So Far Monday

I am a little behind posting to the blog because I'm getting ready for the Downtown Edmond Arts Festival. Here's a tiny piece for the fest.

Thought it was finished here, ^ 

But after taking a picture, and looking at it for a minute, I thought it needed a tiny bit more work:

Not Saturday Yet

This one is 2'x3'. I forgot how much I love painting on a larger canvas. 

So Far Satunday

I didn't quite get around to posting these on Saturday...I'm actually working on several paintings at once right now, this is just one of them. I am going to be at the Edmond Art Festival May3-5. And I will hopefully have a lot more finished paintings by then. It's definitely crunch time. But luckily I have April 16th and 26th off work because both those days I will be doing painting demos again for Art Moves. (The first one will be at the City Rescue Mission, and the second will be on a stage at the OKC Festival of the Arts.) Since those are in the middle of the day, I have to ask off a whole day from my regular job, which means all day painting! Anyhoo:

This was a kitten born on the farm where Stormy lives. He is now a fat and happy pet named Spartacus. He is my cat, Roman's brother. Spartacus' owner and I didn't realize until they were a couple months old that we had given them names with a similar theme.

So Far Saturday

What a difference whiskers make. I almost liked it better before I added them...

So Far Saturday--Finished Trail Horse

A few Saturdays ago I posted the beginning of this painting. Well I've finished it:

 I would like to point out that  most of it was painted with one or two cats in my lap. (When they were cold) And some was painted with a cat on my shoulders (when they were hungry) And a little bit of it was painted with a cat actually standing on my right arm, kneading my forearm while I tried to keep a steady hand. (He was just being a pest!) I think my cats have figured out that I don't stop painting for anything. 

OK, I did stop briefly to and get a picture of the cat standing on my arm while I try and paint.

So Far....Tuesday

I missed posting what I was working on last Saturday, but finally got around to cropping and sizing these pictures. This is Millie.

So Far Saturday

New thing, I'm going to try and post a progress-on-a-painting-so-far picture on Saturdays. I might not make it every Saturday since I don't post progress pictures of portraits until they're finished (or till they go to the person they're for when they're a gift.) But I try and always have other paintings in the works that aren't commissioned portraits...and maybe this will be motivation to make sure I keep that up. Or maybe I'll forget about it by next week. We'll see.