Train Leaving

I've been participating in Leslie Saeta's 30 Paintings in 30 Days September 2015 challenge. Because why not? I already paint every day anyway. Didn't find out about the challenge till almost midmonth, but no problem: join any time! paint as often as you can! no rules! no such thing as cheating!

New art, new friends, comments at my blog, commenting at others' blogs.

Watching what catches my eye or heart or both.

Discovered Gwenda Waterink whose work is not like anything I've ever done. Kinda like it, kinda like it a lot. When that Gwenda train rolled into the station I thought, I'm taking that train, and I stepped off the platform.

Pulled out a sketchbook. Oil pastels. A collection of pens. Told myself I'd ride the train for no more than 30 minutes.

Totally fun.

Combined early memories of elementary school worksheets (lines, letters, shapes, colors) with the spirit of my granddaughters' homeschooling (broke "the rules" by using my non-dominant hand for the whole exercise and coloring out of the lines).

Now I've stepped back off the train. Wonder where I am.

Worksheet
6x9", mixed media on Aquabee paper
abstract
2015
$54