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This is what I worked on today. Can you tell what these are wanting to be when they grow up?

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Upside down is a good way to force oneself to see shapes as they really are rather than as one assumes they are. It sorts out some of the confusion of the familiar. It causes one to filter out all the detail and focus on the larger shapes.

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Perhaps it will be easier for you to identify shapes here.

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This is hard. I’ve painted it 3 times now and it is still hard. img_1477.jpg

This is also hard. Somedays I can hardly wait to be more proficient at oil painting so that I can see the pieces take shape faster. And isn’t it weird that when the paintings take less time that they will probably bring in more money?? Reminds me of working dumb jobs – the lowest jobs on the pay scale are usually the most difficult! Go figure. . .  I’m not complaining, just puzzling over one of the many mysteries of life.

Mini Vacation

This morning I had a very long walk. Eleven miles long. Really! It was beautiful – see?

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When we arrived at our destination, this was waiting for us to soak our tired selves in:

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There was a great lady there awaiting our arrival, and after our soak, she drove us home. After I got home, it felt as if I had been on vacation and I never left Three Rivers! It took some discipline to focus on the easels and the oil paintings after that little respite. However, work did happen. These oil paintings are either newly finished or still in progress. You may not be able to discern the progress, but the bridges are gradually moving toward the end.

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And what are those little paintings there on the window sill? new subjects? Not oranges or pomegranates or poppies? Wow!