Lastest Creations

I'd set this piece aside a few

weeks ago and finally added

the finishing touches. 

It still needs a coat of varnish

which I'm hoping will really 

make it pop. 

She went from looking Japanese

to looking more Indian. 

The following is my 4th out of 4 small

sugar skulls that my husband

cut out for me. 

I hid it behind my back before I 

showed him and said, "This is

the look on my face if I see

a scorpion in the house." 

I pulled it out and showed him

and sure enough, he laughed and agreed. 

Fortunately we don't see

them in the house very often. 

Next I made a couple of 

twin thank you post cards

for some special ladies.

"Your the best" is 

a phrase dear to my heart

because those were the

last words my Dad said to me. 

It's hard to believe he's

been gone 16 years. 

He was always such an

encourager.

This next little painting is of

a quoll. 

I'd been watching a documentary

on Australian wildlife and saw

this cute little critter and decided

to paint him. 

Last but not least, I 

painted this folk art sun today. 

My husband had cut out

the pattern I drew for him.

I gave myself a very short

time to work on it. 

I kept telling myself not

to over-think it and just paint.

It's my Sunday sun.

Thank you for visiting.

Wishing you a fabulous week ahead. 

Painting Frustrations and Lessons Learned

It's not fun to share my disappointments.

But it's important for me to be 

transparent about my art journey

(the successes as well as the failures). 

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*Remember to keep pressing forward.

*Don't linger too long on any one painting. 

*Move on to your next piece.

These are some of the lessons

that I learned over the weekend. 

I was working on this folk art piece and 

thought my design was okay, but I wasn't 

happy with the colors. 

Imagine a visual "scratching on a chalkboard".

That's the best way to describe it. 

 Instead of leaving well enough alone, 

I decided to rework it. 

Hoping to harmonize, I ended

up making a big mess of things.

I kept working and reworking it.

Whatever I did seemed to get me further

away from where I wanted it to be. 

I came to the conclusion, that it'd been

better had I just left it alone and moved

on to my next painting. 

On the bright side, I learned something of value.

I'm not sure if I'll paint over this one

and reuse the board, or keep it as a reminder.

Either way, I'm excited to be moving on to my next piece

and taking this valuable lesson with me!