WHAM! Yesterday about 4pm I'm starting to feel it. Last night I feel like crap warmed over. This morning I look AND feel like crap warmed over!

I sleep in until 10am - an unheard-of luxury for a Mom of 4 little ones. Then I get up, get coffee, check email and begin writing projects. I work solid until 1pm, then break out the paints. I had gotten some photos back from developing (yes, non-digital pics - GET OVER IT!!), and some were from an art festival I'd attended last summer. One lady had a booth full of the most intrigueing faces, and she had no problem with me photographing them. They are a cross between Modigliani and Picasso/Matisse, and I LOVE this style. So I set out to give it a whirl today.

I did 2 good-sized faces on 2 separate canvases, and finished two more coffee cups on boards. The faces did NOT turn out in the way I wanted them. No matter how I try to emulate the styles of others, they always come out like MY style. I REALLY like the lady I did, and I hope that I'll like the guy - I don't right now, though. I will probably make some adjustments in his face tomorrow morning before I drop off the babies and go to work.

I'll post digital pics over the weekend. Let me know what YOU think. I'll also post pics of the photos that I was trying to "be inspired by." How's that for vulnerable!

ANYWAY, another short nap this afternoon, about 5 oranges eaten throughout the day, cup after cup of water to wash this thing through, and I feel much better tonight. Just a bit of achy head - all taken care of with Tylenol. Talk to you tomorrow!