he held her like a seashell

I loved the color inspiration for the July-August

http://wordspaintery.blogspot.se/

challenge - see the swatch above

and the seashell story inspiration

so I went with that idea

the canvas has multiple layers of gesso and paints

the heart is canvas onto which I glued

shells, coral, and buttons

the rest is a mix of this and that of elements

that seemed to want to be part of this layout

Since I last posted

a new month has begun

and I have started working on an online

drawing and painting class with Kate Thompson

on Jeanne Oliver's website

the class is Children of the Wild

I have been practicing painting animals

and really enjoying the class

you'll be seeing more from it soon

thanks for stopping by

ttfn