Art Every Day - Day 61 - And some days...

And some days feel more like this!

11x14 acrylic on canvas with jewels

Happy New Years Eve!!!

Art Every Day - Day 60 - Some days....

Some days just feel like this.

11x14 acrylic on canvas

Art Every Day - Day 59 - sketch

Busy day out and about  so another quick sketch.

Art Every Day - Day 58 - sketch

Just a quick pencil sketch today.

Art Every Day - Day 57 - painting

I felt pulled to do another of these abstract flower paintings today.

I chose a slightly softer color palette with white, yellows, corals, and browns.

It didn't have the same effect on me as the gray and red one I did the other day.

It feels like something is missing. Maybe its just the intensity of the colors this time, or lack thereof.
I still like it, it's just not as exciting to me as the other one.


30x30 acrylic on canvas

Art Every Day - Day 56 - Christmas paintings and sketch

So here are the paintings I did for Christmas gifts. They all went over very well.



This one was for my son's girlfriend. Gray and red are her favorite colors and I wanted to do something kinda fun and girly and different for her. She loved it and its the exact colors she is redoing her room to - and I had no idea. I just knew she liked those colors and it seemed to fit her when I saw a similar design online.

 I had a blast doing this one and its one of my favorites of all the recent paintings I've done. I think I'm going to do more like this in the near future.  24x24 acrylic on canvas

This is from a photograph of my husband playing golf. I simplified the background, took out buildings and kinda made it abstractish.  18x24 acrylic on canvas

This was for my son, a PlayStation fan. Simple, but it means something to him. 

16x20 acrylic on canvas

This is for, and of, my in-laws on a trip in West Virginia, I believe. I struggled a lot with this one, but it turned out pretty well in the end. They loved it and that's what counts.

     18x24 acrylic on canvas

And this is my art for today - a quick pencil sketch.

Art Every Day - Day 55 - Christmas coloring

Merry Christmas from my creative heART to yours!

Art Every Day - Day 54 - coloring

Nothing says the holidays like a green octopus in a candy cane striped hat playing the guitar!! ;-)

Merry Christmas Eve!!

Art Every Day - Day 53 - painting

Once again making progress on Christmas paintings. I purposely made this one blurry so you could see I was working on it - but not quite tell what it is fully. It is not done yet, I have a few more steps to add to it. But I needed to post something.

Art Every Day - Day 52 - painting

I finished another Christmas present painting today but I still cannot post pictures yet.

Started the background for another one too. (Its on a plastic drop cloth on my floor)

Check back after the holidays for the finished pieces.

Art Every Day - Day 51 - painting

Well, the next few days I am going to be very busy working on some paintings. However seeing that they are Christmas presents for people who might happen to look on here, I cannot post any pictures until after they have been received. For example, I just finished the painting I started yesterday, but I cannot show it. Sigh.

Soooooo......I did this mini as well, that way I would have something to post. ;-)

6x6, acrylic background with paint marker lettering.

I know these little motivational quotes can be be cheesy to some people, but I don't care. I love reading them wherever I find them and when something strikes a cord with me I jot it down. I have post it notes and scraps of paper all over the place. And sometimes when I am working on a larger painting project I have leftover paint on my palette I hate to waste, so I got a bunch of these mini canvases I can slap the extra paint on for the background and future use. Then when a little painting idea or quote comes up I want to do something more with then just write on a scrap of paper, I can make a mini painting out of it.

I'm using my resources wisely! ;-)

Art Every Day - Day 50 - painting

The beginning of a new painting.

Art Every Day - Day 49 - coloring

Exhausting day. Another mindless coloring page.

Art Every Day - Day 48 - Good Day Jar

Today is my Birthday. I made it thru another year! lol

I've had this idea in my head the last few weeks of starting a gratitude jar - writing down things I'm grateful for everyday and putting them in a jar. Kinda like a gratitude journal but in a more visible form. I was planning on starting that the first of the year along with a bunch of other things.

But a little bit ago I read a story online about the brothers who started the Life is Good company. Every night at dinner their mom would ask them what was good about today. And no matter how awful their day was, they could always find something to share and smile or even laugh about. That question led them to the company they now run.

So that kinda sparked something in me and I decided to turn my gratitude jar into a - what was good about today jar. And I decided to start it today because what better day to start a happiness jar then on my birthday!

