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Well I worked over this and finally scraped out the sand shadow, just not right. I added a pail and scraped out the shovel. It was a good scraping day yesterday. I think I know where I am going now and will fix it up on Monday. We had some more winter the past few days, but just a tease. The sun is now shining and let's get back to spring. We had robins in our yard just before the snow and red wings.

Back at it...

I can't seem to get in the groove lately, but I did start working on this painting of my grandson again. I am determined to finish it this week. It's about 16 x 20 oil pastel on gessoed board.
Playing around with putting some sand toys on the beach.

Happy Valentine's

Here are my valentine roses....IRL a little more yellow. I LOVE yellow roses. I workded on the gaggle some yesterday and have changed the whole thing. I really didn't like the way the background was going so changed it and will have an update soon.

Work on the gaggle

Studio time has been very sporadic this month so I have not been able to do a lot of work. Let's hope I can get more time in this month.
I did start working on the gaggle and know this will take some time, but here is the start. 18" x 36" oil pastel on gessoed board.

Show entry

Well I entered this into the Duxbury juried show against by my better senses and it didn't get in. Oh well, back to the easel and some time away from shows.

Rooster finish

I finally finished the rooster this week. My studio mate thinks I should do a companion piece so there will be a pair. Not sure, will think about it as this was just supposed to be a demo for my class. I have gone back to working on the gaggle of geese and finishing up some older paintings.

More rooster

I finally returned to my studio this week after a long Christmas break. I am trying to finish this rooster, but had to put him down to let the tail feathers set up for a few days before working on them again. I hope to finish him on Monday. I am taking a break from most shows this year in order to concentrate more on building a new body of work. That's the plan anyway.