Painting Projects

  Painting is a new interest of mine that I really enjoy. I've only been at it for a couple of years or so. I was able to take a class once a week where the instructor let you pick a project and then talked you through when you needed assistance. She has now  PCSed back to the States but I think I know enough to continue on my own.

After my teacher left, I didn't paint anything for several months.  It was easier to get something done when I left the house once a week for a few hours.  Then in Novemeber my husband had a week long TDY and I found it relaxing to stay up late into the night and paint.  That week I finished three projects and made great progress on Laura's Raggedy Anne and Andy, my second large project,  but it's still not done!  .

 

I thought this little girl and her flower pot were sweet.  I had the mini flower pot and sunflower so I just needed to find some ivy.  She is in New Found Friends by Jackie Ehman & Brenda Price.

My favorite flowers are pansies so when I saw this little flower box girl, I just knew I had to make her.  I asked my mum to send me some silk pansies and put her together.

This is my most detailed and largest project to date. I wanted to do this bed-topper for Megan's eighth birthday present so I started working on it last summer. Unfortunately, Mark went to Bosnia so my class time was put on hold. The classes were in the evening and it was too late to keep a sitter out. After the new year and Mark's return I was able to work on it again but it still took me until May to finish it. I'm really pleased with how it turned out, especially since I changed the girl's hair to brown rather than the blond shown in the book. This way she resembled Megan in color.