Masquerade for APR

This weeks theme for The Artist's Playroom

is masquerade and I have made it 

by the skin of my teeth.

I think in my case the masquerade is that I am a housewife,

my husband says I never do any housework.

It's not that I don't want to do it,

it's just that other more important things keep cropping up,

like art and more art and a bit more art.

I really did have good intentions of doing the housework today

and then the pool was full of leaves (from my neighbours tree, grr)

and I had to clean them out, 

then the nice lady, who I'm doing a pet portrait for rang

and I entered the art room to discuss the portrait and never left.

It's not really my fault.

Of course while I was in here

I decided that I would quickly do something

for APR, that quickly turned into an hour

and now I have to do this post, then it will be school pick up time.

Housework nil, art wins again!!

You'd think my husband would

 hire a house cleaner,

it would make my life easier!

I had intended to make the eyes scary

but they turned out feminine

and then I was going to leave them pencil,

but they were too pale,

so I inked them

but they were too dark,

so I coloured them blue

and that's the end of that!

The school holidays are over

and let's hope

life returns to normal next week.

I can take off my mummy mask

and put on my artist mask,

(notice I didn't say housewife).

Ah, the masquerade.

Well that's me, so why don't you

hop on over to Jen's

Artist's Playroom

and see what the others have done

for masquerade.