thank goodness nuts don't wilt...

© 2011 christine mercer-vernon | work in progress

about halfway done now...

i'm glad nuts don't wilt, this one still has a bit of posing to do.

i will most definitely be painting something much smoother for my next one.

saturday morning was spent remixing my palette while my little one, mixed one of her own.

there was no way she was going to let ME paint, so i sealed mine up for a late night painting session.  but... she painted this unusually expressive piece.

untitled | tempera on primed canvas | shelby vernon

generally, she usually mixes more earthtone colors and will paint very tonally with a small splash of complementary color. but saturday she was very excited for our plans to go out to dinner with her bff and then bowling (which i completely suck at).

so she obviously put in paint.

:]