Art Every Day for a Month-November 1, 2011

I've been working on a painting for a girlfriend who lost her best friend and sister a year ago.  I met her right when her sister passed away and have watched her slog through the morass of grief this past year.  It's just been recently that she's started to pull out of the devastation.  She's been growing closer to God, and starting to yearn for creative outlets in her life.  We're going to be working on this together for awhile.  So, on this first day of November, and the first day of Art Every Day for a Month, I wanted to share the painting that I just finished for her.  I wanted her to know she was loved and watched over.  Only Corinne would have a Guardian Angel with red boots and a red dress... but angels come in all types, just right for each situation!

Her wings are created out of little white paper flowers.  She has a bit of my favorite lace on her dress.  I cut a heart out of some patchwork I have that my grandmother started.  There is a LOT of texture in the background.  In fact, I did two do-overs of the background and was pleased to find out that I didn't have to be overly attached to backgrounds... you can always start over if you don't like the way something looks!

I'll be back tomorrow with more creative endeavors, so stay tuned.  This is a big challenge for me.  Not only is it a challenge to be creative every day, but it's especially a challenge to record what I've done, AND share it on my blog.  They say it takes 21 days to form a habit... so I figure 30 ought to about do it for me.  Leave me a message and help keep me motivated... I love hearing from all of my online friends.

HuGGs!