Paint With Me: Toys

I don't know where I come up with these themes.

I didn't particularly like this one:

toys.

But, I suppose I didn't like it because it was a challenge for me.  One I might have copped out on.

You can be the judge of that.

No, really.  Go ahead and judge.  I can handle it.

I traced a few of Callahan's toys.  Traced them.

Then I colored them in exactly like they are in reality.

Challenging, huh?

I still found the process relaxing, and that's really the point.  And I did have to fill in the details myself...

does that count?

What I had fun with the most was documenting a favorite group of toys artistically.  I had fun writing Callahan's own pronunciations of each animal.  I now have this fun artistic record of this brief moment in time.

But, because I felt like a big, fat cheater-cheater-pumpkin-eater...

I tried to capture a beautiful branch of blooms using watercolors.

This was a challenge. 

I didn't think I could do it, and I was pleasantly surprised by the result. 

Quite pleased with myself, actually.

It's your turn to share!

What did you do to feed your artistic soul this week?

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For next week, think of a word that you live by and represent it artistically.