Here it is

Finished my painting for Georgie.

Hope she likes it.

Progress

Here is a progress shot of my painting for Georgie.

I think it might be finished. I need to sleep on it, and see how I feel tomorrow. I'm tossing up whether to leave it how it is or to give it a distressed treatment as I have been with the dolls.

Any comments welcome.....

Guess the instrument

It's hard thinking of a gift for someone as special as my lovely cousin Georgina. We are 6 months apart in age, and as neither of us has a sister, we've always been close.

I know that if I need anything she'll be there, that she worries about me when there's something wrong (actually she worries about almost everyone), that she is competely fascinating and fun and gorgeous, and that she (amazingly) accepts me and supports me exactly as I am.

She's my confidante, source of parenting advice, great, great, great friend, and I LOVE her. It's her birthday soon, and I want to give her something special just because, so I'm working on a secret project (well, secret to her).

Here's a detail. I need to finish it by the end of the week. Fingers crossed!

30 paintings by christmas challenge

I joined the www.Australianartforum.com "30 paintings by christmas" challenge a few months back. It's a hefty slog - meaning that we needed to be doing 2 paintings a week to make the deadline.

It's thrilling and challenging, and sure is a motivator. It's meant I've done more towards a series than I would usually tackle in such a short time, and at the half-way mark, I'm halfway there!

Left - is #15 - 43 disguises - one for my Paper Dolls series. I'm loving this series.

I thought it might be nice to catalogue the process - in the scary countdown - so I'm moving it over from my journal at Australian Art Forum to here, and will attempt to make a post every few days. That's scary in itself......