Magnify for the Artist's Playroom

I am amazed that I could put up anything

for the Artist's Playroom this week,

as the evil dreaded lurgy

snuck up and gave me a rotten

belly.

The dreaded lurgy is such a nasty little devil,

he doesn't give you any warning,

just bam

and you're down for the count.

Two days wasted

and I didn't even lose any weight!

My poor belly is still a little squidgy,

so my work is also a bit squidgy.

They say you paint what you feel.

Now that I have had my whinge,

here is my entry in this weeks

Artist's Playroom.

The theme this week is magnify.

It's a water droplet on the petals of a flower.

I normally would have smoothed the colours out

but ran out of time.  

Sunny Queensland has let me down again 

and it is pouring with rain and dark

so the picture isn't terribly accurate.

It is actually a richer colour

but you get the idea.

Here are a few snapshots

of the stages of the painting.

The first stage, rough in colours.

Refining the shapes, looks like a bunch of bananas.

Getting there, water drop going in and paper bending!

I'm a bit of a cheapskate

and instead of having a drawing board

and using masking tape to hold the paper down.

I just hold it until it curls too much

then use heaps of blue tack

to keep that sucker under control.

This week I also said goodbye to the ATC's

I have been making for the great swap

over at the Stamping Ground.

These little guys are now winging

their way around the globe to their new owners.

Hope they like them.

Since I actually finished a painting this week

I am also linking to Paint Party Friday.

Why not hop on over to 

Jenn's Artist Playroom

and 

Paint Party Friday

to see what everyone has been up to.