The first one is a landscape - naturally it will encompass my favourite things: sky, distant trees, field, wind, trees in the foreground and grasses! I started this one a couple of months ago, but it got left in the closet for a while as I finished up some other projects. It's another oil on canvas, featuring Southern Ontario farmland. I am working from a photo which I took last year en route to Port Elgin, via Goderich. Here is a photo of what I've currently worked on: 
The second painting I'm beginning is a sunflower. I'm excited for this project for a couple of reasons: normally, I don't paint flowers, but I absolutely love flowers, so this is just more fun. (I absolutely love landscapes too, but I am realizing the importance of mixing up genres and topics to keep the fun vibes at a maximum, to prevent my work from becoming stale!) This sunflower will be painted with acrylic paint, which forces me to work much more rapidly. I don't have as much time to contemplate (given how quickly acrylic dries), and as such, there will be less "overthinking" of the work and hopefully more spontaneity and natural flow of creativity! The photo of what I've got so far doesn't look like much because it's hard to see the sketch on the canvas, but this took a good deal of time to map out.It's so exciting to be at the beginning of new projects! It's incredibly fun to imagine where they might lead and how they'll turn out! I am constantly appreciative that I have the ability, in all aspects, to do what I love!
