A Bit of my Own Art

Now for once, I'll talk about my own art!

As you may remember reading, (or not, I can't always remember what I've wrote about), I have started doing art again.

Mostly painting. Painting models. Breyer horses have been my main base so far, but I've done a couple of other models as well.

The blog picture today is a plastic goat I've just finished. I thought it turned out pretty good, I painted it to look like my favorite doe, Hope.

What do you think? It's just a cheap plastic goat, but I found it with a group of Breyer bodies and figured, why not? Especially since it's pretty close to scale for my Traditional Breyers, so the newly painted Hope goat fits right in. I'm rather pleased with it.

My husband came home clutching a Wal-mart bag and produced from it a package of higher quality brushes and a bottle of glitter turquoise paint. He brandished these offerings at me with an air of gleeful excitement.

What else could I do but grin? Sure, most horses and goats don't come in shades of turquoise or glitter, but he was so delighted with his find, it was infectious. How can you resist that kind of support and dedication from your significant other?

So I pulled a unicorn Paddock Pal Breyer from it's package and it's getting a deco-style repaint. I wonder how it will turn out?

Check In Post

Just a quick check in post for everyone.

I'm doing okay. It's hard to think that I'll never get another e-mail. But you can't dwell in sadness for long, it's unhealthy.

I spoke with my father yesterday, both in a short phone call (we're much alike in our dislike of phones) and through e-mail. Perhaps we'll stay in better touch now.

I haven't heard much information about the funeral, but regardless, we won't be going. It's just way too far out of our budget to even consider, sadly.

But I will be there in spirit and I know it will be okay.

There has been a huge outpouring of support of good thoughts from my internet circles, which I appreciate quite a lot. It's uplifting to be reminded how much these people actually do care, and every single one of them was noted and I am speaking to you all now: Thank you.

I also received a couple phone calls to check on me. Anyone who knows me knows how much I detest the phone, but those calls were still very much appreciated and warmed my spirit. My husband has been very supportive; he cared for the animals that day for me. Apparently Spyder was displeased with this change and just stood and looked at my poor husband instead of coming in for breakfast. Which of course meant all the goats got into the feeding pen and had to be removed one at a time. Leave it to an opinionated colt to cause a fuss, right?

I've started painting a new model, a plastic goat this time, and I've been taking a small break from SpiritHowlers. I'm sleeping a lot lately, more than normal. I think it's mostly from the overwhelming heat and dryness. I can handle heat pretty well, but day after day of 105+ temps coupled with our lack of rain has made it difficult I think.

Regardless, there's no place to go but forward!