“My 12th MBN painting, which became one of the most gratifying. After finishing a painting I place
it in our library/tv den for a few weeks where I view it from a chair seven feet away. While painting
a foot away from my eyes I do not comrehend what I have accomplished until it is seven feet away. I discover parts of the painting that I did not remember painting. This painting required many hours, nevertheless, not more difficult than any of the other 11 MBN I have painted. Again, a most gratifying painting upon completion.”
“This painting was nearly my Waterloo, but in the end it came out really well. I’ve done many MBN paintings, but this one has a lot of “perspective” and covers a long distance from foreground to background. It looked choppy and there were so many tiny spots with so many colours of green! The image didn’t come alive and slowly emerge as I’ve become used to, and it looked choppy and badly painted to me no matter how many times I went back and repainted sections. I nearly gave up, but a professional framer looked at it and said, “That’s how perspective art always looks up close! Stand back. You’ll like it!” Okay, but who wants to put 10 feet of obstacles in front of your hung painting so no one will look closely? But he said, “Mat it, and use a rustic frame. You’ll really like it.” And he was right! Now I love it! Who knew?!”
“Completed in 63 hours but made a few extra changes. Name and address on fence posts, cross on barn, cardinal in bird bath and changed the wheelbarrow .”
“This is one of my favorite pictures that I have done. I love the way the grass looked after the whole picture was done. It was not the easiest to do but so worth it!”
“I am finally finished with this one. A lot of fine detail but I love doing these- I love to crank up Audible and listen to books and paint. The more detail, the better. I bought extra paint and still ran out of #7 paint so I've come to the conclusion that I use too much. Anyway, very grateful I found this site.”
