Painting this week really went great. I started out with another portrait, and struggled a bit. It turned out well enough that I’m satisfied, but I think I might revisit it in the future and improve on it. Looking at it now, some of the proportions are off as well as some features. This week…
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Back to Work
Hello again. It has been a minute since my last post. After taking a few months off from painting I’m finally getting back to it. I didn’t mean to take such a large break, but the stress of everything going on was really taking its toll on me. Letting myself take a break was a…
Feeling the Burn
Sorry for the lack of a post last week. I burned the crap out of my foot and I was feeling a bit sorry for myself. Now a week after the burn, my foot is less painful and I’m feeling a lot less sorry for myself. It definitely helps that I can walk without pain…
Oh, These Strange Times
Homeschooling and yard work are consuming my life at the moment. Not a bad thing, just how I’ve been spending my time. All I want to do is be outside since the weather is getting so nice, but I’m essentially limited to the yard so I’m getting a lot done. Today I had my husband…
Keeping Distance
My bad, I thought things couldn’t get worse. Yet here we find ourselves in the middle of a pandemic and I’m running low on toilet paper. Now I’m kicking myself for thinking people were being so silly with their panic buying. The good news is we’re fortunate enough to live in a really good school…
Taking My Time
It only took a few weeks, but here it is. Despite the long time I took on this painting, I really did enjoy it. I have a lot more paintings in the works so stay tuned for next week.
Playing Catch-Up
The last couple of weeks I got a little off track. I entirely forgot to write up a blog post last week, but I was… distracted. I did get a little painting in though. I completed a painting commissioned for my niece of her dog Fiona and started the painting of her cat Simba. The…
Painting for an Art Show
This painting may seem familiar to those of you following along with my Utrecht Color Theory Challenge from March 2019. I wanted to repaint this larger for the Canyon River Runners Art Show next month along with another painting that I haven’t done yet. I plan on painting the next one this next week and…
Ramblings
I know. I know. I bitched pretty much all of January about how much I hate painting flowers and here I am painting flowers. The difference this time is that I felt really inspired to create this painting. Last month I was forcing myself to paint because I didn’t want to fail at some arbitrary…
2020 Strada 31-Day Challenge – Complete
There you have it. The January 2020 Strada Challenge is officially over. I don’t really have anything more to say about my experience this go around. I’ll just briefly summarize though: it was rough. I really wanted to present the collection as a whole and try to decide on my favorite painting from the bunch….
2020 Strada 31-Day Challenge – Week 5
Here are the final paintings in the 2020 Strada 31-Day Challenge. It is a huge relief to finally be finished. I honestly thought I would enjoy painting flowers more as the month went on, but I found myself struggling the whole way through. There are some paintings in this collection that I am really proud…
2020 Strada 31-Day Challenge – Week 4
Two-thirds through this challenge and I still don’t like painting flowers. I think I just need to accept that flowers aren’t my thing. This was a good challenge to do though. I was very intimidated by the idea of painting flowers and I’m not anymore. So that’s something. Every January I try to set up…