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to fly 6 x 6 oil on panel click here to purchase what if i fall oh but my darling what if you fly when i started this blog in 2010 i had a one year old a 5 year old and an 8 year old now i have a 9 year old an almost 13 year old and an almost 16 year old my children are no longer babies no longer toddlers no longer needing my help so much or needing their noses wiped or wanting to cuddle with me on the couch there are no more days spent holding little hands to guide their first steps and getting sloppy kisses from spaghetti covered faces they are growing up and therefore growing further away from me as they should it s part of the plan of life they re supposed to grow up and live their own life and it s my job to prepare them for that but it s so very hard to live through the hardest thing i ve ever been called to do now i recognize this is a little melodramatic of course my kids still need me i still need my mom and i m 36 years old of course i still get kisses but far fewer and mostly from the nine year old bless his heart but they are getting ready someday not too far from this day to leave our nest our beautifully crazily happy love filled home and this my friends is breaking my heart i don t quite know how to navigate this time in my life how many rules and boundaries are too many they have to make their own choices don t they they have to live their own life be accountable for choices and decisions they make i try my best to guide and direct them gently with all the love i have and whatever small amounts of wisdom i have too but is it enough is it too much where is the dang manual that tells you how to be a parent to a 16 year old i don t know what i m doing here i m just trying to love them as hard as possible so that they know it every single second of their lives that it might guide them to make the right choices to be safe to fly instead of fall so all of that to say that this painting hits me hard on a deep level our children learn to fly from us we prepare them for life outside our home that is our purpose and calling as parents and we have to have the faith that when the time comes they will not fall but fly as they were meant to as we ve prepared them to their whole lives it s a leap of faith and we have to have that faith with them posted by crystal cook at 9 12 am 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels colorful daily painting daily paintings family figurative figurative art figure painting impressionism motivational mondays parent and child monday september 18 2017 heat seeker heat seeker click here to purchase i can pretty much always count on two things when it comes to painting 1 it will take longer than i think it will amiright 2 i will always choose the subject with the most beautiful light this kitty was gorgeously backlit making her ears just glow and causing beautiful catchlights in her eyes i thought i heard angels singing when i saw the light but it might have been me something i learned with this painting is to make sure and paint in colorful areas first so they don t get muddied by the surrounding darks i think i have heard carol marine refer to this as her island to ocean technique fell a bit behind with painting a single painting every day for september but that s just life and i m not beating myself up over it i actually enjoy it more when i split the painting up over two days at least at this size have a good night everyone i ll be visiting blogs tomorrow hugzzz crystal watching blacklist listening to chiustream with bobby chiu reading love and gelato snacking on nada drinking banana flavored bcaa s posted by crystal cook at 4 03 pm 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 30 paintings in 30 days a painting a day carol marine cat art cat painting cat portrait daily painting oil oil painting thursday september 14 2017 lost in thought lost in thought click here to purchase you know that quote about art washing the dust out of the soul i can t remember how it goes but i absolutely love it it is so true i spent this afternoon looking at an art book and i felt so refreshed karin jurick s museum paintings love it yesterday i spent the day sculpting for my tumble creatures line and every day since september first i have made a whole hearted attempt to paint it has refreshed my mind heart and soul so much it is so easy to get stuck in a rut of daily life and not appreciate the wonder that it is to be alive art helps immensely with that don t you think the main thing i learned with this painting was to paint the hand in as few strokes as possible i am pretty happy with that hand because i think they are the hardest thing ever to paint and ears oh and mouths and don t even get me started on teeth okay it s all dang hard amiright posted by crystal cook at 6 58 pm 6 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 30 paintings in 30 days child portrait daily daily painting oil painting oil portrait portrait tuesday september 12 2017 pink pony nose pink pony nose click here to purchase what drew me to this image initially was that velvety pink nose what little girl that had a horse didn t spend hours kissing her pony s nose also i discovered that scratching out highlights is a very effective tool for capturing tiny light struck hairs when painting wet into wet with oil i love the look that gave to this horse s mane short post today i ll try to have something meaningful to say next time may your brushes stay wet and your palette colorful posted by crystal cook at 12 38 pm 1 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 30 paintings in 30 days daily painting equine equine art gypsy gypsy vanner horse horse oil oil painting ponies pony monday september 11 2017 30 paintings in 30 days rhino s spot click here to purchase it has been quite a while since i ve done a single painting in a single day for lots of days in a row i ve been so preoccupied with painting the dailies that i have neglected blogging or uploading them although i am uploading them every night to my instagram and facebook simply because it s so much faster and i m usually soooo tired by the time i finish painting them at midnight haha it has been incredibly fun to have a new painting to complete every day sometimes i can get caught up in a big painting for months at a time which can result in really cool and impactful work but can also be stressful incredibly stressful i am enjoying the heck out of this challenge and approach each day with an excitement for painting that i haven t felt in years i ve decided to paint all of them in oil simply because it s faster for me and time is very very short i am learning a lot each day with each new painting and it has been a great time of growth for me artistically i ll try and share one thing i ve learned each day as often as i remember haha i m very behind in blogging about these so i m just going to start with my favorite one so far not the first one this sweet pup rhino belongs to the family that owns the gym i go to they bring him to the gym with them every morning and he is a huge hit with the gym family yesterday he was in just the perfect spot of sun and held still long enough for me to get some pics with my phone we call him the gym mascot and he is the biggest sweetheart of a dog you ll ever meet with this painting i realized the