SO...I painted this painting see...

It's my first "commissioned" piece, and I am really proud with how it turned out. BFF gave me a general idea of what he wanted to see - PBR being poured on a buy riding a penny farthing holding an umbrella - and I took it from there. I have grown a lot as an artist in my life, and I am still finding my voice and my style, and I am always learning and improving and practicing...and for that I am even more grateful.

I'm not sure what my favourite part is, the beer can or the hand! I have previously really sucked at drawing and painting hands...but this looks like a real hand!! I was actually very relaxed, and very excited to work on this. I knew I was going to have a happy customer no matter what, and it was so liberating to create without that pressure. So much so, that I found I wasn't even putting undue pressure on myself. I had a vision, and I executed it, and for all the artists out there, you know how hard that can be sometimes.

When it was all finished, I asked Lucas what he thought. And as he looked closer at it, he smiled and said: "That beer can looks just like the beers you drink! Mom, you're a real artist!"

And Dan really loves it. But he's an easy audience to please.

Success, all across the board. Perhaps I need to keep working on this "painting thing"...tee hee!

Lisa

Celebrate Good Times, C'mon!

Last Friday Dude, Russ & I went out to Famoso for a celebratory dinner. Dude wanted to play on the iPad - he asked for it before he had even sat down and taken his coat off - and he chose one of his educational games, which you need to hear in order to play. But restaurant was noisy, as per most restaurants and we didn't want him cranking the volume, so I gave him my headphones. And hilarity ensues...

They wouldn't really fit in his ears, so every time he moved they would pop out. Russ kept trying to help him put them back in. But he never got mad, and he never got frustrated.

And then he just put on Angry Birds, and the problem was solved!

 And then dinner came...the pizzas only take about 2 minutes to cook, so you never have to wait long! I always get the Primavera - with vegan cheese - well done. That means an extra three seconds, I think. HA! 

All in all, it was a nice, quiet dinner. But what on earth is going on with my hair?!

Cheers!

later loves