But this is life and in life, we roll with the punches. 👊🏻 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 I got some news yesterday that hit me harder than I wished it did. The exhibition that I have been working on for the past year... POSTPONED (no date in site yet) 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 The short story is that the gallery building is owned by the government. The government came in and decided that this building would be perfect to hold November elections from now on. So my exhibition dates have just disappeared. 💥💥 I have spent months and months on this: 👊🏻 developing a new concept 👊🏻 researching 👊🏻 photography 👊🏻 drawing and executing 👊🏻 Literally THOUSANDS of hours of work. (this is not an exaggeration) And now I have a whole new body of work that still needs to be finished but has nowhere to go. 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 Now what I MUST do....... Finish these works. Because I know if I walk away now, I will loose the connection to the message. Then I will have to protect them and store them. That starts the time clock ticking. Most exhibitions do not allow work older than 2 years. OR... Do I put them for sale on my website? Do I risk selling them and breaking up a cohesive body of work? Do I say 🖕🏻to the gallery and cancel? What have you had that you put a TON of effort into that didn't go as you expected? How did you move past the feeling of disappointment?

Yesterday I did a FREE live demo to paint the sky in the painting "Hometown Dreams" by our member @Kate Bullock. I can't tell you how awesome these demos are! I strongly encourage asking any questions as we go. I like an open classroom. There are no DUMB QUESTIONS ever and I am an open book. We learned: 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 How to decide where to start in this painting. 🫟 How to determine what colors you will mix. 🫟 Mix paint with predictable color ratios and expected results. 🫟 Brush selection 🫟 Applying paint to the canvas 🫟 Blending 🫟 Storing paint till the next session 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 Image 1 - My demo painting at the end of the class. Image 2 - screen shot of demo video Image 3 - @Janice Peterson in progress painting 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁 Image 4 - Reference Image It thrills me to see this. Thank you for showing up and making this such a delightful experience. I am so pleased that Janice was able to "paint along", I am not sure that I could do that and I am seriously impressed. What do you think? Now, do you think you can do it?

Look around you right now while you read this. Observe your space with intention. Find something calm, peaceful or beautiful. Not a masterpiece Not a setup shot just your real life 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 Your coffee cup 🫟 your kitchen 🫟 your couch 🫟 your pup 🫟 your messy table 😆 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 This is where art actually starts not perfection…. Reality just… seeing what’s in front of you Drop a pic or describe your Sunday view👇🏻

I was scrolling thru some of my favorite artists in Instagram and WOW, this one stopped my scrolling. What do you notice about this painting? Do you love it, or not so much? What do you notice about the colors? The artist is Elena Wuest and I am so in love with her work!!!!!

Yesterday, we went LIVE! We learned: 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 🫟 🫟 What to paint on. 🫟 What brushes to use. 🫟 What other supplies we need 🫟 and 3 ways to get our sketch onto our painting surface. 🫟 🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟🫟 Next week we will BUST OPEN THE PAINT TUBES!!! This was SOOOO well attended this week and I am doing a little editing on the video but not much. It's not perfect but it's a lot better. I am hoping to upload this into Tonight HERE. 🔥. I have a burning question for those of you who attended this week, 🔥🔥. how comfortable do you feel about getting your image onto your canvas? 🔥🔥🔥. If you don't have confidence, I have something to improve. 📹📹📹📹. I am doing a little editing to the video (not much though). 📹📹📹. I want this to be great information for you. 📹📹. I would REALLY love any feedback you have. 📹. Please don't be bashful. Do you have any improvements I can make to make your experience even better? What didn't work for you? I am really looking for open and honest feedback.