I took some light colored scrapbook paper I had (not cardstock cuz its too thick) and cut it up into approximately   1.5 - 2" by 4 inch strips. Some of them are a bit bigger too, you know, in case I have a really awesome day I need to record. ;-)

 The past week or two I've started looking for a really pretty clear/ colored glass jar at whatever store I happened to be in, for this purpose. But I had yet to find something and I wasn't really at the right store for it, but I figured I still had time before January 1st. Of course that changed about an hour ago. So for now I'm using this small jar I have til I find the right one I'm looking for. I know its out there and I will find it when its ready to be found.  For now though, this works.

So today's happy moments - I made it to another birthday, and my kids are doing dinner and a movie with me tonight. Spending quality time with my children always make me smile. :-)

Art Every Day - Day 47 - coloring

I needed a mindless art activity tonight so I decided to color.

Art Every Day - Day 46 - sketch

Only had time for a quick sketch today. Picture is a bit fuzzy. Actually the drawing is a bit fuzzy. I should have used a darker pencil to do it justice. Is what it is though.

Art Every Day - Day 45 - mural

I finally finished the "window" mural today.

Art Every Day - Day 44 - painting

Got a busy afternoon but got the background started on another painting this morning.

30x40 acrylic on canvas

Art Every Day - Day 43 - painting

I spent a good part of the day today researching for some upcoming paintings - kinda hard to show that here, but it is part of the art process.

I did paint the background for one of them today. 16x20 acrylic on canvas

Art Every Day - Day 42 - heart healing

So the last few days I have been not feeling well. I have a heart condition that every once in a while causes me to feel extremely slow and worn out. I call them slow heart rate days. Its normal for me and something I recognize and accept because I have no choice and cannot change it. My body just has days that it is says - Nope - we are not going to function today. Its a rest day whether you like it or not. It usually lasts a day or so and I am forced to rest no matter what is going on in my life. It hit me in the middle of the day on Thursday and I had to quit work early that day. I woke up okay on Friday but it was not gone. I tried to fight my way thru the day but was forced to quit early again as it continued to grip me. It lasted a bit longer than normal probably because I didn't listen, was stubborn and wanted to get further than I was in my mural. In the end though - I could not, and had to leave to rest.  I got a bit concerned Friday evening, but it finally released its vise by the time I went to bed.

Today I am still worn out, so I am taking it easy once again. I did some soul reading this morning and decided I needed to paint myself a Soul Art Heart Healing painting. I need to bring the flow of Love back into myself and my heart, on many levels. I am gearing up for some big changes next year, mainly with my health and my soul - taking better care of myself. I am working on gathering all the pieces so that on January 1st I am ready to turn the corner on the new me.

But today my heart needed some self care. This piece is a mixed media piece. It is a 12x12 canvas painted with acrylics. I then added glitter, some flowers and some gem swirls - all things I love in colors that I love. Yes even the yellow heart. This painting is me in every way. It is a symbol to remember to love myself even when I don't feel very lovable. It is a symbol to take care of myself, because without my heart, I do not exist both physically, and spiritually. Without Love I am just an empty shell. I do not want to be an empty shell. I have so much love to give, I just need to be brave enough to let it flow.

Have a beautiful magical day!

Art Every Day - Day 41 - mural

Added another table and chair set today. I have one more to do, but once again I was not feeling well and just did not have it in me to stay another couple hours to get it done -  This one took me 3 hours to do as is. Lotsa detail work in the iron of those chairs.

Art Every Day - Day 40 - mural

Today I worked on the patio table and chairs. I only got one set (of 3) done though as I wasn't  feeling well and cut my day short.

Btw - there is tape (under the paint) running down the center of the table, holding the place for a window frame - that is why the center of the chair and table are not completed. I didn't want to put all the work into painting the details when it will just be painted over.  Stay tuned a few more days to see what I mean.

Art Every Day - Day 39 - sketch

Only had time today for another quick sketch.

Art Every Day - Day 37 & 38 - mural and sketch

Spent the day with my sister, so just another quick sketch today.

OMG! - I just realized I forgot to post yesterday! How did I miss that! Sigh. I actually did paint yesterday too. I worked on the mural again see -

I repainted the entire patio area - again. I'm still not thrilled with it - but its better then it was when I left it on Friday. Plus once I get the tables and chairs on there and the window framing done, the patio will be masked some and not stand out so bad. At least that is my hope. 

