Let the good times roll!

I’d forgotten how much fun it is to go dancing!  We had a really good time dancing away Saturday night.

Let’s make some Vitamin D!

I had a doctor’s check up the other day and it turns out that I’m low in vitamin D.  My doctor suggested that I start taking vitamins, but I HATE taking pills.  So instead of taking her advice I’ve decided that I will start drinking vitamin fortified soy milk and spend more time in the sun.  Apparently the body makes enough of its own vitamin D if I stay outside for 15 minutes in the mid day sun (but this only works during the summer in Canada). Unfortunately the weather hasn’t been cooperating so I haven’t been out much…yet.

Augh! Get them away!

I made my first attempt at gardening this spring.  I bought some tomato plants (which I later found out were way overpriced) and planted them in the backyard.  I go out there every few days to look at them and dream about how marvelous the tomatoes will be. 

Today I was horrified to find hundreds of tiny white bugs that look like flecks of dust ALL OVER all 4 tomato plants.  Well there just isn’t enough tomato plant for all of us so they’re just going to have to go!

Think Tank

Here’s the final painting!  I did a first pass in watercolour but it looked washed out, so I went out to the store and bought myself a whole set of gouache.  It turns out that I LOVE gouache!!

While I was at the store, I also bought myself an Incredible Nib to apply the masking fluid.  Previous to the Nib, I was using a toothpick to apply masking fluid because I didn’t want to ruin my brushes. 
Toothpicks suck.  The Incredible Nib, however, is totally amazing!  I even used it to paint the straight lines with a ruler.

You can click on the picture for a closer view. 

Fly problem

We’ve been experiencing a bit of a fly problem for the past few weeks.  I think it comes from leaving the front door open all day to let the work crew walk in and out.

It gives me great satisfaction when I am able to whack them right out of the air!  I get quite a bit of practice because there’s just so many of them.

Under the weather

I try to post something every other day, but I haven’t been feeling great lately.  I slept half the day away yesterday so today I’m feeling much better.

Bathroom decor

After I posted the picture of the houses, I was commissioned to make a similar painting to decorate the wall of a powder room. This time the theme is toilets!

I often find it difficult to choose a colour scheme, and this one is especially difficult because I have to match the colours that are already in the room. So I made a quick sketch in Illustrator to plan it out.

Here's my first crack at it:

I didn't like it, so I created 7 more. She liked the one below because of the strong red floor.

I played with it some more until I liked the colours...

But I found it was still too plain, so I added more details and more colours. Now if she approves the design, I’ll start painting!