Be the Turtle
Happy November everyone! 🦃🍂🍁🦃 October was a busy, yet exciting month for me! I hope all of you had a great beginning to the Autumn season as well 💛 I'm excited to say that I will FINALLY be wrapping up my El Morro Castle commission very soon! I'm now at 130 hours and over 5 months. I know what you're probably thinking because it's been on my mind too- Wow, 5 months?? That's a long time! Trust me, I've been beating myself up about it. I feel like I've spent more time fixing mistakes than actually making headway with this one. However, I have to keep telling myself that I'm still learning, and that this particular painting is really freaking difficult! There's no rhyme or reason to this castle, it was forged out of a cliffside, has been destroyed and rebuilt more times than anyone could truly know. The light in the referance photo is at high noon, which makes capturing the complex angles even more difficult. The top photo is my...