baby steps...almost done

I got in a little more time on this one last night.  Kind of embarrassing how many days I've been painting on this little piece, but if you only get 1/2 hour to an hour of time each session, then it'll take a while I guess. Trick is to keep on painting when I can.
Here is an update.

more progress

Not much time to paint last night...but I got about an hour in and every little bit of painting helps!
I'm starting to think, just paint every day no matter how long. Even a half hour can be productive.
So with that in mind, here is a shot of where I ended last night.

Work In Progress

I'm not sure if anyone ever stops by this blog anymore, but after 10 years of focusing on other things, I have not been able to let go of the "need" to learn to be a better oil painter. As proof that I am again entering the fight, here is a work in progress.  Loose and rather timid, but oil on a board is progress.
I hope to have more updates and progress soon, so if you want to watch the progress, please check back. Any words of encouragement would be warmly welcomed!

I'm still alive...

I'm still alive...
and I'm going to try to start posting here again!

I've always wanted to be a real painter, but have had a hard time in the past deciding what to paint.
I try this subject and then that subject, always with this underlying need/pressure to find my voice as a painter. I feel like I have made a little progress in the past, improving at painting, but when I don't get the results I see in my head, I get frustrated and stop painting.  Sometimes for years. I'm lucky that I get some creative fulfillment at my 9-5 job, but still the desire to become a competent oil painter is always there nagging at me.  So I'm picking up my brushes once more.  I feel like I'm starting from the very beginning. If there is anyone out there that reads this, please wish me luck...and stop back to view my failures and hopefully some successes as well.  I have set goals...