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Starting a new painting project!


Rock-a-Betty 1
Originally uploaded by saunjune

I worked on this a couple of saturdays ago at the national scrapbook day crop. I have been toying w/ the drawing since last September, and finally decided to get it out again. I am pleased with the way the background turned out....We'll see how the painting goes!

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Raven said…
Saun-

I love the silhouette of this gal! I can not wait to see your end product. Thanks so much for sharing the process with us here on your blog.

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