Tree mural...done?

 Well, yeah, I'm calling it done.  I can easily rattle off five things I'd like to change or work on some more, but I am done with this section of the mural. I think I got it to a state where it looks attractive and the family I am painting it for can be very satisfied with it; I will only work on it some more if they tell me otherwise.

Egg dying at the Gilbert's

NCAAW, U of L vs. Purdue

"Horse & Jockey 3" pen & ink

11 x 14" on cold press watercolor paper.

Mark's Madness! Brackets!

Horse & Jockey prints

I just had reproductions run. This is the first time I have done this via offset printing; I had them run digitally before. I am very pleased with the results. I feel that there is a good range of tone and subtlety in the prints.

Tree Mural, in progress

I'm not far from completing another section of the play room mural I started for someone last year. This is in the same room as the giant Crayola box.  They asked for a tree in this corner, and left the rest up to me.  I liked the idea of putting in something extra colorful, so I chose macaws. I had planned out a mountainous background, but the water was a spur-of-the-moment idea.

 This isn't actually the most up-to-date photo. Last night I put a lot of work into the tree trunk and limbs, giving them a little more color and dimension.  I must get a good photo of the trunk as it is now, because I think it's my favorite thing about the painting.

Next I will add tall grass to the area between the tree and the water, and then some touching up, then I'll be done!

Silver

In the refrigerator change box at work today, right on top: a well-worn 1956 Canadian quarter, .8000 fine silver. That makes the second silver quarter I've found in the past few months.