A Sugar Skull, a Puppy, and the Superstitions

There's a photo realism piece

I'd like to get started on this week. 

I'm all prepped for it and am ready to go. 

You could say the plane is on the runway 

and ready for take off. 

It's just waiting for clearance

from the tower (me). 

I haven't done one since high school,

and am finding myself procrastinating.

Why do I do this to myself?

Who cares if it doesn't turn out?

I can just paint over it and 

start again. 

While I'm in my self imposed

"holding pattern," I decided

to paint some simple light

hearted folk art pieces.  

Now that I'm reflecting on

these folk art pieces, they may

actually be harder than the

photo realism piece I'm planning. 

It's hard for me to paint freely. 

Photo realism isn't free. 

Hmmm. . . 

I finished up another

sugar skull.

That's 2 down and 2 to go

on that project. 

I only did one coat of 

the blue because I 

like a little of 

the black showing through. 

It's gives it a more rustic feel. 

I thought I'd share some pictures

from our weekend adventure. 

My husband and I live a short distance from

the Superstition Mountains and Wilderness

which is part of the Tonto National Forest in Arizona. 

It's such a beautiful place to explore. 

The only wildlife we saw this time

were some turkey vultures and

a beautiful herd of black cows

(all wearing their fuzzy winter coats). 

I wanted to take a picture of them until

we saw the bull, and then we decided to 

zip on out of there.

 Hope you're having a wonderful week!

Thanks for visiting.