the inspiration

I have been painting in watercolor for many years. Recently I was inspired to get into oil for a couple of reasons. My older daughter asked me to paint an oil portrait of Grace, her daughter, and around the same time I discovered Duane Keiser's wonderful blog about daily painting. I didn't complete the portrait in one day but I sure did work on it every day! Both ideas were inspiring and fun and I have been painting in oil ever since. As for blogging, I am a novice but I can thank my younger daughter who has been at it for quite a while...check out her blog at http://girloliver.blogspot.com/