This beautiful pair want the territory around our RV. They are fighting their reflections in the tinted windows. I'm going to smear soap on the outside to see if that will work. I can shoo them tapping on the glass but they sure are persistent.

Painting Snacking Kingfisher in 45 minutes! Let’s go! This is class #1 so lets start at the top. LIVE is free if you are LEVEL 3. You don’t need a thing. Just ability to watch a ZOOM and a little curiosity. https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88156068538?pwd=hhlM53HQXsb3Ra0klAnpRu0Z0SZnSi.1 I will be there with bells on!

@Michelle Cyr You were right! I finished this first layer plus additional yellow highlights all in one sitting! I didn't check the time. I'm guessing between 1.5 and 2 hours. Time fell away. I am rather pleased with the result. My bee isn't quite what I'd like. But he is there! I made a creative choice to underlie the outer ring as well as the inner ring (with burnt sienna). @LM Sharron I forgot you asked about that until after I did it! I wanted more of that color. My opinion is mixed on whether or not that worked. Hmmm, now that I attached the picture here, maybe it did work after all. I put too much of the "dark" colors while mixing. This is why I have so much paint on my palette. I am through my white and my yellow. I am very glad I ordered paints this week. Anyhow, I celebrated the 4th with oil painting. 😁 And I will set up my 1 on 1!!

I tell you guys that I CAN draw but don't. Why? I don't really enjoy it. Why? Because my professor Ms. Grimes is still in my head telling me I will never be a good artist. Yesterday, @Heather van Doorn was here IRL during Open Studio here in Wisconsin and I decided I should take my own advice. Push past my fear of fucking it up and just do it. After all, Heather is a really cool cat and isn't judgy. She is super positive, open and just all around cool. So I drew her. It's the first time I have tried any figure drawing in 32 years. Guess what?? It FELT good! I got lost in it. I know it's not right but that is perfectly ok. The FEELING is what I was after, not the outcome. It was the first time I have done something for ME in a while.

A Bee's Delight by @Karen Mack is now (FINALLY) available. Head on over and finish the painting and schedule a 1:1 with me. Below is the final Demo painting.