A head from history- 40 (-ish) strokes

This challenge? Homework complete? My colors are off – done in 40 or fewer strokes with a 1 inch brush. The painting I’m using is Artemisia Gentileschi”s Self-Portrait as the Allegory of Painting, 1638–39, Royal Collection. The original and I were both visiting Vancouver in January 2018 – what a treat to see it!    

To paraphrase the golfers, a bad day of painting beats a good day of everything else

I’m back in the Southwest! Painting, making cookies, watching Jeopardy with my mom, and generally being a nuisance. It’s been cooler and more intermittently cloudy than I expected. Sante Fe was spectacularly snow covered. Tomorrow to Las Cruces to visit with small children and meet a couple of bull dogs.

Ready for the “Holidays”? I’m not either but catch the spirit at Hill House’s Firehouse

I’ll be at the Beacon Hill Holiday Fine Art and Craft Sale at Hill House – 127 Mt Vernon St, Beacon Hill, this Saturday and Sunday, November 17 & 18 from 10am – 5pm. Come say hi! Bring snacks?