new painting, more insight, features, and gratitude

This was a funny painting for me from beginning to end.  My favorite magazine is National Geographic Traveler.  I swoon over the pictures and articles and plan trip after trip in my head.  The day I got the latest issue there was a dancing couple that ever so loosely resembles this couple.  I drew it so fast and there they were.  Then I painted them.  I was on roll.  Then the lanterns, which started out in my mind as such an excellent idea.  Let me just tell you that there are about 287 layers of different colored paint under each one.  See, they were supposed to be white.  Just white lanterns.  But it didn't look right so I cut out circles of colored paper but they were all the wrong colors.  So thus, the layers of paint.  Thank goodness I use acrylics!

Apparently had more to say about the process of making the large painting (and layers of paint and the ugly phase) so Part 2 of yesterday's post is continued over on The Inspiration Studio.  I never imagined I would be writing so much on this art journey. I also never imagined I would like it so much.

My work was also featured by the sweet Renee on her blog, Get Inner-gized!  Thanks Renee :)

And on CRESCENDOh Art Saves a little while back.

Thanks for taking a look :) Wishing you a beautiful day!