30 Faces in 30 Days: Day 4

If there's anything harder than drawing a perfect woman, it's drawing a baby. Babies are so new, so flawless, and so soft. She's probably thinking, "I wish someone would take this ridiculous bow off my head."

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30 Faces in 30 Days: Day 3

Here I tried something different. Instead of pencil, I used a brush pen, which forced me to simplify. It was a challenge within a challenge, but I like the way it turned out.

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30 Faces in 30 Days: Day 2

For me, the hardest thing to draw is a beautiful woman. This one has no lines, no scars, no wrinkles (unlike the man in Day 1). The only thing that's flawed with her is that goofy hairdo.

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30 Faces in 30 Days: Day 1

I saw a challenge online for drawing 30 faces in 30 days, and I thought that was a darn fine idea. I didn't join their challenge, just doing it on my own, and this is Face Number 1. This is really good practice.

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At Gleason Park

Things are loosening up in Florida and people are going to parks and beaches. There were many people in Gleason Park, and they were socially distancing. I had a picnic table to myself and was able to paint in my journal, sitting comfortably in the shade, and enjoying the breeze.

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Journaling During Quarantine

Since I have been remiss in my journaling lately, I decided to catch up. There's not much to say since we have self-quarantined since March. On the previous page I wrote a little summary, which I won't bore you with.

We've never had so much time to work in the yard, so it is really looking good now. And I did eventually make successful masks. Click on the picture to see it better.

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The Amazing Rhonda, 11x14 Oil on Canvas

This painting gave me something to be inspired about, something to make me look forward to getting up in the morning. I always call our niece "The Amazing Rhonda," because she is. She managed to put herself through nursing school and raise four sons as a single mom. She is used to crisis situations as a trauma nurse at the University of Penn hospital in Philadelphia. She is kind, generous, and energetic and devoted to her children and grandchildren. She is indeed The Amazing Rhonda.

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One Fish Two Fish...

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Some fish are just so fancy. This is a Red Siamese Fighting Fish. I've never actually seen fish fight. How do they do it? Those flimsy chiffon fins can't really be weapons, can they? Do Siamese Fighting Fish have some surprising little fangs in their tiny mouths? Since we've been quarantined my mind goes in some very bizarre directions. This won't be published until the end of April. Will the end of quarantine be in sight then?

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Marshland, 8x10 Landscape Oil Painting

I decided to have some fun with this one by first doing a 20-minute painting. The middle one was my work in progress, and last is the finished painting.

My 20-minute painting

Refined a bit

The Finished Painting (Click to Purchase)

Ballerina, 11x14 Oil on Panel Dancer

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Ballet dancers are so beautiful and graceful, and what they do represents so much hard work and pain. In the end, they not only receive applause, but also those perfect bodies. 

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