Beginning in February of 2014 when I was very much great with child, I took the Bloom True Ecourse with Flora Bowley and here is the journey one of my canvases went on during that class. It took a little over a year to complete since my youngest boy was born that next month and my eldest turned two not long after.
From wild beginnings of blindfold painting to some Jimi Hendrix...
To more wildness...
To, "I don't know where this is going, but it sure is fun!"
To help from a 22 month old....
To a few days before I gave birth...
To trying out possible imagery with a newborn strapped to me....
To madness again after the baby was a month old...
To, "What the heck is this and will this canvas ever be finished?"..
To, "This is the ugliest thing I've ever seen".....
To (that same day) "Hallelujah, now this is going somewhere!"
To seeing light at the end of the tunnel in July 2014 when Bloomers around the globe were all painting the same day...
To trying out new things with the left side...
To 7 months later, getting a kid free afternoon on my birthday to finish this puppy up...
And here she is!
Blessed I am❤️💜💚💛
It takes patience to paint and lots of patience to be a mom. But I can attest that it takes 1,000x more patience to paint while you have two little boys 24/7!
So many times this canvas was calling my name to finish it but I knew I had to carve out plenty of time to enjoy the process. Now to make some time for my other three awkward teenager canvases mocking me every time see them!
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