After getting the basic drawing in, I went for the leaves. I’d always considered the leaves to be the hardest. Hah! Then I started doing the flower petals but after a day of suffering with those, I dropped down to the conch shells “for a break”. Hah. They were hard, too. So this morning I made myself go back to the petals for a few hours. Eventually I decided to tackle that cloth (actually a blanket). OY! I’d painted it once before and had forgotten how difficult it was. That design is not the easiest thing to figure out. So friends, life – and painting – is sometimes quite the struggle! I think it’ll be pretty good once it’s finished, though.
Side note: while painting, I heard a familiar thunk on the window. A bird had flown into the window. I put down my brush and ran out to retrieve a poor chickadee that was knocked out, lying in the snow. I picked him (her?) up and held in my hands for about 10 minutes, cooing words of encouragement. Eventually it revived and flew away, like the proverbial bat outta hell.
Margie Guyot Art 