importance of painting in your brightest colors first and then working around them this resulted in the glowing ear with no mud from mixing white or greys near it worked like a charm i know i ve learned this lesson before but seems like i m relearning a lot of things this month listening to higher health radio watching bbc s sherlock for the 15th time reading love and gelato drinking diet dr pepper snacking on caramel flavored rice cakes posted by crystal cook at 4 17 pm 3 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels 30 paintings in 30 days bulldog art canine art canine portrait daily painting daily paintings daily paintings huzzah daiy painting dog dog painting dogs pitbull pitbull art pitbull painting monday march 13 2017 the sunny spot and a balancing act the sunny spot 6 x 6 inches oil on panel click here to purchase so much of our every day life is just trying to keep everything in balance don t you think balance with work family hobbies kids activities school work church work yard work house work it s so tough to keep it all together and i don t think any of us really do some do it better sure but no one has it all together as much as they want us to believe they do through social media posts the last few weeks my family has been really sick my dad had surgery and my sweet old dog chauncy is nearing the end of his life and so we have to decide when to make that hardest decision that will separate him from us forever so my mind it s been everywhere my heart has felt so heavy i m not trying to sound like my life is terrible because it s not i feel so blessed to have the life i do loved ones that care about me a warm comfortable home and plenty of food to eat but still it s been tough and i d be lying if i said otherwise during this time of stress and sadness i ve let a lot slip but i ve maintained as much as possible two things that help me feel balanced even in stressful situations fitness and art i think we all have those things that clear our mind and rejuvenate us to tackle the day and even if it seems selfish to take time to do them we have to otherwise there is nothing left of us to offer anyone else at the end of a long week of being a caretaker to many sick people and a dog i finally entered my studio turned on the lamp laid my brushes out carefully and i painted it lasted about 15 minutes but it felt so good and restored something in my soul i had felt was missing that long week art is so much more than just paint on paper it is so much more than a profession it is a balm to my soul and i think that too often we forget that as we chase after professional goals and personal ones too it was a good reminder to me hopefully it was to you too when was the last time you got to do what rejuvenates you when you really really needed it i d love to know love crystal watching the walking dead listening to nirvana reading lizzy and jane by katherine reay drinking water snacking on protein bars g2g are my fave posted by crystal cook at 10 21 am 22 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels available paintings believe in yourself canine art canine portrait creative creativity daily painting daily paintings dedication dog painting dogs oil painting oil portrait wednesday february 1 2017 like a rusty faucet gypsy liberty 3 5 x 9 5 inches watercolor on paper click here to purchase i ve always been the type of person to dive headfirst into whatever it is i m passionate about at that moment it consumes me and it s all i think about i live it breathe it dream it if i m awake i m either practicing my passion or i m thinking about when i next get to practice but inevitably that ends in a burn out well most of the time and then it s weeks or months on end before i pick up that passion again and at first it s a little like an old faucet that hasn t been used for a while it sticks doesn t open right and then after smacking the stupid faucet with some type of tool a wrench maybe it starts to trickle a little water then the next time you try to use that faucet it s just a little easier to open doesn t take as much abuse to get it to start flowing even if it is still just a trickle slowly if you re patient and you don t give up and you use that faucet every day it flows effortlessly like it used to when it was brand new like it was made to that s how i feel about painting right now for a long time i let my skills get rusty but with practice i m back at home again and back in the flow it s a great place to be posted by crystal cook at 3 59 pm 14 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels artist block equine equine art gypsy vanner horse horse horse art horse watercolor watercolor monday january 23 2017 luminous berries and art life updates luminous berry 5 x 5 watercolor on paper click here to purchase for the last several months painting has constantly been on my mind i dream up ideas for future paintings my hands itch to hold a brush and i try to figure out how to get 26 hours out of each day or require less than 5 hours of sleep at night so i can get more painting time since the new year came and the holidays are gone for another year yasss i made a promise to myself that i would paint every day if only for 15 minutes well i haven t kept that promise some days i just can t make it to paint which is frustrating but on the positive side i have painted more this month than i did the last six months combined so i think i m onto something here this painting is the first watercolor daily painting never mind that it took me about 6 days to finish instead of 1 i ve finished in 3 years i think and i have found a lot of satisfaction in that i m excited to keep on painting i have so many ideas sketched out we ll see how well i do at keeping this blog updated too thanks for following along with my artwork hugs crystal posted by crystal cook at 12 06 pm 15 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels available paintings daily painting daily paintings still life watercolor watercolor still life wednesday december 28 2016 bitten by the painting bug frenchie 6 x 6 oil on gessobord click here to purchase i miss painting i miss blogging lately all i ve wanted is to just paint my heart out but time has not been my friend lately 2017 is the year i change that how are you all does anyone still blog leave me a comment if you do and i ll come visit you too posted by crystal cook at 12 36 pm 12 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels canine art dog dog painting tuesday july 19 2016 portrait commissions and sketchbooks this year i ve been kept pretty busy with some beautiful child portrait commissions to paint this sweet girl above sadie was finished a few weeks ago and i have a little boy currently on my easel that is nearly finished as well i feel so honored that these parents trusted me to capture their child and i hope i m doing each one justice there hasn t been any time for personal paintings but after this last commission is finished i ll be taking a break from custom work to paint some ideas i ve had floating in my head for a while i ve had an idea of paintings of my boys i want to do that i m considering using to get back into the juried show game but we ll see how they turn out first ha i haven t entered a painting in a competition for a long time but i think this might be just the thing to help me push myself out of my c...