Yesss! Finally! Painting again!

For more than a month now I had banished my in progress canvases to the cupboard. Because I wanted to work on them and I knew I didn't have time.

But now with the market out of the way I can paint again! Still not that much, because my canvases were not the only things that were neglected over the last couple of weeks. It took me a whole 2 days to actually be able to see my worktable again. Things were stacked on the floor, under the table, on chairs, ... it was not pretty anymore ... My whole family heaved a collective sigh of relief knowing that for the foreseeable future there will be no more markets.

But on Wednesday, 2 hours before I had to collect the kids from school, I got out my canvases and started working. It took me a while to get organized again. Find my paints, put on my favorite painting music .... But from then on it was bliss. Pure bliss. Oh, how I missed it. The 2 hours were over before I knew it. Managed to paint a bit more yesterday, and now I feel it itching again. But today the summer holidays start here. Not sure how much I'll get done next week, but I'll try my hardest to get as much done as possible.

Lots of in-progress-pictures, so let's get started:

This is the second one of my 3 canvases with a sand background (the first one ended up as "a place away from darkness"). It's just some doodles and swirls. I didn't look for a figure in there, because I wanted to use a sketch I had in my journal.

Starting out making the figure visible (not easy to make a drawing on such a busy background ...)

Yes, 2 birds. I'm in full bird-mode again ☺

I promised myself to not use any pink or purple this time. I might start limiting myself more to certain tints, otherwise all my paintings start looking the same.....

starting on the face

That's as far as I've come. The thingie on the left side is supposed to be some kind of tree, but in the bottom one I see a face. It's so clear that it's going to be impossible for me to ignore I'm afraid. Might make the whole painting a bit weird, but then all my paintings have something weird in them. I like the unexpected, and going with what I feel at that moment. That's what I love about this way of painting ☺

Okay, almost time to get the kids from school again. For the last time this year... How time flies!

I'm linking this to Paint Party Friday. Have a visit there to see all the amazing artwork that people keep creating. Thank you all so much for visiting, I hope your Friday is coming along great and that you'll enjoy a stressfree, cosy weekend! ♥ ♥ ♥