Old brush #165

Daily painting #165  pen, ink and watercolor on A5 watercolor paper

I have been busy in my studio with a couple of other projects today and only started getting set up for my daily painting later this afternoon only to discover that I had forgotten to prime some more little canvas panels! I normally prepare about 20 of them at a time and have had such a busy week that I didn't realize until yesterday that I needed to prime more canvases.....and of course this morning I forgot! I like to give the little boards a couple of layers of gesso with a light sanding inbetween each dry layer so they really need a day to prepare!
So my daily painting is another little pen, ink and watercolor painting.....of the old Chinese brush I use to apply the layers of gesso. Maybe if I paint it and leave the brush sitting on my work table, it will be the first thing I see in the morning and the old brush will serve as a reminder to prepare some more little canvas panels!

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Spoon No.2 #164

Daily painting #164. 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel

Same spoon....different day, different weather, different time, different light.....different colored  silver spoon!

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Silver spoon #163

Daily painting #163. 4"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

The last few days seem to have revolved around food with all the birthday celebrations! Delicious lunches, dinners, cakes, puddings.....oh my....too much delicious food....time to slow down! How very lucky we are and how grateful I am for special family times like these!

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Dad #162

Daily painting #162. 8"x10" oil on primed canvas panel  NFS

I have to admit to starting to draw this painting up last night while my husband was at a rugby match. It is slightly larger than my normal daily painting and I have had to try work on it without him seeing,  so I completed the painting today and will be giving it to him tomorrow with all his other birthday presents! By the time this post goes live in the morning it will be Andrew's 50th birthday!

"Dad" is a painting of my father-in-law, Peter Shedlock. Andrew's Dad passed away last year and I know that not a day goes by when he doesn't miss him. As he raises his bat to celebrate his 50 tomorrow, I know his Dad would have been so very proud. Proud of the gentleman he is and proud of the loving and devoted husband and father that he is to us.
So..."Happy Birthday" and blessings for the year ahead....all our love and wishes Heidi, Ross and Amy xxx

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An apple a day...#161

Daily painting #161. 6"x6" oil on primed canvas panel

An apple a day keeps the doctor away.....if only it was that simple! Thank goodness I am not feeling like I was last weekend when all I wanted to do was climb on the bed and sleep off a nasty head cold. This weekend has been just too busy for that! It is my husbands 50th birthday on Monday and we have family coming over on Sunday for lunch....so lots of cooking! This morning I spent what felt like ages trying to shop for a gift for him with the children. Andrew is an impossible person to buy gifts for...he wants nothing and needs little! Anyway we succeeded in spoiling him and are slowly getting organized for Sundays bash, but I can't say I have had much time to paint this weekend! Although I do have a little surprise for him which I started last night and will finish tomorrow as my daily painting....I had to make a start on it while he was at the Sharks rugby game as I don't want him to see the surprise....a sneaky little painting...you too will have to wait for tomorrow.....

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Fresh asparagus #160

Daily painting #160. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel 

It has been so unbearably hot and humid today that I have actually felt ill! There is just no escape from the heat and your body feels constantly sticky, your clothes and hair plastered to your body! Summer be gone with you now....after today I am longing for our beautiful April weather! There was absolutely no way I was cooking tonight, I actually didn't even feel like eating! So it was cold salads and some crisp fresh asparagus......

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Load shedding protea #159

Daily painting #159. 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel SOLD

Today while I was teaching our electricity suddenly cut off! A while later I realized that we were experiencing load shedding. A simple explanation for this is simply our electricity provider, Eskom cuts power supply to certain areas for up to 2hours (often more) when our power supplies in the country are running low! I know to viewers overseas reading this, this must sound crazy....but hey, we live in Africa...where anything is possible! Foolishly I thought because we had experienced load shedding in the morning, we would not be affected in the afternoon....HA! Yes did I say that in Africa anything is possible......! Well in the late afternoon just as I was getting settled in my studio with a beautiful protea on the shelf....the power cut again! My studio was quite dark and the natural light faded too fast. So my protea was a bit of a blind painting but I had to push through quickly as darkness was fast approaching and rechargeable lights and candles (which is what we resort to) give off awful color in the light they produce. So thanks Eskom....my Protea didn't quite end up as anticipated but you certainly pushed painting in the dark as a new experience! Oh and by the way.....please can we have electricity today!

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