Making progress

 Yesterday I was able to work for two uninterrupted hours, painting flowers and listening to classical music on the satellite TV--no announcers and no commercials.

I still have to work on the flowers in the center of the plate and paint some small flowers in the rim.

It's getting there.

Getting started

It's been  awhile since I've painted, so I spent a little time practicing first, and then chose a flower (the cabbage rose) that I've painted many times.  It took a little time to get started.  I had to take the linseed oil back to Michael's because I couldn't get the top off.  But it all worked out.  It's great to have a paint brush back in my hand.

Back at it!

Now that the excitement of moving, Thanksgiving and Christmas are behind me, I'm determined to get back to painting.  I am using the laundry room for the background painting, but I'll use the breakfast area, with its windows and beautiful views of the mountains, for the creative work.

Packing up

I plan to have time in Arizona to paint so I'm shipping out my brushes, my favorite tubes of paint, some unpainted woodenware and, of course, my "prize-winning" plate for inspiration.  There won't be any new posts until I get to Arizona and get painting again.

Starting where I left off

I had trouble with my rosemaling website--It wouldn't "post" and I always had trouble logging in.  So now I have a new blog with a new address:  mynorskrosemaling.blogspot.com. 

My tray is almost done.  All the flowers are done but it still doesn't look finished to me.  Maybe it needs more linework and a design around the outside.  I'll have to think about it.

Let me know what you think.  I love to get comments.