Painting Again

Oh, I couldn't wait to get my hands on a paintbrush again! I was so excited that I woke up at 4 this morning. Last night I started drawing this on the canvas and today it took me about two more hours to get the face right because it's at a strange angle. The model is my sister Ellen. One night she was sitting here talking to me and I liked the light so much I made her do all kinds of things and I took pictures while she tried not to laugh. But the pictures turned out well and I knew they'd make good paintings if I could pull it off. I have a vision in my head and I just hope it will end up somewhere near that. Now that everything is blocked in, tomorrow I'll concentrate on the face and hands, the hardest, hardest parts. I'm trying to use the biggest brush possible for each section.

When I made plans on my big calendar ( I'm going to call it 'my life on the wall') this whole week was devoted to the miniatures, but I think they are ok like they are. So I put them together, put a coat of medium on, and they're done. Now I can paint all week and be ahead of myself. Actually, there a several things I can do with the extra time.....work on the twins' portraits, practice using my Wacom tablet and Photoshop Elements, watch the five art videos I have but have never seen, or experiment with polymer clay. I couldn't ask for a more wonderful problem! This must be heaven; to have the time, supplies and space to make art for the rest of your life whenever you want to.

These are the finished miniatures. They are on gallery wrap canvas and the portrait is raised from the surface. I'm going to write an explanation of what they are about, I remember I posted that a while ago.

Serious Stuff

Rebecca's Apples

20x16

This is one I did several months ago, in fact, almost a year ago. Boy, does time fly!
I've been thinking about my goals all day because I promised to post them here today. This is more difficult than I thought. I seem to think in a huge, global way. And then I zoom in on one thing and think of nothing else until I'm distracted and then I'll zoom in on another thing. I'm very easily distracted. 

Right now I need a secretary. But....it's just me. So, here are my goals for this week. They might be changed before long.

Weekly Goals

1. Finish miniatures and the chair with sunflower.

2. Make new labels for finished work.

3. Practice painting at least 5 days.

4. At least one hour a day practice using  Wacom tablet.

Goals to Achieve by November

1. Put my work in one more gallery 

2. Organize business paperwork in one place - a notebook.

3. Find and enter at least one more competition.

I'm still working on a mission statement. All I can say is I want to make the most use of what I have for the good of myself and others.