Tiny Treasures No. 2 Work in Progress

This is a painting of one of my favorite funny little purses (a gift from my mother-in-law, thanks GG!) hanging on an awesome hand-painted armoire, also a gift from GG. It is a big painting and is still a work in progress. Hopefully I will be able to finish it tomorrow!

Tiny Treasures No. 1

YAY! A new series! I have been looking forward to starting this series since Fruit No. 3!!! Not that I didn't love the fruit and eggs, I did. This is a wide open still life series. I plan to attack some treasures like Matchbox cars and Lego men, skeleton keys and oh, I guess you have to wait to find out what else! Today I painted a card with three mother-of-pearl buttons attached. The card it is based on is framed in a shadow box and we bought it a while back for my oldest son's nursery. It is simple and soft and feminine and white on white. I chose to make the background a dark bluish gray color, although I am also thinking of attacking it again with a lighter background down the road. Can't wait to see what I will paint tomorrow!!!

Fruit #21

So, you may (or may not) be saying to yourself. "What about that girl with the paintings that get posted every day? What happened to her?" I am still here, I am healthy and trucking along. I had paying clients that really needed me to dedicate a couple of days just to them. Here I am again though, ready to paint daily. My wonderful husband helped me out with the kids so that I could paint last night and finish my last fruit painting. Not my last ever keep in mind, just the last fruit painting for this series. I wanted to do another avacado so that I can have the two together in a series...

Fruit #20

Only one fruit left! I have so many other fruits I want to do, but I am really looking forward to the next series! This is the third painting with the tea cup and it will be offered with the other two in a piece featuring the three.


Look for my last fruit tomorrow or more likely Saturday!

Fruit #18 and #19!

 I had an incredibly busy day, but luckily Fruit No. 19 went pretty quickly and I only needed to spend about an hour more on Fruit No. 18. So, here they are! Almost at the end of this series! Only 2 more fruits and then it's on to the next subject. I am really looking forward to the next one!!!

Thanks Noah Scalin!

Noah Scalin created the original 365 project and inspired me to start my project. I submitted a short video of my work to his blog to show off my project so far! Here is a link to his site, go visit and find out about his awesome work! Make Something 365
You can see my video on his blog, or you can view it here (but still go see his blog, it's very cool)
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Fruit #18 Work in Progress

Work in progress today! I hope to post a finished #18 painting tomorrow plus Fruit #19 (hint hint... it goes well with Mexican food.)