Oh To Create

I am working on a new painting right now. It feels so good to be working on a new piece. I decided that instead of finishing the whole thing, I would update you on my progress as I work. I know that this may irritate some of you, like Suzanne. If that is the case, I am very sorry. Just don't look as my blog for the next couple of weeks until I am done.

Here is the image that I am painting from. Below is the first day's progress. All together I think I worked for about 2or 3 hours, but a lot of that is setting up. I probably only painted for about 1 1/2 hrs.

These are pictures of me in my class in South Dakota a couple of weeks ago.

Here is the first piece that I carved and printed. I think I spent about 1 hr carving this plate.
This is the second piece that I carved and printed. I spent about 8 to 10 hrs carving this one.
Here is the sketchbook that I made. I am so proud of this! I cut and sewed and glued all of this myself. So cool..... Awesome.