Been away for awhile.

Haven't been posting for awhile.  I've written 3 children's picture book stories over the past two years and spent some time sprucing them up and getting two of them off to a few publishers this past month.  I'm really excited about the last story I wrote:  "The Littlest Snowflake", which I think will make a great Christmas story for children.  I just hope a publisher will like it as much as I do.  Wish me luck!

I've also taken out my easel and oil paints and started painting again.  I've started a 16" x 16" painting of a tiger's head which is much harder than I thought.  I'm struggling with getting the fur texture to look like real fur.  There have been a lot of attempts and a lot of rubouts but with persistence and patience I will finish it.  I love wild animals and cats and dogs as well.  Every time I see a good photo of an animal I have visions of me painting it on canvas.  Well, we'll see what happens with this one.