Argggh!! (pirate noise) - A look back to 2007...

I really haven't been creative enough lately - lazy me! I intended to paint the other day on a massive canvas I bought a few weeks ago, but I didn't have any motivation whatsoever. All I did was; I took a good sized plate from the kitchen, laid it on the canvas and drew around it so that it formed a ring. So now I've got a completely white canvas, with a penciled ring on it. Brilliant.... hum. I have actually planned to paint something special on that canvas. I can see it all in my head! I just need to pull myself together and actually paint it.

Oh well, you can't always keep up with your creativity. I was more creative a few years ago when people actually came to me and asked me to paint for them. I was once asked to paint some children's paintings of pirates for a little boy who was about 3 years old. You can see the result below. These paintings are from 2007. They're really simple, and of typical "boys colours". What little boy wouldn't want a few paintings of pirates on his wall ;)

Project: Painting a swirly tree on the wall (part 3)

The third and last part of my project where the goal was to paint a tree on the wall.

See below how it turned out!

After another 4 hours (so 8 hours in total) my swirly tree was finally finished!

It had been 8 long hours, with back pain and sore eyes, but it was absolutely worth it.

I am really happy with how it turned out.

Here are some closeups of the branches, just to tease you a little bit... :)

I promise you don't have to wait any longer now to see the completed tree. 

I know some of you have had to hear me talk about it for weeks, or even months!

So, my dear friends, have a look, and please let me know what you think of it:

Project: Painting a swirly tree on the wall (part 2)

I convinced my MD to lend me the company's projector over a weekend. It sure wasn't easy getting the settings and the size right, but with the help of my dear boyfriend it turned out just great.

Once I had drawn up the tree on the wall with a light pencil, I started painting the outlines of the tree with a tiny brush. It was quite difficult painting clean lines, and it took a lot longer than I thought it would.







After 4 hours I was half way there. Phew!!!