what came first?

was it the chicken or the egg?  or maybe the cow? 

a few months ago i was "hired" by my friends Mabel and Craig to do a painting for their soon to be born baby's room.  i was a little hesitant at first... wasn't sure what they had in mind.  i like to pretend to be artsy but i'm not the most creative person in the world.  if left to my own abilities.. i usually sway towards what i consider to be abstract art.  i take after my dad...  

although i was hesitant, i was honoured to be asked and was trying to find confidence in applying what skills i had with whatever Mabel and Craig had in mind.  i thought, well, i guess this will give me a chance to really try and get inspired and come up with something amazing.... but luckily, they had something specific in mind! ha!  phew... i honestly relieved!

so it's sort of this cartoony type picture.  much more down my alley... it's a picture of a cow and a chicken looking down on an egg with cow spots.  a very cute picture and idea... one borrowed from a t-shirt design from http://www.threadless.com/.  i actually have a shirt with this design and love it so will definitely have fun re-creating it. 

the reason they chose this portrait is because Craig is Caucasian and Mabel is Filipino and they figured this is the best representation of what there child will be.  i laughed!  loved the idea!  the real challenge... enlarging the picture to fit onto a 30in by 40in canvas!!

anyway, i've been very busy now that i've decided to join the Gorging Dragons... training 5-6 days a week.  it's been hard trying to find time to actually get started... luckily the baby isn't due until July so i have some time.  finally last weekend i was able to set aside a few hours to get started... haven't done much more than paint the background colour but it took 4 coats of paint for it to finally look smooth so i think it was a pretty good start.



no fancy equipment for me





first coat...