Happy Mother’s Day

Happy Mother’s Day! I’m sure many of you think your mothers are the best, but you’re all wrong. Mine is. No questions. Not up for debate. Thank you very  much… …is what I would’ve said had Mary had not already held that spot, sorry, Jesus. I very much dread to think what my life would

Our Lady of the Wood: Lenten Project Day 16

Today was a good day. It’s been seven days since I did the priming, and it was now time to start on the actual painting. Thankfully, the disappeared drawing wasn’t a problem. I was able to paint Mary and Jesus more or less the way it was before. I’m really happy with this so far.

Our Lady of the Wood: Lenten Project Day 10: I Messed Up

  Hey, everyone. So… I learned the hard way that before you start any project with a medium you haven’t done before, you really need to do your research. So, it’s with a heavy heart that I say that the drawing of Mary and Jesus I spent a few days doing is no longer visible.

Lenten Project: Day 5: Finished Drawing

Welcome to my One Painting in Forty Days project. I haven’t been blogging every day, but I have been spending time on this every day. Welp. I got the drawing finished much more quickly than I anticipated. Hooray! Drawing on wood wasn’t really as daunting as I thought it would be. I kinda messed up though. I

Lenten Project: Our Lady of the Wood Painting

Happy Ash Wednesday everyone! So, this blog post is going to be slightly different from a lot of my other blog posts. If you’re uncomfortable with anything that has to do with religion, just a heads up, that’s what’s being covered today. For those of you who don’t know, Lent is the Catholic (and some