Back into the groove

It feels almost like the holidays with as many custom orders I am getting. Its pretty nice, that after years of painting that I am now busy during a "normally slow season". Winter/Spring of the new year is always the slowest part of my business, but not this year,(Yay!).
I am winding down in my personal work day life and getting ready to hit the road. I am excited to start a new adventure, plus I will have a lot more time to paint in the coming weeks, which is good, since I do have a lot of orders.
It would be a whole lot better if the places I am going would warm up a bit or stop raining. I swear, ever place I look at its raining or going to rain. I need the sun! Part of me, just wants to head straight down to the Gulf coast.
Last year at this time, I was in Florida and got to enjoy sitting outside in the sun, painting. Natural light is always the best to paint in. I just have to have patience for the coming months. I am hoping that the rains let up a bit and the sun will start peaking out, the green will start showing up and the birds will be back. I am so ready for Spring warmth.
Because of my work schedule, I only get about one ornament done a week. I finally finished up two ornaments I have been working on. I posted the first one last week in my blog, but here are the two of them finally finished, sent off to their owner. She wanted a grey background as the dogs are mainly white. I do think it makes the white pop.

I am now working on a set of four ornaments. One I painted a while back, but unfortunately, these ornaments are glass and it broke, so the customer wanted me to paint her dog again. I don't mind, but as with anything handmade, it won't look exactly like the original one. I have had my fair share of the ornaments break on me and it feels like a punch in the gut. 

I have one commission coming up next month that I am excited to start on. The customer has a very old heirloom frame that she wants me to make a polymer clay pendant to tuck inside and then paint her dog on it. It is a beautiful frame too. I love when I get unusual requests and can pretty much paint on anything or work with most items. I will be posting the progress. 

Well I am going to take advantage of today, it is actually sunny outside, and paint in the sunshine..through my window, because its still really cold outside. One day I will be outside painting..one day. ;)