Though I did not do all the challenges of the Month of Love tumblr blog, I did do two. I tried to come up with good ideas for the other two challenges, but for whatever reason, it just didn't work out. So here are the two that I did complete. The first piece I painted was for the Second week, the challenge being: Language of Love. I thought it was an interesting idea to convey the ways animals show love to their owners. This image came to mind. Though we have never had a mouse problem, our cat has on occasion displayed a waterbug or two it has killed. I was able to piece together a couple reference photos I took of our cat for this piece, so it worked as a nice portrait of Mim. I painted this all in one sitting, something I haven't done in quite some time. A Present , 7" x 10", Oil on Paper on Masonite, 2016. The second piece I painted was for the Third week, the challenge being: Weapons. I was really having trouble coming up...
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