Gremlins and scary painting for WOYWW

I thought I had missed a couple of weeks

with my blog and wow it's been over 

a month since I last annoyed you all.

Can't have that now can we.

(Warning, lots of catching up to do so WOYWWer's

are welcome to look at desk and run..while you can)

Actually it's me who's been annoyed.

Annoyed by the mess gremlins.

These are the tidier shots, you should see what's on

the floor in the corner.

Now I know what you're thinking...  she's just made the mess

all by herself.  Well I protest.... okay, so maybe some

of it is me but most is those pesky

messy gremlins.

Just look at the ground sheet all wavied up and

trippy overy squishy crumpled.  

There's no way I could have done all that.

I just walk carefully (cough, cough) around from table

to table.  Those gremlins come in at night when I'm not 

around and play twister - I'm sure of it.

And they go into my other room 

and throw paper around onto the floor. 

Those pesky beasts even got into my washing machine

the other day and it wouldn't stop filling.

Of course that happened while I was taking Little Miss

to school, so the floors and anything within a fifty mile radius

had a really thorough clean.

Not content to mess up my washing machine they then

attacked my kettle, which has started leaking water

all over the base plate.

I tell you, they are trying to get me.

I'll either drown while doing the washing,

get electrocuted while making a cuppa or

trip over and clunk my head while walking in my art room.

If anyone knows how to make those devils leave

I'd like to hear from you.

I've finished a few paintings since I last posted,

there was the commission piece 

(which is the reason for my absence from the blogosphere)

The dull green is actually a lovely turquoise in real life, just can't get the camera to see it.

 Then I finished my bird painting

and I'm a bit further with my other bird painting

Lots of squidly didlyness there but still a long way to go.

You can see my hanging bird in the second picture up the top.

He's looking really scary cos his face is in it's underwear.

I've just started mapping it out and he's rather naked

and scary looking.

Speaking of scary, I'm currently doing the 

most scary thing ever.

A portrait of my girls ( cue Phycho shower scene violin music).

Now don't panic, I'm not going to plaster them all over the

 screen and turn you off in droves, you know the Oh no,

 not another mother putting up the kids photos, sort of thing.

I'm a bit funny about them being up for the world to

 look at so I don't put any photos of them up or paintings.

Not that I'm blowing my own horn and saying that

 it is a great likeness or anything...mainly cos it isn't

 and boy is it hard  to draw them.

I've waffled on a bit already so I'll tell you all about

the pain that is my portrait painting next week.

Of course that's assuming I haven't lost my temper

and put my foot through it.

Now you've heard my long winded tale,

why not hop over to

Julia's Stamping Ground

and see what the others have been up to 

on their desks.

I need a cuppa....just hope I don't get a free perm doing it!