Yesterday (Monday) was my day off. I try really hard to not schedule anything on Mondays since I work most weekends and it’s usually the only day off I get. But yesterday, instead of laying around catching up on my rest and house work I went to visit my friends at Sanders Ranch (Battlefield Equestrian Center).
It’s owned by Kim Sanders, one of the girls that comes to paint Pet Portraits once a quarter with the group from Centerville area. We always have such a great time. While I have been to her place once she invited me to come back to paint. So I did. What a fun day.
I got two paintings started which I will share with you as soon as I complete them but even better than that I got tons of reference photos of the animals and barns. It’s like a petting zoo there with all the fun and friendly animals…..donkey, horses, dogs, cats, sheep, chickens, turkey…. What fun! Thanks again Kim. I loved it.
Here is a variation on the barn posted yesterday. It’s a subtle difference with this one having a little larger flag. For the Paint Party on September 2nd you can choose the version you prefer to paint. Come join us and give it a try. 
Lately I have been fascinated with Barn Quilts. I don’t know why but I love how they look. So I thought we might try a painting of a barn with a quilt design…and then who know, we may end up making our own barn quilt to hang on a barn or shed. Wouldn’t that be fun?! (The Barn Quilt Paint Party will be on Tuesday, April 4th. 
Yesterday we had a terrific paint party with a full house painting fabulous winter barn scenes! Great work everyone.
Since the winter scene that we are going to do at the January 1st Saturday Paint Party sold out so quickly I was asked to do another winter scene for February’s 1st Saturday Paint Party….so here it is. This is the one we will do on February 4th. 
