Crazy week, busy Saturday...

Relaxing Sunday. But before I tell you about our relaxing day today, I just want to share with you my week until now. All week I have been running around like a chicken without a head, just so much to do and get done, it really has been one of those mad hatter weeks... Work, painting, more work, meetings and running around getting stuff, groceries, driving the kids to their extra activities. And top of it all I have been dealing with my allergies and food intolerance issues, having to make huge changes to my diet {again} and it has been super hard to find the right foods. It just feels now like no matter what I do I just cant win, and I'm so sick of feeling tired and sick in my stomach, fighting head aches and sore joints... Not to mention the brain fog, ughhhh!!!
However!!! on the positive side I have found a way to make something that kind of look like bread and the taste is livable if not kind of good, but Boy, are they ever so time consuming to make. Saturday I worked all day for the art group {for an upcoming art show}, and it was fun but was I ever beat after. And I got my paintings in on time : )

And here they are, top one is "Passionate Spirit" mixed media on paper, and the one below is "Standing Ovation" also mixed media but on canvas. I like drawing hands, but haven't done it as often as I would like to do it and it really shows, I so need to get back to it. I'm okay with the hands on the ends, but the one in the middle I'm not happy with it {didn't have time to fix it before it was due}.

Hard to take picture of {due to size} and I just noticed my foot got in the picture too. Below is more detail pictures, see what I mean about the hands?

And then our relaxing Sunday {Ahhhhhhhhhh}, its super cold here and its so cold that Charlie refused to go out for a walk {don't blame him}. So inside we stayed in and just took it easy, and while Charlie watched "Lassie" on TV, I painted a bit {both of us under a blanket}.

And this is what I painted, I'm not sure if you don't know this. But I love old barns, I love how they look, the designs, colours, texture, the weathered look and the amazing history of them. And the whole thought of the hard work that went in to build them. Every one of them have so much to tell us about the past, how they sheltered the animals and stored farm equipment and food. And sadly, many barns today are left empty and abandoned, sure they look beautiful with the weathered wood and rusted roofs. But when they fall down, they'll be gone forever.
I drove by this barn a few times last year, and finally one day I had to stop and take pictures. And today I drew and painted it using a new water colour book I got for Christmas, I love the size of it 6" x 12" {Strathmore Watercolour, cold press}, and this book I'm going to keep for barns only.

Any hoo, back to my {our} relaxing Sunday, sitting under a big fluffy blanket and watch a movie and try to paint another barn.