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Thursday, March 13, 2014

Oh ... This and That ...

The tugboat has been bought - YAY - and will be sailing off this afternoon to its new home way east of here, in the prairies. The purchaser wishes to remain anonymous, but I thank her very, very much!

Green wave parrot tulip
I am working on ideas for another tulip painting. A friend of one of my sisters fell in love with the one I had done for my aunt, and bought it. As my aunt found the painting a bit overwhelming with its dark background, I will try to restrain my inner drama queen, and keep the painting more in the pastel color range. I have found some interesting references for a parrot tulip called the green wave, and will compose something with those in mind.

Four of my paper mache beasties are ready for gesso. I'll get that done today. But I had to start the horse for the third time - just not right. I wanted to recover the wire I had used for its leg armatures, so I tried to pry the legs off. The paper mache dries SOOOO firmly, I finally had to resort to using a hammer ... HARD! Wow, that stuff dries beautifully! I am still loving the paper mache. Somehow, I find it so calming at those times when I let myself get too wired up. So for my next therapy session, I am making a rather large goose - it will probably stand about three feet tall. Then I have in mind a pig, maybe like the painting I did of the singing pig ... and then ...

Thank you so much for visiting! Your comments are always welcome. 

8 comments:

  1. We are so happy that the beautiful tugboat painting sold!
    The parrot tulips are gorgeous!

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  2. Congratulations on the sale, Kathryn - I am sure it feels good to know that your wonderful painting has a new and loving home. And I can't wait to see those paper mache animals. I can see why you find them so therapeutic - and fun!

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  3. Congratulations on selling the tugboat.. I knew it wouldn't take long!!! It's a beautiful painting and one of your best!!! I look forward to your next tulip painting...your flowers are always winners...

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  4. We just knew the tug boat painting would touch someones heart- and it did!
    The tulip is just gorgeous!

    The goose will be giant!! We cannot wait to see it!
    love
    tweedles

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  5. Hearty congrats on the sale. It was indeed a lovely painting. Best wishes with the tulips! :)

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  6. Congratulations on the sales! And that tulip is gorgeous - I can see you tackling that - and I love the idea of your menagerie of mache animals :) Are you going to paint them all later?

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  7. Well, I am not at all surprised it sold so quickly! It is gorgeous!
    The last time I used Paper Mache was when I was at school and we made hard balloons! I used to love it! :0)

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  8. I love both the tugboat and tulip paintings. The dark background really show cases the flower. Well done!!

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