So I have still done Art Every Day - I just totally forgot to post yesterday. I remember thinking it when I came home, but then I think I thought I had done it later on and forgot to check. Oh well. I'm still counting it - cuz I did actually do it.  haha. 

Art Every Day - day 36 - year in review

While I did paint a foam core cork board solid black for a project I need to do, I did not get anything else drawn or painted today.

I did however work on a project called the Holiday Council. One of the creative people I follow online, Molly Mahar of Stratejoy, does the program called the Holiday Council every December. This is the first time I have done it, but it seemed only right given all the transitions I am going thru currently. Basically it is 4 weeks of worksheets reviewing the previous year - business and personal life wise - what was good, what was not, lessons learned, etc - and then planning out the next year - goals for your business and life in general. This past week was all about reviewing 2015. I was not able to listen to the live podcast last Wednesday - so today was my day to catch up on that and start doing the worksheets. I still have a few things left to complete for week 1 but it's already late and I need to get ready for my week. So that was all the creativity I got done for today, unless you count cooking an awesome roast in the crockpot, doing 5 loads of laundry, cleaning house and designing a workout/food tally log for my upcoming workout challenge, being creative. :-)

Art does not always have to be painting or drawing. It can be writing and planning, researching and thinking. There is so much more to the creative process then what you actually see on paper, or canvas or a wall. So while some people may argue that because I did not actually draw or paint something today (tho I did paint a board black - I just didn't take a picture of it,) so therefore I did not do any "Art" - I say I did plenty of creative work today in reviewing my year of art and taking the first steps towards planning my artistic year next year.

Art is in the eye of the beholder! ;-)

Art Every Day - Day - 35 - sketch

Not feeling very Arty today so just did a quick sketch. Didn't wanna break my streak due to an emotional funk.

Art Every Day - Day 34 - mural

Today I worked on the patio bricks and slate. And I struggled. I did the brick parts yesterday but I didn't like it - so I repainted them today. And then repainted them again. I did the background for the slate twice as well - adjusting the colors then started adding all the grout lines. And I hate it. The entire patio. It looks fake and cartoonish. The brick wall looks great - I'm very happy with that. But the patio sucks so far. I keep making adjustments - and I keep not liking it. I know its the black grout lines (the wall has light mortar but the ground is dark )- but that is how it looks in real life. I just cant get it to look right so far. I finally gave up and ended my day early because it was driving me nuts.  So I decided to end the misery, give it the weekend and tackle it again with fresh eyes come Monday. Sigh.

Art Every Day - Day 33 - mural

Finished the back and middle ground areas. Worked on the brick parts of the patio and planters. 

Art Every Day - Day 32 - mural

Got the ponds and more middle ground tress and details done today.

Art Every Day - Day 31 - mural

I started on a new mural today. This one is on a wall in a windowless basement - painted to look like you are looking outside through a window. I got the sky and the trees in the background done, and the rest of the bigger areas blocked in today. More tomorrow.

Art Every Day - Day 30 - sketch

Today was busy again and I had to help my son on a homework project for his Spanish class, so I all I had time to do was a quick sketch this evening.

But I did it - Art Every single day in the month of November!

I am not done though. Even though the November challenge may be over, my art is far from done. I am going to try to continue with Art Every Day , maybe see how long I can go before I have to break the cycle for some reason. December is always a busy month, but I'm going to do my best. I have a lot of growing to do both artistically and internally and this is a good a place as any to document my creative struggles.

So here's to Art Every Day - Forever!!

My Son's homework project. It's cut and paste btw - we did NOT draw all of that! ;-)

Art Every Day - Day 29 - painting

I started a new painting today - actually a double painting. Its 2 canvas's that are going to go on either side of my dresser in my bedroom. It doesn't look it in the picture but the colors are actually teal and turquoise. It is not this blue looking in person.  Its going to be kinda abstract with navy blues and raspberry colors added as well to match my bedding and decor. This is just the first step.

Art Every Day - Day 28 - sketch

Heading out of town to visit family today -  so quick sketch this morning.

Art Every Day - Day 27 - Chakra's

Tip of the day - SAVE YOUR WORK AS YOU WORK ON IT!!!

I spent the last 2 hours writing out this post - and I don't know what I did - but I hit something - and it EFFING DISAPPEARED!!

It was done too. I was just proofreading and correcting. And it was a good one. It was beautiful. And now its gone. I literally cried. Now I have to start all over again. I'm so upset.

