“As music is the poetry of sound, so is painting the poetry of sight.”
James McNeil Whistler

“It is good to love many things, for therein lies true strength,
and whosoever loves much performs much,
and can accomplish much,
and what is done in love is well done.”
Vincent van Gogh

So much for being ahead. I reworked every painting from this weekend. Started some new ones too. For today’s piece the answer was… just add water.

Most of the work I have done this month has been on watercolor paper. I have used scraps, and painted over failures. I haven’t stated what weight, because I just don’t know. I covered the bad pieces by using gesso or acrylic paint. This piece started that way. The lesson I am reminded of is this…

“Everything will be all right in the end. If it’s not all right, it is not yet the end”
Patel, Hotel Manager, The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel

It wasn’t all right. I used the wrong brush, and it was looking twiggy. A little water, and a lot of blending saved it.

Please take a few minutes, and visit the sites below. You will be glad you did. And if you visit Sea’s site, and vote for me… I will be glad you did! Shameless plug alert. I am one of the “leaders” In Sea’s Art Party. Here is an excerpt from her blog to explain it to you. I need your votes, and you can still vote on previous days. (I forgot to post a couple of days.)

The best part is, VOTERS ARE ELIGIBLE FOR PRIZES TOO!

The more you vote, the better your chance!

Thanks for voting!

PRIZES
Prizes given to the most active artists and voters that participate throughout the month. Posts, Votes, Comments, Shares etc. There are many prizes. A newcomer can still be a winner. To make it fair for late comers, a prize will be awarded for the highest vote count on one painting during the whole party. So invite all your supporters to visit and click on all the VOTE links below.

It’s going to take me a while to tally so I’m announcing the winners about a week after votes close on January 31st. Click here to see some of the prizes available … more will be added. Top winners pick first and so on till all the prizes have been awarded.

http://blueskyredearth.wix.com/seadeanart-party
On Review there is no clear winner yet. Many days show a draw between two or three artists.  A few votes will really count, so make sure you vote each day using the links below. Vote for your favourite artist and then use your other two votes to select from all the other hard working artists.

Current leaders are, Beverly Shipko – Chey Anne Sexton – Cindy Gillett – Connie Cagley – Corinna Woodard – Donna Munsch – Ginnie Conaway – Marion Hedger – Nancy Romanovsky – Pam Schoessow – Sea Dean – Sheila Delgado – Susan Herbst – Val van der Poel and Wendy Mould.

Hop on over to Sea Dean’s blog and vote, each vote is a chance to win prizes!

Visit Leslie’s site for a look at the artwork created today.

Visit Cindy Williams and read one or more of her artist interviews!

My Pinterest board for this event is bursting with over 1100 pieces of art.

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