Friday bloom #687

Daily painting #687 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel

Happy Friday from me to you! I hope you have a fabulous weekend. My baby girl (not so baby anymore, but always MY baby) is turning 13 tomorrow so we have a weekend of celebrations ahead! We now officially only have teenagers in the house....I can't believe it!

Thank you for all the wonderful comments on various social media platforms yesterday....it was wonderful to know that so many of you had missed seeing a little daily painting....it really warmed my heart...thank you and much love... x Heidi 

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Three figs #686

Daily painting #686 5"x7" oil on primed canvas panel

HELLO!! I have so missed all the sharing that happens on this page and the social media platforms that Paintings in the post shares to! I have been quite quiet, I know, but after finishing off a few commissions, I had to tackle some long overdue admin work which required no distractions (i.e. no painting) !! Thank goodness I am NOT an accountant but maybe then I wouldn't land myself in the kind of pickle that requires a break from painting to focus and sort out all the admin side of running my own business. I wish with all my heart that I had a magic fairy that would just take care of all those horrible admin chores which quite frankly is without a doubt MY WORST chore to do! I just want to paint...and so I have had to force myself to abandon my easel and slave away at my desk for a while to play catch up! That will teach me for leaving it all and wishing for non-existing magic fairies (I can dream). 

But today I am back at my easel to do a little daily painting....and painting what I want to paint and if truth be told, feeling a little rusty too! It just confirms for me the benefit of painting daily....it's good to be back!

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Rose in a rose pot #685

Daily painting #685 8"x8" oil on primed canvas panel 

This little rose pot has featured in many paintings. I have a collection of pots, jars, broken cups etc on my studio shelf that regularly appear in paintings. I don't think I've painted this little china pot in a while....

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Have a wonderful week .... Heidi 

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A dash of red #684

Daily painting #684 5"x5" oil on primed canvas panel

A tiny little dash of red on this little panel to start the week! It's back to school, back to painting classes and back to some serious work after what has been a fabulous Easter holiday! In the pic below you can see just how little this painting is....

So I hope you have a great Monday....and I hope my children have a super-duper second term back at school. I have loved every minute of my holiday with these special people....family are just the best! Now time to get back to work (and school)....

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Traveling proteas #683

Daily painting #683 6"x8" oil on primed canvas panel

I am busy working on some LARGE florals which will travel first to Cape Town and then onto the UK with a family who are moving. So my studio is full of roses and proteas and I decided to do a little daily painting with one of the blooms to get me into 'painting mode' for the morning!

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About that bunny #682

Daily painting #682 8"x8" ink and acrylic on primed panel 

A happy (belated) Easter to you and your family! 

We have had a wonderful weekend of family, delicious food and time to reflect and relax. I hope you haven't indulged in too many of those chocolate bunnies? We have been sugar free since October last year (yip no sugar whatsoever consumed in our house) but the guilty Mom got the better of me this weekend and I gave in to the rows of shiny, indulgent Easter treats (such commercial brain washing) that line every corner of our supermarkets at this time of year! What is Easter without Easter eggs right? I have a number of delicious recipes for yummy sugar-free Easter treats, but hadn't got around to making them so I bought an Easter egg for everyone in the family. My husband usually eats the children's chocolates which results in tears and so he has always received his own stash of the sugary sweet stuff at Easter to a avoid family wars! They were delighted to find that the Easter bunny hadn't avoided this sugar-free household after all, however a few bites into the soft, light brown, sickly sweet chocolates (we occasionally eat 85%/90% dark chocolate which tastes sweet because our taste buds have adjusted), I noticed the delight start to slip away with each slowing mouthful....

Hah!! Who would have thought? They actually started to feel sick from the sweetness and the one little Easter egg they were given was abandoned half eaten or offered to me in an attempt to get rid of it! Yes! My family have really adjusted their taste buds and I thought when we first started this sugar free journey that much of what I read about sugar addiction couldn't possibly be true. I never thought I would see the day anyone in my family felt sick after 2/3 bites of chocolate! 

Well don't feel sorry for us...we enjoyed a weekend of delicious treats and I felt motivated to not only continue on our sugar free journey but to also ensure we had delicious Easter treats that were good for us too! Below is a picture I took of our Easter Sunday lunch dessert (before it was finished) ...doesn't it look delicious ? Eating sugar free doesn't have to be boring and if you are thinking of changing your lifestyle ....do it today...you won't regret the effort it takes! And come next Easter you will save a whole lot of money on not buying those chocolate bunnies!

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Red bud #681

Daily painting #681 6"x6" ink and acrylic on primed panel 

We have been away camping in the Drakensberg mountains. We took no electronics with us other than a phone in case of emergency and so it was a fabulous time to unplug, disconnect and recharge. Being in the mountains has a way of helping you do that...fresh air, beautiful scenery, birds, trees, camp fires, family time.....aaaahhhh....I could go back today! But I was equally delighted to arrive home to my chaotic, messy happy place...my studio. I had left a little red rose bud in a small vase on my desk. To my delight it had started to dry out retaining the beautiful little bud shape and it had kept the rich deep crimson red tones. I have shared an image of the progress of the little painting....

It's fabulous to be on holiday but equally delightful to be back!

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