from January 31-May 31. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AcrylicPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcrylicPainting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChickenArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChickenArt</span></a></p>
CynBlogger™️Dissents<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/artadventcalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>artadventcalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/bloomscrolling" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>bloomscrolling</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/roses" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>roses</span></a><br />Day 20, Dec. 20</p><p>Floribunda “Angel Face”</p>
Tamami<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> Day 20<br />"Wintry Night"<br />pastel on homemade surface - 5x7 in</p><p><a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/wintry-night/1152252" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailypaintworks.com/fineart/ta</span><span class="invisible">mami-tokutake/wintry-night/1152252</span></a></p><p>I was trying to recreate "Wind Speaks" I painted two years ago, because I sold it before I could take a reproduction photo and I miss it. Of course it never turns out as well as the original piece. Also the format is not right... I need a square paper. Work harder!<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PastelArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PastelArtist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LandscapePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandscapePainting</span></a></p>
Sarah Sammis<p>Day 20: Yreka - 16x20 - acrylic on canvas - approximately seven hours from start to finish <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AcrylicPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcrylicPainting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/landscape" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>landscape</span></a></p>
Tamami<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> Day 19<br />"Sky Day 2"<br />Pastel on Canson Touch paper - 7x20 in</p><p><a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/sky-day-2/1005254" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailypaintworks.com/fineart/ta</span><span class="invisible">mami-tokutake/sky-day-2/1005254</span></a></p><p>1st of two plein air paintings I did back in 2022 at Air Sailing Gliderport in Reno, NV. Did very little in studio to finish it. I really love this wide angle format, despite the negative critique from my mentor; he thinks that it loses the focus, and I agree on that point. But the 360 deg mountains cannot be contained in 9x12!<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PastelArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PastelArtist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Mountains" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mountains</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RenoNevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RenoNevada</span></a></p>
Sarah Sammis<p>Day 19: Kansas Hens: 16x20 acrylic on canvas. This one was a struggle to finish. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AcrylicPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcrylicPainting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>surrealism</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Mastoart</span></a></p>
Tamami<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> Day 18<br />"Early Morning, Runway Prepared"<br />pastel on Canson Touch paper - 10x20 in</p><p><a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/early-morning-runway-prepared-framed-/1006525" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailypaintworks.com/fineart/ta</span><span class="invisible">mami-tokutake/early-morning-runway-prepared-framed-/1006525</span></a></p><p>I was painting the mountain at Air Sailing Gliderport, Reno NV. Then the groundskeeper drove along the dirt runway with her tractor to get ready for the day. A few weeks later my husband showed her the painting on the phone, and she was delighted; "Oh that's me!"<br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PastelArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PastelArtist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Aviation" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Aviation</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RenoNevada" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>RenoNevada</span></a></p>
Sarah Sammis<p>Day 18: "Left Out" This 12x12 is one of my many coffee house chicken paintings. Looks like the foursome forget to invite someone. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/AcrylicPainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>AcrylicPainting</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ChickenArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ChickenArt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/12x12" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>12x12</span></a></p>
CynBlogger™️Dissents<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/artadventcalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>artadventcalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/digitalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>digitalart</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/procreate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>procreate</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/mastoart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>mastoart</span></a> <br />Day 17, Dec 17</p><p>Digital watercolor rendition of a photo by my son, in Kenya 2023<br />(Not AI)</p>
Tamami<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> Day 17<br />"High Desert Winter"<br />pastel on homemade surface - 7x5 in</p><p><a href="https://www.dailypaintworks.com/fineart/tamami-tokutake/high-desert-winter-framed-/979730" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">dailypaintworks.com/fineart/ta</span><span class="invisible">mami-tokutake/high-desert-winter-framed-/979730</span></a></p><p>This was when I decided that I liked winter here in high desert, and that I like this surface I created with gesso and ink. The randomness and the roughness of the texture works against the desire to be too detailed and stay more impressionistic. <br />Art is a never-ending learning process. <br /><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/MastoArt" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>MastoArt</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/PastelArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>PastelArtist</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/LandscapePainting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>LandscapePainting</span></a></p>
Sarah Sammis<p>Day 17: Tip Reads. Posting another OC piece. The hotel room Tip is in is based on a photograph my husband took on a business trip to Zurich. <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/ArtAdventCalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>ArtAdventCalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/OC" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>OC</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/procreate" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>procreate</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/sketch" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>sketch</span></a></p>
CynBlogger™️Dissents<p><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/artadventcalendar" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>artadventcalendar</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/haiga" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>haiga</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>haiku</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/zen" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>zen</span></a> <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/digitalart" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>digitalart</span></a> </p><p>Charcoal limbs<br />smudged on pastel skies.<br />Sharp-etched birds</p>
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