An obvious question, I supposed, after 30 days of insanity. While I won’t be attempting another NaBloPoMo for December, the theme is relevant: it’s “Thanks!” For me, today, that means thanking those of you who came along for the ride and offered comments and encouragement along the way. I really appreciate all of you for that, and it certainly helped me keep at it.

And the now what part? It’s going to take a few days to figure that out exactly - for today it just meant starting to catch up on some things, and contemplating what I’m going to do with all these paintings. I had something in mind, but had another idea thrown at me today. I’m just not sure I can pull that one off. You’re just going to have to stick with me a bit longer to hear what I end up doing.

My next trick? Thirty workouts in thirty days! I’m afraid all this time at the easel and the laptop has left my muscles a little soft, even though I did do the barn work most days. That’s not much to expect after November’s adventure, is it?

©Copyright 2008 by Linda Shantz. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Linda Shantz’s website.

That’s probably something only folks and Ontario will get - it’s the tag line for an advertising campaign for the Super 7 Lottery. On the one hand I guess it works to some extent, because that line sticks in my head, well, kind of like this cold right now, but on the other, it hasn’t enticed me to start buying Super 7 tickets!

Now to get back to where I was going with that! I had plenty of time to paint tonight, even though I didn’t start until after 6pm. After all, it’s not even 9pm as I write this. As I worked through drawing this one on the panel however, I was liking the looseness, and started hitting the point quite early where the little voice was saying, “Stop…okay, stop!!” Trust me, when you start hearing voices when you’re painting it’s best to listen! (And no, I’m *not* taking any medication for this cold!) So this is where I actually stopped, though you may have no idea how hard that was (and perhaps be questioning why??).

Anyway…this is Kimchi, a daughter of Langfuhr, in the paddock before winning the 2006 Labatt Woodbine Oaks (which I still tend to call the Canadian Oaks) . Langfuhr sure stamps his offspring - I’m not sure one would guess this was a filly just by looking at this shot.

The details - 7 x 5 oil on Raymar triple-primed cotton canvas, limited palette. I’m always curious to hear what people think of some of these paintings, so please feel free to comment! Yea or…(forgive me)….neigh?

©Copyright 2008 by Linda Shantz. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Linda Shantz’s website.

I didn’t think I was going to make that 40K NaNo target last night, but the pep talk over there noted it was “before bedtime” not midnight…so I made the push. Of course now I’m trying to keep a cold at bay. I’m hoping it remains a “psuedo-cold” - just a sore throat, aches and chills. That’s plenty to deal with, thanks! I’ve written a bit today, so the 50K is in sight. We just won’t mention that it’s really pathetic writing!

I decided to revisit Gladys today at the easel. The photo I worked from was taken in the same shoot as the one I used for Monster the other day. Gladzilla and Monster; a match made in heaven! This one is 5 x 7 oil on Raymar triple-primed cotton canvas panel. I’m kind of getting the hang of this surface. Once again I used the limited palette.

Hopefully I’ll get to bed at a decent hour tonight!

©Copyright 2008 by Linda Shantz. See original post here.
To learn more about this artist, visit Linda Shantz’s website.