I have very much enjoyed painting over the past few months, and although there are quite a few pieces that I think are horrible, there are a couple that I’m rather proud of. I’ve never taken any painting or art courses in my life, but figured I was probably artistic enough when it comes to quilting and scrapbooking that I couldn’t possibly be that terrible at painting. Sometimes I was right, and sometimes I was wrong.

This was the first painting that I was incredibly proud of. Mostly because it was only my third try at painting and the first two tries were so bad I won’t even explain what I tried to paint.

The next piece took me just over seven hours to paint, even though there are only three colours. It was all of the words that made it so difficult. I had to use the smallest paintbrush I could find.


And finally, a piece that I am just under halfway complete. This one is of course based on one of mine and Pete’s favorite video games – Zelda. There is still a lot of work to do on this one, but it is the largest piece I’ve worked on yet so it seems to also be taking me the longest. I’ve probably put around 8 hours into it so far.

In the meantime, I actually have to put my paintbrushes aside for a while what with how busy work and family and friends and general life is. I also have a lot of quilting to do in the next few weeks which will keep me away from painting for a while.
Cheers, and enjoy this smoky campfire weather we’re having right now.
T

















