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Cindy Lou Who x 2

Sometimes it’s just what you do with a 10 year old.

I just finished this little cardinal. I’m happy with the branch more than anything. The bird got a little fussy and I’ll look at it again when it’s dry and maybe simplify. Or maybe just let it be. 5×5″ oil on canvas

Plein Air

Tonight I took my painting into my Tuesday night painting class to get some feedback. When I was painting outside all the colors looked brighter and darker and different because sunlight reacts with the paint different than indoor light. When I looked at the painting indoors it looked alittle flat and dull. So I broughtContinue reading “Plein Air”

Nov 5th trees

Today was busy with a lot of different things. Ballet Idaho is in full swing with Nutcracker practice so my daughter had 2 practices today, she has 2 parts. During one of her rehearsals I went over to a nearby park and did a very fast Plein air painting. I’m not sure what I thinkContinue reading “Nov 5th trees”

Sunrise over Tablerock

This morning while I was out walking bandit I noticed how beautiful the sunrise was over Tablerock. So I went inside, grabbed my headlamp and a little canvas and sketched out this dark little scene. Then went inside and painted it. It took about an hour, and it looks like it. I’ll put some moreContinue reading “Sunrise over Tablerock”

Today’s trees

Here we have today’s fall trees. This little landscape feels very happy to me, maybe it’s the googly eyed fire hydrant. There was a chain on the hydrant connecting the 2 white spouts that looked like a smile but I painted it out when I did some shading. I might need to put that backContinue reading “Today’s trees”

Recital

https://youtu.be/RhPu3KijRhc https://youtu.be/gU6fuIhGypk https://youtu.be/Ekp_crkIQ8M Piano recital today for my 3 kids. Lots and lots of hours of practice went into it. We have an amazing teacher, you would have been floored by the kids that played today. One after the next, all 15 or so of her students, were amazing. It’s incredible how aContinue reading “Recital”