Number 7

Well, I went to my friend Amy's house yesterday and had a great time painting together. I didn't finish my main piece but I did do a still-life while I was there. It's not the greatest painting ever but it'll do. She had some beautiful irises growing still, so she plucked one and we went to work. Here's my result...

Yeah...still not done with this new painting yet. : / It's a lot harder than I thought it would be. It's starting to remind me of the old ladies that I painted. lol Anyway, I'm hoping that I'll be finished today. I'm heading to my friend's house to paint and am looking forward to it. She always has good insight into what I'm doing. :)

This new painting is really tedious. I'm sorta liking it though. I'd say I'm about halfway through now. Maybe I can finish it tonight. I'll post a pic of it as soon as it's done. :)

Arrgh, this new painting is all straight lines and angles. Straight lines and I don't get along very well. I sure love the subject though. Hopefully, it'll all turn out well and will be worth it. :) Go me, go me...6 months 'til your birthday...

Sexy Beast

I decided to do a drawing this time. This guy was just begging to be drawn.

Old Man and the Sea

Another one down. I was a little out of my comfort zone on this one, but I really did enjoy the watercolors. 35 to go!

Moving on to my next painting now...and I'm a little intimidated. I'm going out of my comfort zone here and will be doing a watercolor painting. Wish me luck!

Sorry this took so long to post. I had a terrible time getting it to look right on camera. Even now, the picture is actually a cropped version of the painting. I gave up after about 12 takes. lol Anyway, this is it.

Well, I finally finished my 4th painting but I'm having a hard time taking a picture of it. It's waaay too light on the computer. It's been a crazy couple of weeks. I'm going to have to step it up to catch up to my timeline. : /
Between helping my daughter with her project to make a doll house out of cardboard for her English class...and taking said daughter to the hospital for stitches after she cut herself with a box cutter and various other time-consuming activities, I didn't get as much done as I would've liked. Still I'm better off than I was a few months back. ;)
This new painting was really a step outside of my comfort zone but people seem to really like it. I'll try to get a good picture taken of it in the morning and post it then. :)

The Alps - finished

Well, here it is, finally finished. There are parts that still bother me but I think that that will be the case with ALL of my paintings. It's the hazard of being a perfectionist. :P I have no idea what I should call it. Any ideas? :)

It's been a crazy week. I spent many, many hours helping out at my youngest's school and helping my oldest with her project to build something out of recyclable material for her English class. She decided on a doll house...and cut a nice long, deep gash into her thumb with a box cutter while she was trying to cut the floor for the second level. Sooo, I took her to the nearest hospital and got her some stitches. I barely managed to look at my painting, let alone work on it this past week but I declare it very, very close to done. Just a few small details and I'll be posting it. :) I'll also be hoping that the weather will realize that it's summer (oh, ok, not OFFICIALLY summer but close enough) one of these days. I'm tired of the dreary, rainy days. Makes it hard to get started. Here I go, though. Wish me luck. :)