Beware the twine!

Just wanted to share the set piece that I finished for my daughter's musical. They gave me the frame and I cut and tied all the sticks together with twine!

She's in a local production of Seussical the Musical, and this is Horton's jail! :) It looks simple enough, but it took me two full days and I had some pretty raw hands afterward. (twine will rub your skin off if you aren't careful!)

Spring break is over come Monday, so normally I would be able to go back to working on my Dreams painting - but my mom is having foot surgery and will be staying with us for a week while she recovers. I have some small projects to work on and a whole lot of web work, so stay tuned!

Spring break zebra fever

Its spring break for my kids this week, and I have been caught up in their activities. We've been watching movies together (started Twin Peaks with them!), spring cleaning the house, and enjoying each others company. Its a nice realization to discover how much I like my kids. :)

My daughter is in a park district musical and needed a zebra costume for one of her scenes. So this week I painted on a thrift store jacket to make it all zebra-y. I'm rather pleased with how it turned out.

Getting closer

I am getting a lot closer to being finished with this painting. The face has really given me all kinds of trouble and I expect it still will, but I'm feeling a lot better about the direction its heading.

I'm disappointed about not having it done in time for this months Nibblefest, but it was a worthy goal and I feel good about this piece as a whole.

I won't have much time to paint this weekend. My mom is coming over tomorrow to watch the Academy Awards with us and I want to cook something special for the event. So today is consumed with meal planning, shopping and deep cleaning the house. Not as much fun as arting, but like a completed piece, should feel great once its over!