A Whale of a Tale.

Finding inspiration for painting

is essential. 

I tend to save all my projects,

as you've seen,

til I have a month or so to get them done.

Rapidly painting out pieces can cause me to have

creativity anemia.

Having several avenues to be mentally sparked

is helpful.

My newest form, of late, is Pinterest.

While rummaging through some painted images the other week,

I came upon this one.

 Image from Pinterest.com

My New England heritage was stirred,

and I remembered I had just the right thing to paint it on.

I'd found an old wooden model trunk at the second hand store

for a few dollars,

I roughed out the shape using a charcoal pencil.

 After base-coating and shading the whale

 the project was set aside

until I could figure out what I wanted to do to finish it.

 A few days later,

this idea bubbled up,

and I found just the right verse for it:

 I finished it off with some clear and brown wax

and now it's at the Open house craft sale.

If it doesn't sell,

there's a little boy in our house who may receive it

for some of his small toys to live in.

Linking up to:

Miss Mustardseed.com
 Funky Junk Interiors
Between Naps on the Porch
A Bowl Full of Lemons