Sprouting Wings : Free Painting!!!!! A Thanksgiving Thank You

Home Grown 5x7 pastel

I gave a lot of thought this past week on a subject to paint for my Thanksgiving Thank You giveaway painting. Each month I will do a painting for the sole purpose of giving it away as a thank you to those of you that take the time to view my paintings and give comments, likes etc. Your feedback is essential to my growth as an artist and I can't say enough how much I appreciate those of you that take the extra time to "help" me grow. I chose to paint this farm scene and here is how I came to choose this subject (and insight to how my brain works). I first thought of all the wonderful Thanksgiving foods ~ turkey, stuffing, homemade bread and rolls, pies....oh the pies, but those subjects just didn't excite me at the time so I began to think deeper and deeper as to where the food we were enjoying originated. And the answer is the farms! And historically thinking, that's the way our Thanksgiving began. With the planting and then the feast. This painting is my personal thank you to all the farmers out there supplying us with our delicious dinners. Without them we'd have no Thanksgiving.

So what do you have to do to win this free painting you ask? Just click the like button and comment "pick me" and your name will be entered into the contest. The winner will be announced on Friday, because tomorrow I will be stuffing myself of all kinds of goodies.

Here are some photos of this painting from start to finish and the pastels used. I chose the name "Home Grown" because this barn is located in Ohio, and that's where I was born and raised. Have a safe and happy Thanksgiving everyone!