Today was such a wonderful today. I ate lots of tacos at my dad’s house, hit up several thrift stores, bought four new (used) books, got a new summer dress, and bought six new wine glasses at the dollar store because our collection has severely diminished over the past few months.
The majority of the day however I spent over at my sisters new place painting with her. I hadn’t planned on painting, but when I got there we both really wanted to. She gave me all the supplies I needed; a 12×16 sheet of canvas, lots of brushes, and acrylic paints. I used to paint only in acrylics, but about eight months ago switched over to oils. I can not even begin to tell you how tough a time I had today working with the acrylics! I think I am going to complete the painting with oils. I seem to work much faster in them now.
This painting is from a photo of a young girl by the name of Maria White, taken in 1864. It was taken by Charles Dodgson, and is one of my very favorite of his photographs.
I have one of his photography books. So amazing!!