Just keep painting...

Almost ready to hand in my next 40 gals.

And about to receive my next framed 40 back.

Seeing this project come together has been such a beautiful journey for me.

#HappyHeart

Mini workstation for the day...

My little workstation keeps moving around.

I have so much going on that I keep having to move my space.

but this was a happy space.

Just keep painting.

I have exciting news...

Tiny Bags of Love

Last year, my sweet friend Ivy Newport asked me if I would consider teaching with her and without thinking too much about it, I said YES.  I said I would say that much more this year but putting that into practice, is more difficult than you think.

So I had said YES - but I had no idea what I was going to teach.  At all.  I wanted it to be true to me and make perfect sense to who I am.  And what could be more so than my beloved TeaBagGirls.  They are a very big part of my life this year and have been an ongoing journey for me.

A friend of mine wrote to me earlier in the year and said she thinks I should consider doing a class about my TeaBagGirls and I guess that planted a seed... and so when Ivy asked me again, I suggested this and it was an "of course" moment for both of us.

I'm not going to lie, I'm nervous but I'm uber excited!  I have lots of work ahead of me... but I can't wait.

I hope you will join me in this sweet little adventure,

as we discover painting tiny emotional portraits on the sweetest..

Tiny Bags of Love.

TinyBagsofLove from JeanneMarie/Flowrs on Vimeo.

Playing catch up with life and tea...

Painting on toned backgrounds.

Always a different way to paint.

Sometimes it's harder but it's always rewarding.

Almost 100% back up to date with life, love and everything else.

So sophisticated....

She's so sophisticated .  I quite like here.  When going through my gallery, I realised I've been painting this angle of the face quite a bit.  I need to mix it up a bit... like try it from the other side.

It's more difficult than you would imagine.  Our brains map pathways and it's easier to follow the same route over and over.

That's where it would be good to use a reference to help you see and try and map a new new way... my next mission.

Plus I have some ideas for June...

Facing the end of May...

 

I haven't had too much time to blog here this past week...

But we continue to journey on... my next 40 frames arrived home this week.

And they are beautiful - I'm really so thrilled with each one.

  Each frame gets stamped at the back with my name, gets re-wrapped and packed away - ready for exhibition.

I'm more in love than ever...

I am so in love with my teabaggirls at the moment.

I know that sounds a bit silly - but they are making me so happy.

And I'm excited to paint them everyday.  I'm just having so much fun!

Isn't that what it is all about.  Maybe it has something to do with the longterm goal.

This adventure I'm on and with the exhibition in sight.

Having purpose makes everyday make more sense.  

Pushing and stretching my boundaries.  I am loving that.