"The Sheep Lady" finished and a new project..

Well time just flies doesn't it - Xmas is over and the New Year is here already and it's time for P&P, PPF and AIB again. I seem to always be in a rush to write these blog posts and get them in on time. Might be something to do with the fact that Western Australia is 3 hours behind the Eastern states and it's 2:22pm here. I feel a bit slack for writing one post for all three link parties but I don't have enough going on to justify a few different posts.

I had to work New Years Eve at the hotel, however we had a small but good crowd. My two bosses cracked open some champagne at midnight and we enjoyed a couple of glasses each. Bryan, Manon, the kids and I drove to Denmark for New Years Day and spent it with a couple of our best mates, complete with BBQ and a few top many good drinks.

Today I finished "The Sheep Lady" with a few final touches applied - now I just have to varnish it and it will be done! I will actually be using this as my new blog header when I get around to it.

Here is my palette for this one - I do love the fact that it dries so quickly so I can't accidentally mix colours.

Before we left for Denmark and while I was waiting for my hibiscus to dry I started a project that will be a gift for my mother and I need to get it finished soon so I can take it across wit h me on the 18th of Jan. It is a shearing shed at sunset with sheep going into the shed, and sheep dogs. I need to put the sunset light glaze once everything else is finished. It is painted in my new oils. It is touch dry now so I should be able to continue on the next few layers.

Here is my palette for this one

This is being showcased on Palette and Paint on Tracey Potter's blog: http://traceypotterartist.blogspot.com/2012/01/palette-paint-7.html, Paint Party Friday - http://paintpartyfriday.blogspot.com and Artists in Blogland http://artistsinblogland.blogspot.com