Finished Roofing

Hope everyone had a great thanksgiving. My husband, how does not like heights is setting on the roof with his dad helping to take a few peices of decking off.

We spent Wednesday stripping the front of our roof. I am resting after a full day of clearing two layers of roofing off. Thursday morning we put the plastic tar paper down. Then on Saterday and Sunday we put the new metal up.  It is not totally done but at least today, in the cold air I can start working in my art studio again.

God bless you and remember that Jesus and his kindness is the reason for the season.

Farmers Attitude

Well painting has been out of the question. You see our roof needs to be striped and metal roofing put on. Well a farm says that he can do it himself and that is just what we have done. My farther, mom, me  and my husband have half the roof striped and all the trim fixed. In another week the other half will be done. If I get a chance though I will paint next week.

The reason for no pictures is I buried my camera this week. No I did not drop it off the side of the house (but I thought about it when it stopped working). So I am looking for my little point and shot that someone put up for safe keeping. We all know how that goes.

Well have a blessed week and remember no matter how crazy your family is....time is limited with them. Spend your time wisely and try to enjoy their company.

First Craft Show

Well Everyone has a first, first word, first steps, first day to school. My first craft show was the same very interesting and a great learning curve. I met some great people and enjoyed a beautiful day.

What a treat

Last Sunday finished the planting season for wheat and now we are watching a green fuzzy carpet come up where the ground once lay bare. This is my girl in the drill during lunch break. She had to have one more play in the seed before it went gone gone.

I was lucky enough to be granted a scholarship to go to Quartz Mountain Art institute. We worked for four days on making art. I learned from great artist and met old and new friends. We had a blast laughing together and working til dark thirty making wonderful art.

Well dark is coming and the chores are not done. I will show you more painting next week.

God Bless.

Cluttered Overload

Hove you ever been there? I had A few days off from work and my fun was to paint and finish the combine. My girl and I got into the studio yesterday afternoon. Early enough that I could get a lot done and I could not even turn around. I know it is fall but I had to spring clean.

Yanking everything out into the yard I went through it and trashed a lot of stuff. Also I decided I would finally put some sticky tiles in to my my floor work better. Well  painting may have to wait but my room will be a whole lot nicer to work in. Sometime life just bucks a little. Cinch down and hold on, the ride will at least be worth bragging about later.

God Bless

Planting Fever

All the farmers I know have caught it. Symptoms include the hurry-up-and-get-it-done attitude, staying out late, dusty clothes, and if rain comes the pace-your-house-til-the-field-dries-out.  Don't worry if farming does not run in your blood than don't worry because you can't catch it.

Around here planting fever comes around winter wheat season but I hear it hits other areas during different planting times during a year. The nice part comes in about two weeks (if we are lucky and without break downs) the fever breaks and life returns to normal, as normal as a farmer's life can be.

Well I did steal a little time away to work in my studio  I add the wheat in the forground and made it get smaller as it got further back. This is turning out cool.

I added some washes to help set the tone down but it made a mess. Well let it dry and think about how to fix. All mistakes lead to success with time.

God Bless.

Working on the combine I need really good references. These were taken on a sunny day. They are close ups of the same machine that my husband is running in the painting I am working on.

This on would be great for reference but I did not consider the shade. Well life goes on.

Back in the studio I start working the combine up. I use bright colors and exaggerate the image. This way when I add the shadow wash over the combine it will have more value to it. I always work up the important part and let it rest for a day. A fresh start always allows me a new perspective on the work.

If you are curios about my work here is my website.

http://www.nicholelorenzen.com/

God Bless.