Art Events: Strada Challenge 2023

Oct 28

This blog post is a gallery of the paintings and studies I did during the 2023 September Strada Challenge. The Strada challenge is an online painting challenge hosted by the lovely people over at Strada Easels. The only requirement of the challenge is to paint something from life every single day of the month of September. I completed this challenge partially at home in Utah, and partially on a trip to Europe. To see more about that trip, click one of these links: Paris Croatia Switzerland

I managed to paint every day of the month of September! Here are all the paintings, finished and unfinished. They are a testament to the power of showing up everyday to put in the work. That is the reason I keep doing these challenges, I improve so much each month and continue to learn to see better. So enjoy a look back on the month of improvement and determined effort!

**Day 1**

*Guardian Angel in the Provo Cemetery*
*SOLD*

**Day 8**

*Study for Bear Lake Comission*

**Day 9**

*Study II for Bear Lake Commission*

**Days 13 & 14**

*Cemetery Guardian, $300*

**Day 15**

*Red Arch in Spanish Fork Canyon*
*SOLD*

**Day 16**

*Pencil Sketches of Wes and Clary in my sketchbook*

**Day 18**

*My Neighbor’s Chicken*
*SOLD*

**Day 20**

*Swiss Quince Tree in Geneva, Switzerland*

**Day 21**

*Alpine Lake, $350*
*Oeschininsee, Kandersteg, Switzerland*

**Day 22**

*Cows and the Coming Storm, $300*

**Day 23**

*Alpine Spring, $350*
*Charmey, Switzerland*

**Day 24**

*Sunrise over Lake Geneva, $300*

**Day 26**

*Monet Daisies, $150*
*Giverny, France*

**Day 27 & 28**

*Notre Dame Cathedral of Versailles, France*
*SOLD*

**Day 29**

*Blue Cliffs, $250*
*Plitvice, Croatia*

**Day 30**

*Fairy Waterfall, $250*
*Plitvice, Croatia*

Amber Ackerman https://amberackermanart.com

Art Events: Strada Challenge 2023

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