☆ TGIF [it's been a hellishly long week]

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I am so pleased it is the end of the week. I am so pleased that my crazy life can settle down a bit. I am so ready for the weekend. And I was very lucky to squeeze in a few hours to paint this week - my normal time for painting was eaten up with appointments with doctors + midwives.

'CONTEMPLATIVE'
mixed media painting
SOLD

A friend of mine has been asking me for months to paint her 'something' for her new house. Something is a huge concept I have to say. I asked her for specifics, and after much prodding, I managed to pry out of her that she liked my gumtree leave faeries + loved my girls with purple eyes. 

That was it.

She asked me to paint her something way back in June, but with one thing or another I have been caught up. This week, even with the limited time I had, I was determined to paint her 'something'. 'Contemplative' is her 'something'.

I also had a request last week, about the painting 'Dreamer' that was given to my friend for her birthday.

I was asked if prints would be available, and I am happy to say that they are now available in my store here. 

(And it is worth noting, that if there is any particular painting you would like to buy a print of, please let me know!)

And thats it from me this week. I am done + dusted.

Bring on the weekend

P.S. Have you had a chance to check out my 'halloweeny' give away? There is only a few days left to enter.

 Click here for FREE entry into this months draw.

[Linking to Paint Party Friday]

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☆ A Work in Progress Dusted Off

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'DREAMER' work in progress shots

Back in February I shared with you a canvas that I had started, and almost finished.

I was totally enjoying the painting, I was in a zone, on a roll and then, then I just stopped.

There was just something about her, something wasn't right. I was bugging me and I couldn't finish her, she needed something, but I couldn't figure out what.

So I put her on a shelf. And every now and then I would look at her and sigh.

I knew I needed to finish her, but I couldn't figure out what she needed.

Then one day I looked at her - really looked again and dusted her off, I finally felt the need to finish.

A few days after I had dusted her off, a good friend of mine asked if I had ever finished her, that there was something about her that just spoke to her, and she'd like to buy it. 

And because it was her birthday later in the month, my friends and I decided that instead of a gift voucher that we would instead give her this painting

'DREAMER'

And maybe all she needed for me to finish her was to know that she was going to a good friend who would enjoy her as much as me. 

Do you have a work in progress that has been sitting on a 'shelf'? Feel free to share your stories (and links if you've shared the story already) below in the comments section.

P.S. This months FREE + OPEN TO EVERYONE to enter give away is here

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