Trying My Darnedest

I'm working on a little something new today, once again painting over an old painting both for the fun of it and as part of my #paintoutwinter project. I'm trying my darnedest to get spring to arrive sooner rather than later. Winter has been pushing back big time in my neck of the woods, but I maintain that spring will nonetheless arrive earlier than it would have otherwise.

Grabbed a 6x6" painting from 2015,

Morning on the Marram
2015

wrote some thoughts on it,

old painting with overlay of writing

painted a grid format, traced some heart shapes,

layered work in progress

stopped for today.

Wholehearted

Pink postcard series, huge new painting, free canvas #2, and free canvas #3 be damned! Gotta paint hearts on Valentine's Day, which is just exactly what I did!

Lucky me: Instagram artist friend Kathy @digikat2 introduced me to artist Amanda @amanda_evanston who posted a video about painting hearts, with an open invitation to 'copy' her process. So 'copy' I did!

Every aspect of this painting experience put me in a happy place, including the fact that Kathy and I have decided to #PaintOutWinter by painting over one old painting at a time with the goal of shortening winter at the rate of one day per painting.

shadow painting exercise from 2015,
charcoal pencil grid added

painting the grid

adding collage

inking in heart outlines,
adding oil pastel

Unafraid and Able to Experience Small Joys
6x6"; acrylic, India ink, collage, and oil pastel on canvas board
abstract
2018
[gifted]