You know the only thing I can figure, is that post was not meant to happen the way it was written for some reason. I don't know why because I thought it was great. I don't even remember some of it now. Which sucks. I suppose that means something too. Sigh. Cant believe its gone.

Well, here's hoping version 2 is better.

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So I've been thinking a lot about my chakra's in the last week or so. Chakra's are the energy centers in your body. When they are blocked or out of alignment they can cause illness and disconnect. When they are flowing life feels good and easy. I first learned about them when I discovered Soul Art in May of 2014. I signed up to take a class on healing your chakra's thru art and Soul Art, but I have yet to embark on that journey because technically I need to finish the first class before I move on to the second one. I keep letting life and excuses get in the way of doing what I know I need to be doing with those classes though. But I think its become obvious that I need to start working on my chakra's now.

I've been doing a lot of inner work lately -reading about connecting with yourself, listening to my soul, and meditating. Journaling. Painting. Last year I purchased some Kundalini Yoga dvd's which help you connect to your Chakra's thru movement and yoga. I've been meaning to add them into my workout routine, so last week I pulled one of them out to do And I struggled. Especially during the first 3 chakra's. I just couldn't connect and get the movements right (especially during the freestyle parts - move however you want to move) and I was getting very frustrated and angry with myself. I just could not move. I realized at the time, I was struggling because I am severely blocked in those 3 lower chakra's. I've known for a year and a half now that I've needed to heal my chakra's, and throughout the week and especially today -  it has become clear I need to move that healing up to sooner, rather than later.


There are 7 Chakra's in your body -


1. Root Chakra — Represents our foundation and feeling of being grounded.

• Location: Base of spine in tailbone area.
• Emotional issues: Survival issues such as financial independence, money and food.
• Color: Red

2. Sacral Chakra — Our connection and ability to accept others and new experiences.

• Location: Lower abdomen, about two inches below the navel and two inches in.
• Emotional issues: Sense of abundance, well-being, pleasure and sexuality.
• Color:  Orange

3. Solar Plexus Chakra — Our ability to be confident and in control of our lives.

• Location: Upper abdomen in the stomach area.
• Emotional issues: Self-worth, self-confidence and self-esteem.
• Color: Yellow

4. Heart Chakra — Our ability to love.

• Location: Center of chest just above the heart.
• Emotional issues: Love, joy and inner peace.
• Color: Green

5. Throat Chakra — Our ability to communicate.

• Location: Throat.
• Emotional issues: Communication, self-expression of feelings and the truth.
• Color: Blue

6. Third Eye Chakra — Our ability to focus on and see the big picture.

• Location: Forehead between the eyes (also called the Brow Chakra).
• Emotional issues: Intuition, imagination, wisdom and the ability to think and make decisions.
• Color: Indigo

7. Crown Chakra — The highest chakra represents our ability to be fully connected spiritually.

• Location: The very top of the head.
• Emotional issues: Inner and outer beauty, our connection to spirituality and pure bliss.
• Color: Violet

So as I said, I was struggling with my yoga and the first 3 chakra's last week. I know I am the most blocked in those areas - I've been lost and wandering (ungrounded) and worried about money, sex and relationship issues are on my mind constantly, And I've always had a severe lack of confidence and self worth. I actually have blockages in all my chakra's. The heart chakra is known as the bridge or transition chakra between the lower 3 (connecting with your inner self) and the upper 3 (connecting with others and the universe.) Love from the heart chakra is what binds everything together. But you cannot heal the heart or the upper levels without first healing the lower 3 chakra's. They are the root of all your problems and struggles. I know this and it is why my need to explore them has become strong lately. 

But did you notice something about the first 3 chakra's? Look at their colors. 

If you have read thru my blog at all you will note that the colors that have been calling me loudly since day 1 on here, the colors I dislike the most and have been needing to come to terms with, and the colors of the first 3 chakra's.......are one and the same. Red. Orange. And Yellow. 

Holy Shit! (as she picks her mouth up off the floor)

I literally just made this connection today. And it was a profound revelation for me.

Its no wonder these colors have been calling me so strongly. I hate yellow the most - no wonder my self esteem is so low. Not only have I needed to heal my discord with the colors themselves, but I am in extreme need of healing these first 3 chakra's and my connection to myself. 

