Cowgirl on her Paint Horse/ Watercolor on a full sheet of Arches By Debbie Flood

Today I worked on the Cowgirl & Paint Horse watercolor. Darkened the sky even more and added cloud shadows. I've been working on that sky for quite awhile now. This paper takes a lot of glazes to get the degree of color I want. Lots more glazing needed than the watercolor board I typically work with. It's like painting a sponge..lol 

I also worked on the upper half of the cowgirl. I'm enjoying starting to apply the sunlight upon her hat and hair. 

I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas. I had a lot of fun with family and my kids. 

This week the kids are on school vacation, so I have been mostly cleaning out the studio. Really, how many cardboard frame boxes does one need to save? I had them stored up in a crawl space over the studio. I have a cathedral ceiling, but the half over my son's room is the storage area. I cleaned those boxes out of there and was able to have enough room to get 'stuff' off the studio floor! Foot room now! So much nicer to be able to move in there without taking a header into something! And there is now room for my dog to stretch out in the sunshine that comes streaming in (on sunny days!) hmmm...something else for me to trip over! lol  At least the boxes will be recycled and used again somewhere else. Don't worry, I still have more...stored out of the studio! 

Wishing you all a Happy and Prosperous New Year! 2011 is going to be one awesome year for me....I can feel it! 

Debbie