I had a suggestion to embellish a mushroom with a gnome sitting in its shade.
That’s a really tiny gnome or a really huge mushroom – take your pick.
I wanted to paint some fish for a card, but didn’t really like either of my efforts that much, so I ended up doing a drawing and coloring with pencils (as above). I might share the final result at some point, but here are the ones I rejected.
A friend asked me if I’d do a painting of the beautiful poinciana tree that grows in her neighborhood. I’m used to painting in small dimensions, so this would be quite a challenge! I decided to start with a sketch from the original photo.
As you can see, the perspective is a little off – I need to make the trunk and branches skinnier with a canopy that size. And the canopy needs to be a little wider. Back to the literal drawing board! I’ll do a bunch of sketches before attempting to paint this.
Last and least, I’m still plugging away at the book of drawing lessons that I received for Christmas (50 Ways to Draw Your Beautiful Ordinary Life).
The wicker chair looks really odd to me, but that’s pretty close to the original in the book. I’m still determined to do all the lessons and hoping I’ll get better along the way.
I wish I could see all the things that you are working on: gardening, sewing, knitting, decorating, furniture making or refurbishing, baking… Everyone has a workshop of sorts!
Time to go nap under a mushroom and dream about deleting this in the morning.
Lynniebeemuseoday 