Happy New Years!

Well, the old year is drawing to a close. I am looking forward to a new start, and I hope everyone else is too. Unfortunately, I am realizing, yet again, that this painting is probably going to take longer than I thought. Maybe my teacher will settle for the end of the school year? I hope so, 'cause it's not going to be done when I thought it was. Okay, deep breath........... Thanks to everyone who has been supporting this blog, and here's wishing everyone a great year!

Sweet House

Some pictures of my gingerbread house this year. (Mom made the rock fence and added some of the piping decorations around the door, roof, and windows.) The best part; none of the house collapsed during construction! My favorite part is the stained glass windows.

Painting Marathon

Here we go! I have from now until about Jan. 15 to finish my giant painting. (Actually, I would prefer to take longer, but I promised my art teacher that I would have it done before the school art show.) My goal is to finish approximately one section (divided by the roots) every day for about 2 weeks. Then I'll have a few days for the finishing touches. Of course, this is in my happy fictional world where everything goes as planned. :) I have painted today for about 5 or so hours, and I plan to continue for at least 3 more, maybe even further than that. I am also trying not to think too hard about how long this is going to take. Wheeeeeee!