I've been keeping a secret from my guy which is something I do not usually do but this one is special and I'm hoping to surprise him, in a good way, with what I've been doing and the secret I've kept.
I decided to get back to painting and being quite out of practice didn't really like what I painted. It wasn't all that bad but I wasn't happy with my color mixing and brushstrokes which appeared a little heavy handed; I wasn't surprised considering it's been a year or so since I last painted but I kept painting until I felt more comfortable I'd regained some of my former skill.
I'm not a great painter but I enjoy it which is exactly my reason for painting in the first place and rediscovering some skill felt nice.
I took this image
Several weeks ago I decided it was time to start painting something for my lovely man and I began on a piece depicting a forest clearing and a small campsite with two people, my guy and myself, sitting at a campfire. The idea is to give it to him for his work office and I wanted it to be a secret.
It's been weeks of work and I'm getting to the point where I'm almost complete and I think it's looking really nice. It looks comfortable and cosy - a lovely campsite in a forest clearing with us offset to one side slightly sitting closely together and the glow of the campfire illuminating us and the pine trees around us. I'm so pleased with how I painted the light glowing on the trees that gradually gets dimmer as the trees rise higher above the fire.
Painting it has taken a while because I wanted to hide that I was doing it to keep the surprise but my guy travels for work a bit so I painted when he was away and sometimes on days when I was not working and he was. It has been a really enjoyable process and I'm excited to give him the gift which I think he will really like.
I'll be giving it to him this weekend, I just want to have a last good look at it on Friday and make sure I'm totally satisfied it is as good as I can do and on Saturday night I'll give it to him. I m so excited.
Becca 💗