Finally finished the oil painting family portrait and hopefully I'll have a photograph of it for people to see over the next couple of days. Completed a couple of TAFE courses too - Certificate II Business and Certificate II IT Tools For New Media.

Although I'm not sure how I feel about Christmas generally, I am excited by the creative possibilities it brings... Some time to work on little personal projects (which have all but fallen by the wayside) and new tools and mediums to play with. I bought myself a box of 150 Prismacolor Pencils. I happen to know some Christmas presents I'll be receiving include paints and brushes and canvas paper pads and gold and silver leaf.

Bought a new sketchbook too. The covers are wrapped in canvas so you can paint on them. Thus far I've covered the front cover with a couple of coats of Payne's Grey but not really sure where it'll go...

Hope you have an opportunity to recharge your creative batteries. Thanks for reading.