Happy new year and what I'm working on. (Patreon)

Hi everyone,

Happy 2020! I hope you are all happy and well.

As you know we are suffering over here from a horrendous drought and catastrophic bush fires. Thank you for all of your concern and good wishes. We are safe here on the mid north coast of NSW where I live but I wish I could say the same for the people down south. Thank you very much for thinking of us.

I have spent the last few days of 2019 and the beginning of 2020 working on some new tutorials for you. I am working on a Bald Eagle for all the intermediate/advanced painters and I am also working on a fairly simple pen and wash dragonfly tutorial for my beginners. They will be ready soon. I am trying to do the voice over for them but my sweet husband Dom is still on holidays from work and he's busy out on the verandah roof, painting fascia and eaves (see last photo). You'd think this would be a quiet endeavor with just soft strokes of the paint brush........but no......... there is drilling and hammering and singing to John Mayer involved. So I'm getting a little frustrated because I have to keep re-recording my voice.

I have lots planned for 2020 tutorials including and not limited to, a koala, international birds (crane, heron, stork, owl, penguin, flamingo etc) and Australian birds ...(kookaburras, magpies, parrots etc), elephant, giraffe,  lots of flowers, some fish, some succulents, fruits and veggies. I also want to try my hand at some simple landscapes and portraits if I have time. 

I have a few tutorials that I made for YouTube before I started here on Patreon that patrons have asked about such as the Stellar Jay, the Crested Pigeons, the King Parrot and my Dalmatian. The tutorials on YouTube are not full length nor are they completely in depth so as long as I have all of the footage recorded I can make some full length - in depth tutorials of those paintings as well for you.

I have lots to do! I just popped in to let you know that I am thinking of you all and I am busy working for you. Thank you again for your patronage. Your support is very much appreciated.

Stay safe.

Louise

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