Copycat assignment

Jesse Reno's Painting

This is my copycat painting

For the final week of the course 'Discover What's Inside' we were asked to find a painting we liked and to copy it. Actually very hard to do! I chose this one by Jesse Reno because I love the colours and the quirkyness. But it's been very difficult. You'd imagine that copying is easy, after all it's all planned out for you - but no!!

I learned a lot from this piece, in particuar how little snatches of unexpected colour give it zing.

I still have two paintings to do, one is my own interpretation of this, and then a final 'all my own work' - what a challenge!

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Thanks to everyone who sent their condolences both here and by email - I really appreciate that very much.

Feel like I'm in Limbo

My darling mother passed away just over a week ago and was buried on Friday. My daughters and I nursed her at home day and night for 14 days. Grief can do the most dreadful things to us and am in a depressed state. I know that it's natural but it's still hard. I wander aimlessly about and do a lot of staring out of windows.

But tomorrow is a new day and I hope creativity will make a return soon.