tuesday owl painting and snow dogs ~

It's still Tuesday, and here I am making another post.  I figured my prior post really should have been a Monday post ~ because I made it like 2:00 in the morning.  Another night of insomnia ...

I have been having so much trouble sleeping.  I toss and turn and can't shut the brain down.  Last night was one of those nights.

I decided to go out in the garage and find a board to paint on.  I had a set of oil paints in the closet that I haven't used and figured last night was as good a time to crack them open as any.

I got my board and couldn't decide what to do with it ... then decided to draw quick sketch of an owl.

Please bear with me on this ... I have never oil painted before ~ this is my first oil painting ever ...  this is a whole new medium to me.  I've used acrylics in the past ... so I do have a little feel for painting ... but wow ... there is a BIG difference between the oils and acrylics!  Oils are a lot harder to work with ... but I do like that they don't dry as fast as the acrylics ... giving me more working time.  I know one mistake I made right off the bat ... not putting gesso on my board first.  Learning by trial and error... that's the way I do it!

I worked on my owl for 2 hours last night before crawling into bed at 4:30 this morning.  Here's what I have done so far ~

It's still a work in progress.  

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Woke up this morning to another beautiful dusting of snow.  I just love watching the dogs run and play in fresh snow.

Even the old gal, Brandy came out to check out the snowflakes ...

and after some encouragement from Sam ... she decided to run around a bit too

while Ashley cleaned off the car.  I think Sam got the better end of this deal :)

I had to chuckle at Amber when she jumped off the driveway into the flower bed ~

I think the snow was a little deeper than she expected.

Amber and Rambo were sure having fun!

Time to fill the bird feeders ~ a chickadee is waiting for me ...

Until next time ...

So it goes in my neck of the woods.

~mel