Before I made this revelation I decided to do a painting honoring the chakra's today. I just wanted to do something quick and simple, so I took out a small 12x12 inch canvas. I painted the sides a deep dark blue, laid the canvas flat on a table, and then took high flow acrylics (which are like watery highly pigmented inks) and poured them on the canvas letting them flow into each other. 

I blended the edges together a bit just to cover any white space and tilted and turned the canvas a bit to aid in the blending,  but then set it down again to let the colors move on their own. Though I did turn on the overhead fan (on low) to aid in some airflow and drying.

 It was at this point that I made the connection of the colors red orange and yellow to my yoga struggles and chakra's, and decided I need to address it here. So I left the studio and went to my office computer to type this out. After about an hour I went back into the studio to see how the canvas was drying and what sort of magic might have happened with the colors blending into each other and this is what I saw -

Do you see it? I see what looks like a person without outstretched arms (a sign of freedom and healing) in the reds and oranges. I swear I had absolutely nothing to do with this. I didn't use a brush or my fingers or anything. When I left the room it looked like the picture above. When I returned this is what had appeared. Its as if the universe is giving me a sign that I am on the right path in my healing and self discovery journey. I could not have intentionally painted a better chakra connection painting if I'd wanted to. And the red is super strong, overtaking the whole painting  begging me to start my healing.

Another profound sign for my Soul. 

Profound. 

I really don't know of a better word to describe some of things I have been going thru and discovering about myself and the universe. Every time I do something Soul Art wise, or any kind of soul connecting for that matter - the messages I receive and the things I learn are just simply....profound.


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End note - So I finished round 2 and it might honestly be a bit better than my first draft. I hit publish, and the list of all my posts came up. And guess what was there - my first draft! WTF?!! It was gone. But now its back? Sigh. I don't get it. It wasn't there before. Oh well. This one is better anyway. Slightly different, but better. ;-)

Art Every Day - Day 26 - coloring

A little Thanksgiving coloring between cooking and baking and eating!

Happy Turkey Day!

Art Every Day - Day 25 - sketch

Short on time - quick sketch today.

Art Every Day - Day 24 - sketch

Busy day - quick pencil sketch - gotta run!

Art Every Day - Day 23 - coloring

Busy day today - and busy week this week - but I had to do something.

Had a few minutes to spare waiting on someone this morning - so I colored a picture in a coloring book! ;-)

The rest of this week is gonna be similar most likely. At least its something artistic!

Art Every Day - Day 22 - 'Patience'

Finished my first big detailed canvas painting tonight.

'Patience'

30x40 acrylic on canvas

The Heron is significant for me in that it is my spirit animal. I learned about spirit animals in May of 2014, a month that began the current path of awakening for me - finding my voice and listening to my soul, as a person and as an artist. I was going thru a lot of emotional stress and frustration that particular week, and the Heron showed up for the first time in a huge way. It flew up out of the median of the freeway I was driving on (what in the world was it doing in the median of a freeway?!) - almost hitting the car in front of me. My breath stopped in that moment. And then I watched as this bird used everything in its being to lift itself up and over not only that car - but the semi truck in the lane next to me - and fly away.  It was an unbelievable, yet deep soul reaching experience to watch unfold. The messages there were profound for me.  However, even though I recognized it might be my spirit animal - as I drove on, the doubt and negativity crept in, and I brushed the Heron away - not believing it was speaking to me. After all, I have seen herons many times in the past and they'd never spoke to me before. In hindsight though I realize I was not open to the messages, to the signs - I was not in a spiritual place of acceptance back then. My awakening had only just begun that week.

Anyway, a half hour later, 30 miles further down the road - another Heron flew in front of my car again (this time higher up away from cars) - as if to confirm that yes - It was a sign meant for me. This time I accepted it and thanked it, and couldn't wait to get home and look up what the Heron meant. You see every animal has a meaning, a message they are trying to convey to us when they show up in our lives. Sometimes the message doesn't make sense and may not be meant for us. But most times there is a message - if we are open to the idea of it, and accepting of it. Most animals have several meanings you may need to filter thru to figure out what the right one is for you at that time in your life when it appears.

The Heron's main meaning is patience. If you have ever watched a Heron, it will stand in the water in one spot, for a long period of time. Watching. Learning. Waiting, for the right moment to grab its dinner and be on its way. The Heron is also a big bird standing on long skinny legs -  meaning you can still be strong and powerful even if the legs you are standing on seem weak. It is a pillar of strength.

