Charlie O'Shields

Thanks, Eve! 😃💕 Aww…. that story is so sweet. I remember those tough goodbyes to well-loved (and well… often over-loved little stuffed friends). Here’s to always keeping that bit of child with us in all we do!

Thanks for that! 😃💕 So happy you enjoy my approach! I agree… there are plenty of amazing art teachers and I’d much rather promote them instead! I’m come up with some way to share what I’ve learned, but it will be something very different. 😉

Thanks, Kerfe! 😃💕 Definitely words to live by!

Thanks, Jill!! 😃💕 I KNEW you’d agree my little sister! hehe!! Someday we’ll finally meet and have a play day! That would be so much fun!! 🍷🍷

Thanks so much, Sharon! 😃💕 I always have to remind myself to play with shadows more. Glad you liked it!

Thanks so much, Lori! 😃💕 Aww glad you liked the colors… I keep on playing with them! And glad this brought back memories. Where was yours posted… I didn’t see it!

haha! No… over-achiever for sure. After my pine cone adventure… I couldn’t have possible added anything with it! lol

hehe… sounds like you have the best of all worlds, Lisa! 😃💕 Yeah, being the oldest child makes it tougher… I was the youngest, which is probably no surprise. But yay to being arty… we should have a full right to do whatever crazy thing we think up!

Thanks, Sandra! 😃💕hehe… I hope stylization is a word as I’ve used it with confidence in the past! That said, I haven’t done it as much as I’d like to, so I’m trying it more this month! 😉 And yes, when the adult and child can skip hand in hand, magic really happens!

That would be faux humanism I think… but I always get terms mixed up. 😉

Thanks so much, Kerfe! 😃💕 That was literally my bar on this one… I find pine cones not too hard to sketch, but painting them is a bit tough!

Thanks so much, Carole! 😃💕 hehe… I totally know what you mean. When I started I was trying to get every little detail in place. I still do that, but I have such little time to sketch it forces me to make sacrifices. So if you want to try a looser style… I recommend setting a timer! hehe… Mine aren’t always what I wanted, but I did it! ;-)…

Thanks so much, Linda! 😃💕 That’s so sweet of you to say!

hehe! Thanks!! 😃💕

I know!!… when I saw the prompt come up (because you know I write them and then immediately forget what I wrote! lol), I was like… oh no! But it’s really fun! And huge bonus points for adding a squirrel as well you over-achiever you! hehe 😉

Thanks so much, Snehlata! 😃💕 Glad you liked it!

Thanks so much! 😃💕 Thrilled you enjoyed my pine cone. And even more thrilled that it inspired you to sketch the one in your studio again. You should definitely DO it!!

Thanks so much, Sarah! 😃💕 Glad you enjoyed my pine cone. They are so tough to sketch!! hehe And yes, I think I have found what I love to do, or at least what I think I can be good at… those two are quite often the very same thing actually.