Paint A Scene From Your Daily Life

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Today's affirmation:                I am not broken, God is creating stained glass. ~ unknown



In today's world, there are few things that we can be completely sure of.  We are so dependent on others for so many things, and much of the time, we are disappointed or let down.  Not so with the subject matter of this new painting.

I still have one child in high school, and living in the country, we rely on our county school buses.  Now, growing up in the city, like I did, I had to walk to school - you know the old tales of walking miles upon miles in the snow - but in my case, growing up in Ohio, this was the story of my life.

My son, on the other hand, has the luxury of getting picked up right in front of the house.  You can't have much more convenience than this, but WE DO!  With out fail, our school bus driver Ms. Carol arrives at 7:05AM every morning without fail!  Personally, those that know me, know that I am habitually late for everything, but not our trusty driver! I don't know how she does it, but I am in awe of her and appreciate her more than words could possibly convey.  So I thought it would be fun to paint this painting which is a scene I view every morning, Monday - Friday, a piece of my everyday, average life.

I took this picture after one of last year's snow falls.  I was drawn to the reflections of light on the road ahead of the school bus. I was excited to experiment with my Terry Ludwig gray collection in making the background trees and the ground under the snow in the fore-ground.  I always try to repeat the colors I use in the sky and backgrounds in the fore ground as well.  I like the way it ties everything together.

This painting was painted on UArt 400 pastel paper using Terry Ludwig , Unison, Rembrandt and Nu-Pastels. I titled the painting 7:05AM in honor of the time the bus arrives at my house, and has arrived for many, many years.  Thank You Ms. Carol!!

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Today's affirmation:  What you think, you become.  What you feel, you attract.  What you imagine, you create.  ~Buddha




Our first snow of this season here in Preston, Maryland, happened a few weeks ago and provided great photo opportunities.  The colors were so beautiful - It was a dusting of sorts, and the ground could be seen in places through the snow.
This painting is of what I see looking out of my front door.  There's a funny story that goes with this painting, and I can't help but get lost in the memory when I look at this piece.  When my family first moved into this house back in 1997, there were actually 4 pine trees in this spot.  They were grown so close together, that some sides of the trees didn't have any branches.  My husband got the idea in his head that he was going to cut them down for fear they would fall into the house at some point.  Well up the ladder he went with chain saw in hand.  One by one branches fell to the ground, then little by little the trunk came down in pieces.  It took a couple of days total for the first tree.  Some time had passed before he headed up the ladder again for tree number 2, which took a little longer this time,  he persevered - but.... after that second tree..... He said "I'm too old for this!!" And... then... there... were... two.  They stand huddled together to this day.