#25 Christmas Pudding

Merry Christmas!!! You knew I would make a painting today didn't you! I am so full this afternoon there is no danger of me eating anything else. As is traditional with advent calenders so it is with advent paintings, that the 25th window/painting is a bit bigger, This painting is oil on gesso 21cm x 17cm so, nearly twice the size of the others. Join me next year for more festive fun and you can carry on following the daily paintings here. Click here to buy.

#24 Wooden Santa

' Twas the night before Christmas and Dan painted a woooden Santa! Hurrah and thank to everyone who has been following the advent paintings... I havent decided wheather or not to paint one tomorrow yet..when I was a kid advent calendars finished on Christmas eve but these days you get a bigger door/chocolate on Christmas day mmmmmmm. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#23 Two Baubles

Visit the drawing of these baubles here. They are safely on the tree now rather than rolling around on my desk. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#22 Luxury Bauble

Pure jewel encrusted christmas luxuriousness. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#21 Candy Cane

Mmmmm candy canes, difficult to eat without getting a slightly sticky face, oh well. Oil gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#20 Holly

It wouldn't be Christmas without a bit of Holly, It must have been a good year for berries of all sorts I have never seen so many festooned bushes of all kinds. Especially holly, mostly because I remeber it being a very rare sight as I was growing up in the wilds of North Norfolk! Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#19 Chocolate Money

It's the last Saturday before Christmas and I reckon a lot of real money has been in use today. I'm just relieved I can finally eat this pile of chocolate money I have had in the studio since the start of December! oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#18 Buckle Shoe

These christmas shoes look fantastic, and such a joy to paint! I have to admit to buying this tree decoration with the 'sole' intention of painting it. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#17 Tree and House

These are little christmassy cake decorations, I'm afraid I dont think they will make it on to a cake. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#16 Snowman

With snow on the way I have painted this little chap in the hopes that some comes my way! Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm sold.

#15 Present

I have been Christmas Shopping today and this is actually one of Debbie's presents and I am the only person in the world that knows what is in it! Oil oin gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#14 Mistletoe

Now, I don't often make outlandish claims for my paintings. But. I reckon if you bought this picture you would almost definetely get a kiss from at least one person, maybe more, depending on where you hang it. You cant say that for any of Van Goghs now can you? Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm sold.

#13 Rocking Horse

More Christmas decoration shopping today (our tree looks very nice but a little sparse) we went to the Christmas shop in Lechlade. This was one the Chrstmas treats I came home with. Oil on gesso 16 cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#12 Pine Sprig and Fairylight Bulb

Can you guess what we did today, in good Dan Young, Daily tradition I have picked a couple of objects that typify the day. The tree went up today and this sprig fell off and this bulb didnt work. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#11 Gingerbread Christmas Tree

Mmm tasty gingerbread, we are getting close to our perfect gingerbread recipe, these taste good, I think a bit of time spent working out the optimum cooking time is needed now. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#10 Mince Pie

I painted a mince pie on day #350 of the first year of Dan Young, Daily and was probably the main inspiration for the advent project. I knew I wanted to paint a mince pie again and why not paint a christmas 'thing' everyday, and why not do it through advent. Well, why not? Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm sold.

#9 Resin Baby Jesus

Taken from the same nativity set as the wiseman here is the little fella all the travelleing across continents following stars was all about. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#8 Cracker

What is a Ghosts favourite Meal?

Ghoul-ash

Oil on gesso 12cm x 16cm click here to buy.

#7 Wiseman

This is the first portrait format painting I have done in these series of paintings. This wise man used to be part of an inexpensice nativity scene, watch out for more evacuees from the nativity in the coming days. Also congratulations to nephew Joshua for being a Wiseman in his first Nativity play today. Oil on gesso 12cm x 16cm, click here to buy.

#6 Three Cranberries

If any of you have been following Dan Young, Daily for a while may remember the three blueberries I Painted on day #143 this is like a Christmassy homage to that painting. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy.

#5 Mini Christmas Cake

Many thanks go to Debs (not my Debbie, someone elses) for this mini Christmas cake, I haven't tried any yet but the smell wafting up from it while I painted it was amazing. Oil on gesso16 cm x 12cm sold.

#4 Robin

This is one of those fantasticly badly constructed robins you see on Christmas displays made from real birds, feather polystyrene and a lot of imagination. I think I may have painted a little more life into this one than it actually has! Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to bid.

#3 Stocking

This is a credit crunch busting Christmas stocking, its soo small you can't fit any presents in it! A tiny little crochet number from Debbies Christmas workshop. Oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to bid.

#2 Orange and Clove Pomander

I made this orange pomander a couple of days ago in preparation for Christmas, and of course a painting, it has the fantastic by product of making the studio smell fantastic. oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm sold.

#1 Chocolate Santa

If you have come from my Dan Young, Daily blog welcome and if you have com from somewhere else welcome as well! If you are a regular follower you know the deal if not in a nutshell; I choose an object, I paint it, I post it, people bid on them, the next day I do another! That's pretty much what will happen here but there is an advent calender twist so, all the objects will be of a Christmassy bent. The other change with this project is you won't be able to bid on the paintings but you can 'buy it now' oil on gesso 16cm x 12cm click here to buy it now.

The Painted Advent

Welcome to 'The Painted Advent' or, 'Dan Young, Daily's Christmas Special'. Either way you will see here a series of Christmas paintings made following the same rules and format that my daily oil paintings took, click here to see more of those. Except all the objects must have a link to Christmas. Today is the the official first day of advent however, the tradition of advent calenders dictates that I begin the paintings on the 1st of December, so please pop back on Tuesday the 1st to see the first painting.


I also want to use this project to raise some money for and awareness of CCP's Hamper Scamper Campaign and support the amazing work done over the countdown to Christmas by CCP staff and volunteers making Christmas happen for people who might not have had it happen to them otherwise. Which is why a third of the sale price from each painting will go towards the Hamper Scamper campaign. see the side bar for more info and links.