in the rain
photo ref. used ...was fun trying to get the "wet" look
took about half the time the clock shows, had to keep leaving it up to do other things

class dismissed

A girl's gotta have all kinds

in Victoria, Texas
photo reference used

I have been looking at windmills all my life, but I never realized till painting this how interesting the design really is... it's simplistic, but complicated in a way - really a cool thing. Too bad they are slowly disappearing.

(I never would have had the patience to do this in the old Lascaux, the line tool working well makes alot of things possible now)

I spent the last three evenings in one

You'll shoot your eye out, kid.

from an old b&w photo from which the caption reads: A marine covered with dirt, grime and coral dust boards a coast guard assault transport in February of 1944 after two days and nights of fighting on Eniwetok in the Marshall Islands.

More than anything else, I wanted to capture his expression... that "thousand mile stare". Think I got it.

The bluebonnets are blooming! I have seen this every spring of my life, and the beauty of it never fails to take my breath away. They aren't quite this full yet. (Wish ya'll were here) :)

I wonder if you turn a surfboard upside down with the fins up if you could use it for a snowboard.

or...you could take your time and it'll be spring, anyway
Let's see, if the timer were correct on this thing, it would mean that I painted at an approximate speed of 1 HPM. (hair per minute) and 2 SPM (snoflakes per minute) :)

on the corner of my Mammy's ranch house porch

from a photo I took
I may do more than one of these, I took several pictures of empty chairs there. I like empty chairs.