Of Hedgepigs:

 

“The Hedgepig is Concerned About the Weather”

 

I painted this just after Christmas,
sitting on the couch with my fiancé.

It was a nice sort of a night.

Little Bits:

 

One of my favorite things about having time off is
getting enough thinkspace to paint again.

So I made these two darlings:

 

 

Penelope and Doris are going to be a part of a story.
I don’t know the plot,
or how they will meet,
but oh,
I am going to have such a good time making this little world!

*sigh*

I do love vacation.

Sigh No More:

 

I’m looking through Audrey Kawasaki’s blog,
and feeling very…left out.

The last month has been full of wedding,
family,
wedding,
family,
Roommates,
worry,
and more wedding.

I haven’t sat down in my room,
alone,
“Kind of Blue” playing,
and painted since …June?

Too long.

I miss it.
I miss the quietness.
I miss how painting makes me feel still.

I have another wedding coming up in eleven days,
but I think I might take a time out tonight,
and just paint for a little while.

I Made a Pretty:

 

“…Freedom tasted like seawater and oranges.”
-Tana French, ‘The Likeness’

That quote ran through my head the entire time I was painting this:

I’m particularly fond of the shading I got on her jawline.

Man, I need a better camera.

 
I painted a great deal of this while talking to close friends on the phone…
which is rather unusual for me.

Normally,
I hole up in my room and shut everything else out and off when I paint.

It was kind of a welcome change,
but not something I’m likely to do on a more complex
(or frustrating)
painting.

This one treated me pretty well,
for which I am grateful.

 

©Rebecca S Rea, 2011

Watercolor on cold-press paper

Thinking:

I need to paint.

 

 

(and I hatehatehate applying to jobs.)

 

 

(haaaaaaate)