But, the classes are in the country and the drive is GORGEOUS! This picture does not even come close to doing it justice, but you'll get the idea:
The mountain that you can't really see in the back is breathtaking. It's just such a peaceful, tranquil place.
I stayed for the first class and listened to the different techniques closely. Then I decided to brush up on my own watercolor painting and used this for my inspiration:
And came up with this:
I blurred out my last name on the photo, so that's why there's a weird blue at the bottom. And those three blue dots to the left that look like a Picachu (sp?) face annoy the crap out of me. I tried wetting them out of there but it just faded the area around them.
Natalie's teacher thought it was fine and didn't need to be removed but she's probably just being nice to me. :)
There's a long story behind the meaning of the swan to our family after the loss of my uncle, but I am going to give this to my mom since we all think of him whenever we see one.
Now if I only had the time to study up and practice more. When my kids are grown, I want my own studio and I want to take dozens of classes. And my dream come true would be to have ONE piece in an art show.
My sister is an art major and her drawings/paintings have won numerous awards. She's now into glass blowing, though and made this vase for me for my birthday:
And she wrapped it in this paper that she painted herself:
So the desire to create obviously runs in the family, which is why I enrolled Natalie in these classes in the first place.
And finally a shameless plug, for my other artwork. Check out my Etsy widget in my sidebar to see the personalized children's wall art I sell at my store. The three on "display" are the ones I created for Natalie's room.
I've had zero time to promote my store so I have yet to sell a piece. At least I'm telling myself that's the reason. :)
