Shredding photos

I keep coming across these same photos every time I sort through the studio area in my dining room and I often wonder what's made me keep them decade after decade other than seeing which of my paintings have been with me a long time and how they've been displayed over the years.
 

What I see when I look at them now is a fondness that I had for my dogs and my very first house and of course I think of who most of this went to because there's only one painting in these photos that I still own.

Now that I've looked at them all again what I'm left with is a good feeling that my work and my skills have improved over the years. There's nothing here to hang on to. Two of the photos will go to people who have some of these paintings, the third will get tossed and I can move on without running into them again. I call that progress, don't you?

Setting Goals for spring designs

I had started a background for a landscape sometime last year and thought it might be a good start for my Easter egg hunt painting.

I'm a bit rusty with my sky and cloud technique but can rework areas of that later if it needs it.  I doubt people will notice it much after I get the wild designs and florals painted on the eggs anyway.

The basic goals of this painting are:
1. increase my sales on Zazzle
2. use this canvas panel in a good way
3. practice painting flowers and other designs
4. hang the painting at the senior center as part of the march decorations
5. sell the painting when everyone is finished with it
6. use the cash to buy art supplies for a "real" painting (the things I love to do but don't sell)