Project Finishing Day

I had to wait patiently for this little Marsh Wren to show its self.  It liked to flutter down low in the cat tails, teasing me with its call.

 

This Blue Heron has been on and off my painting table for a year now.  There's nothing like a looming deadline (my September gallery show), which I have been avoiding due to summer boating and cottage visiting, to get things done.

 

 

A few more highlights and accents.  Now it is finished.  We live in an area that is home to many swans.  This is the second time I have painted them.  I love reflecting other colours in the white.

Swan Flight

 

It was a nice quiet afternoon of painting. 

This one is almost finished.  Swan Flight 12 x 24 Oil on Canvas.

Today and tomorrow are my last two days to finish up incomplete paintings for my show at The Blue House in Brighton, opening September 3.

 

 

This guy goes to school full time next week. 
Maybe I'll get some more unfinished projects done.  Or, maybe I'll dig out my encaustics and have time to make a big, fun mess.  I teach the odd encaustic class but never seem to get at any encaustics in my studio.  Here are two of my students from a workshop I taught on Monday.

Peonies in a Pint, my painting for a Realistic Floral class that I am teaching at Loyalist college in Belleville starting September 18.  I have set up of whites peonies I'd like to get painting to coordinate.

End of Summer Cram

I am feeling the end of summer cram. 
Too much holidaying, not enough painting and organizing. 
Actually the holidaying has been great!  Lots of fun cottage/cabin time with the boy, cousins and grandparents.  However, the preplanning for fall has taken a hit.  Today, I am packing for more cottage time, while getting ready for a solo show in September, painting a donation for the Trenton Memorial Hospital Gala, an Encaustic Workshop at the Gates in Brighton August 26 and trying to get the finishing touches on the piece I am teaching at Loyalist College starting September 18.  More on the class at Loyalist to come.