Finished Angel

After a few cups of java I went straight to my art desk and worked on painting my first angel with watercolors. I don't find watercolor quite so forgiving as a lot of people do. I think it's probably because I don't really have the proper techniques down yet but I will continue to work on it. I wish the photo showed my pearly paints though. I used them in the halo, the wings, and the banner. Maybe I'll try and get a better photo later.

I'm not sure straight watercolor will ever be my thing. I do admit that I used some Prismacolor pencils to help this painting out a little bit. Also some pen as well. And I probably will continue to do so as long as my watercolor paintings look as messy as they do when finished with the watercolor part. I just can't leave it like that so in comes the mixed media! I put this angel in my art journal instead of making a painting for display. I may keep practicing though and try working on one to display eventually.

First of 29 Faces for May

I didn't get done as much as I would have liked to yesterday unfortunately. I ended up going to visit my youngest daughter in her college dorm yesterday instead of working on my first angel for Angels in my Studio. I did, however, get the sketch done so she will be my first face in 29 Faces for May. I do hope to get her painted today though. I don't have much else to do around the house today since I got myself caught up yesterday.

As much as I love my cooler seasons, I am loving the slightly warmer weather we're having. If for nothing else, I love that I am able to start wearing dresses again! I love the new(ish) maxi dresses and bought myself a bunch of them several weeks ago and haven't been able to wear them much until now. It's actually supposed to be a little TOO hot for my liking today... in the mid 80's. Ugh! But hey, at least I can wear a cute dress, right?