Custom Cat Portrait : Joey
4″ x 4″ Oil Painting
7/8″ Profile Wrapped Canvas
© 2006 Leanne Wildermuth
All Rights Reserved
Joey : Final Scan
March
27
2006
Just Say It
March
27
2006
Did you ever wish you could just say something so brutally honest to someone about how you feel, but can’t? Did you ever wonder how you would feel to just be able to get that out of your head?
I wish sometimes I could be the kind of person who has the ability to NOT say what I’m thinking. I have this horrible habit of being honest. Still, though, there’s this part of me that holds back. Unless, of course, I know I’m safe. Safe from judgement, safe from ridicule, safe from having to face the consequences of uttering the thoughts I long to speak.
Then the paranoia sets in. Can the people I trust be trusted? Why is everyone staring at me? Do I have something in my teeth? Oh no, someone told on me, my icky thoughts are common knowledge, now what do I do? Does my butt look big in these pants? You’re lying to me, I just know it.
Let’s pretend you have voices in your head, too. Let’s pretend they get icky sometimes – just humor me – what do they say? Share with me one sentence you would like to say to just one person, get the ick out of your head while the subject of your affection remains blissfully unaware. Just a nameless, shameless, random ick that you need to unload. I suppose some people’s cups never runneth over – in that case, you could just tell me how you handle your ick.
Littles : Cat Portrait Complete
March
23
2006
(You can view both cat paintings and their paintings as they progressed in the Cat Portrait category.)
Thursday Thirteen #25
March
23
2006
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2. I also had my eyebrows done for the first time ever. Yes. I did. And ow. Who the heck does that on a regular basis? That didn’t stop my headache, either. (Imagine that!)
3. I ordered 20 small canvases for a series I’m going to be doing. They arrived yesterday, and they are so cute! Many of you gave me suggestions (remember?) on small’ish bite sized foods. The canvas and the suggestions go together, and I’ll tell you the rest when I introduce the series.
4. I’ve been tossing around the idea of changing my gallery up again. It’s always last on my list of things to do because it’s such a brain-labor intensive task. I’ve even been considering a new :gasp: color scheme. I’ll paint for a while, first.
5. I’m glad to be painting again. My zone and I have missed eachother – it’s a place where I “chill”, where the paint flows, where it just happens. It feels like one of those warp dimension doors (think Sliders) that you’re nervous as heck to jump into, but once you do it’s a great ride and you end up somewhere really interesting.
6. I completed another custom illustration this week too, for a blog design, but I can’t show you that one until the blog goes live. It’s really cool, and I’m going to love having it out there. It’s part of my “new toon” style.
7. So, see? I’ve been really busy this week.
8. I’ll finish the other cat portrait today, you can come back later to see it if you’d like.
9. Spring has sprung, and my good friend’s snow is going to be melting soon. I’m excited to start working on that project, too.
10. I’m totally procrastinating my morning workouts this week because it’s Spring Break. My children have beaten a record every single day, consecutively, on how much earlier in the morning they can bicker than the previous morning. It’s such a fun week! Lots of sunshine and love at my house! Really! I love Spring Break! I kid. They sleep in, so I still get up early to work out, I just enjoy the non-sweaty silence for a smidge longer. (A smidge = 1 hour.)
11. I’ve been thinking alot about good old friends who have gotten busy on me, and I wonder if they stop by by blog anymore. If you are one of them, you know who you are, say hey – wouldjya? I’m thinking about you, yes – you!
12. We decided to tear down the carport, for those of you wondering the answer to that question. Dumpsters are cheaper – and the thing is a mess! Hopefully we can do that in the next month or so. Also, the other answers are (in no particular order), Bambi, iodine, $125, and no. Just in case you were wondering.
13. I only have one question this week – what is your definition of “a while”? When someone says “I’ll talk to you in a while”, how long do you expect to wait? If you say to someone “I haven’t seen you in a while!”, How long has it been?
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Joey : Cat Portrait Complete
March
21
2006
Joey’s portrait is complete! It will take a few days for the painting to dry before I varnish and scan the details for you to see in a finished state. It’s a little bitty 4×4 painting, as you might be able to tell from the quarter sitting beside it.
Last Year…
March
21
2006
Last year, my hubby was just home from Iraq. I was looking this morning for a photograph I took last spring and ran across some entries that I thought I’d share on the anniversary of his Homecoming:
A Must Read : My thoughts on his impending arrival, and thanks to a bunch of people I pink puffy heart (and still do)!
Boots on the Ground
Riley’s Portrait : Part of a vacation donation special I ran to fund our Disney trip, Riley’s portrait was still wet when Mark arrived home.
Thor & Oz were still wet, too. Man I love that piece. Birds are really difficult to paint, I pulled that one out in a rush – and it rocks.
This is the last monochromatic I did, right before we left on our first ever family vacation, a purple monochromatic portrait of an artist friend of mine, Tigerpixie. I need to do more of these, they’re a lot of fun!
A Thank you from my Hubby to everyone.
Last, but not least, what I was looking for. Snow on March 23rd, and I caught it with my (then) new camera. The snow has fallen once again this year, after Spring has been “called”. I am not fond of snow. Not one little bit.
I’m all done reminiscing now, a year has passed since he returned and we’re all good. He’s still serving in the Army National Guard and we’re still doing what we do, only now we’re planning our second vacation! I’m thankful he made it home safe & sound, and I’m grateful he’s not the only man – and we’re not the only family – willing to step up to the plate when we’re needed and sacrifice whatever we need to sacrifice to help people in a much less fortunate situation. I’m also grateful for the people of Iraq who appreciate our mission. These are much louder voices – and very real faces – to our men & women who tough it out over there in conditions we would never tolerate even for the poorest of the poor here in the States. My thoughts & prayers continue to go to all of them.
Happy Homecoming Anniversary to my hubby & his unit!
Wedding Portrait : WIP #3
March
20
2006
(Colors vary from previous WIP shots because I ran out of daylight.)