Patience is the main lesson I have learned from the heron. That particular week as I said, I was going thru a lot, I was frustrated because my soul had been awakened for the first time, maybe ever, and I wanted to go in one direction but life circumstances were forcing me to go in other directions. I was angry, I was falling apart. I was fighting myself internally, constantly, and I was miserable. That first day the Heron showed twice. I read and learned about it meaning, accepting the message. Or trying to.So I thought. I evidently wasn't doing a very job of it though because the heron showed itself again to me a day later. Then again 2 days later. And again the day after that. 5 times in a week the Heron made itself known to me. At that point I finally calmed down, accepted things in my life as they were at the time, because it was all I could do, and learned to be patient.

A few days later I had to go out of town for the next 6 weeks on a job (part of my frustration) and I never saw the heron once while I was away, despite being near the ocean. The day I came home, I felt the frustrations begin to return. The anger begin to seep back in. I hadn't even been home a day when standing out my driveway, I look up.......and a heron flies over my house. It was if it KNEW I needed it. The universe could FEEL that I was beginning to lose myself again and let the stress in, and it knew I needed my spirit guide to reassure me that I needed to be patient. That things will unfold when they are meant to.

This is also when I adopted my mantra that - if something is meant to happen for me, it will happen when the time is right. That has gotten me thru a lot of trying times. I have seen the Heron several times since then but not as often as that first week. Not since I learned its lesson.  Now it is just a reassurance that I am on the right path, and to be calm.

So last week as I was frustratingly trying to figure out what to paint for over 2 hours, and nothing felt right, I stopped and turned around in my chair in my studio. I was looking around and noticed the picture of  Heron I have on my bulletin board - a reminder of my spirit guide. And the painting that I needed to manifest finally came into focus. I have been trying to force these ideas in my head onto canvas before they are ready. When I do try to paint them, I am trying to rush through them so I can move onto the next one, and I get frustrated because they aren't turning out right. Even doing the color studies I started with at the beginning of the month - I rushed thru them so I could get my art done for the day and could move onto the next and get closer to finding my voice.

But the Heron once again stepped in and said - be patient. Take your time. Your paintings are not working because you're going to fast. You are not ready for them yet. Slow down and put the time in.

So that's what I did. It was only right that my first slow detailed painting be one that honors my spirit guide. It has not steered me wrong yet. I am the one fighting me. The universe is guiding me, I just need to slow down and listen.

Be Patient.

And so "Patience" was manifested. I felt very calm doing this painting for the most part. Yesterday my energy was off and I struggled to get very much done, but today I finished it well, and I am happy with the result. I have always been a fairly patient person, but the lessons Heron has taught me in patience have been lifesaving.

Next time an animal crosses your path, even if its in a magazine or on TV, pay attention - it might be trying to tell you something, especially if you see it more then once. If you are open to it. You can have more than one animal guide too. I have several including donkey, hawk, and ferret. I saw a ferret 3 times this summer at the park I walk at. It was very strange to see a ferret there - just running across the path ahead of me. One time though, it ran right towards me on the side of path and passed right on by next to me, not a foot away from where I stood, before turning into the brush. It wasn't scared or anything, I just stopped and watched it. I knew then it was meant for me. What is even more strange is that weeks later I filled out one of those online questionnaire's (just for fun one day) that will tell you what your animal totem is. It came back as the Marten. I didn't even know what a Marten was - but in doing further research on it - guess what? It is a cousin of......the Ferret!! How crazy is that!  So the ferret had messages for me this summer too.

Animals will come and go in our lives but there is always a message they want you to know - if you are willing to listen.

Art Every Day - Day 21 - painting

Got some more of the background done and the log in the foreground complete today.

Lost my mojo though, so that's all for today.

Art Every Day - Day 20 - painting

Progress on my new painting today. Got a lot of the background done.

I'm happy with it thus far.

Art Every Day - Day 19 - mural

Today I finished the mermaid. She was made to look like the little girl whose room it is in. And she requested it be green and purple.

And here is the surf board I adjusted yesterday to be more girly.  I added the Coco Beach sign today as well (a pirate ship used to be in this space). The girls nickname is Coco.

Here is what those walls used to look like when it was a boys pirate room.

So a good day of  Art and mural work. Tomorrow I plan on getting back to my painting I started a few days ago.