More Fun with Painting

This past Sunday I took a freestyle canvas painting class at the shop where I have gone to paint pottery and canvases.  Freestyle means that you can bring in your own photo or picture and everyone is doing something different, unlike the other classes where everyone paints the same image.

I was thinking I was going to do the Dr. Who Tardis or Toothless from How to Train your Dragon ... until I came across this:

At first, I thought it was a fat little baby humming bird because of the colors and the pointy beak.  But its not, its actually a Narrow-billed Tody from the Dominican Republic.

I needed  no assistance during the class - I just grabbed the paints and off I went.  I guess I did inherit my grandmother's genes ... because she painted wonderful things, I have one of her paintings in my living room.  I think though that I need a little (or a lot) more practice before I get to her level.

I am very happy with my painting and my little bird.  It looks a bit nicer in person because the background colors don't look quite so stark and brush strokey like the camera picks up.

Fun with paints

Took a canvas painting class at the shop where my mom and I have taken pottery painting classes.  I am very happy with my finished painting.  It was fairly easy, the trees were a little difficult.  The colors in the photo are slightly more yellow than in real life (the moon is actually more white than yellow).  

Now I'll have to find a frame and somewhere to hang it!

They do classes quite frequently - so I'm sure you'll see more in the future.  There is a freestyle one in February I am thinking of taking, where you can bring in a picture and they will help you paint it.  I'm thinking of finding a picture of the Dr. Who Tardis!