Changing Palletes

The wheat is beginning to become fuzz on the plowed field. It is reaching upward and casting a slight green tent to the red clay. Though it is not all planted the growth of the first half is a welcome sight and the rain that came is the blessing we needed to get the second half of the wheat in.

While we wait patiently I have been working on paintings and preparing boards. Since my life involves painting at school, home, the farm and where ever I can carve out a few minutes. My supplies must travel. The old pallette I had was a great start up but it did not last. The hinge broke and it became like traveling with a fragile vase. Scared it was going to shatter and leave me stranded with nothing to work on.

So I splerged on a new one. This one is metal and is hopefully up for the task of going places. It is more compact and has square cups instead of slanting areas for the paint. The slanting areas just helped to mix the paint for me as I traveled around the dirt roads.

Time will tell if my treasure is worth it but a girls gotta paint, any chance she gets.

Hope to see ya'll at the Chili Cook off in McLoud Oklahoma.

God Bless.

Finish Painting a Patriotic Tractor

Last weekend I was able to visit the big town of Chickasha home of the fighting chickens. I met some amazing people. The day was pretty and the people that came through my booth were very pleasant. It was fun.

I added some more layers onto the Patriotic painting and got the background and under-layers painted.

Then I glazed it.

Last but not least I pulled all the mask off and then soften the stark white left behind.

When I put it on Facebook, someone asked to buy it within the hour. That just tells me that America is going strong and Tractors still hold a spot in many peoples heart.

Painting myself Patriotic

Well if you have read my last blog than you know we have 72 piles of ashes to feed. (Smile) The good news is the insurance check is already here and we are about to scatter the ashes and re-stack the remaining hay. The Silver lining is that not one other bale combusted which means we did not loose anymore hay. The picture is from last week as I plowed. 

We were working at getting wheat in the field which means that I spent my time in the other tractor preparing the soil. Saturday it rained and we had one field planted. My hubby was happy.

 Sunday we worked cows. We gave them a shot to prevent disease, like the flu shot. They also got new earrings or numbered tags that tell us which cow is which. 80 black cows are hard to tell apart especially in the dark.

I have stole a little time away to paint this week. I am working on a patriotic painting that I took at 4th of July parade. It just said what I needed right now. The people will pull together and get something accomplished.

May God bless you in all your celebrations and trials.