Day One Hundred-Nineteen

                                                'Shawnee elephant pitcher'

6 x 6 oil on panel

40.00 + 6.00 s + h

     Oh my, Sandy.... could you have made this a bit harder ?.... I KNEW it was going to be challenging to get this little guy represented, because he's a bit unusual in shape, etc... but REALLY... did you have to put him at this angle?, and did you have to do him on a 6 x 6, where you barely had enough room to nagivate ?-- Oh, well, live and learn...   Next time, do yourself a favor, and 'simplify' a bit ! ha !
     Hope he comes across, because I have to quit on him... I've spent forever on that face ! ha!

Day One Hundred-Seventeen

                        'Fresh Meyer Lemons and Kumquats'

8 x 8 oil on panel

60.00 + 6.00 s + h

     After a busy, busy day, I finally settled down in the basement studio late last evening to start a painting.  The pressure on, I started sneezing, and clearing my throat, an allergy attack, it seemed.  Could be that my basement is 100 years old... do you think???  Anyhooo, had to take everything up and find a place upstairs to do this...   Lamp, turp, wet palette, easel, painting, lemons, rags, etc, etc... you know !!! Well, I was so tired and it was so late by now, I just thought ,  "I'll just get a beginning, to work on early in the morning, and try to finish to get posted"   I quickly sketched in the areas with my brush, and I wasn't even sure of my colors, cause the light in the upstairs room was very bad.   Well, much to my surprise, I liked it this morning !  Just a touch here and there, and a bit of highlight...  now that's "Fresh" Lemons !  ha ha !