What did you do this last weekend?
I got caught up on two online class videos on Saturday and started two pear paintings. I used a limited palette in watercolors and found this to be a challenging exercise using only complementary colors…
My first one was using yellow and purple:
And my second color PEAR-ing was orange and blue:
I struggled getting the affect I wanted or maybe I was trying to hard to be PEAR-fect!
Does this ever happen to you?
After MANY layers, I decided to quit and eat my pear for a snack! Lol! 😉
I got caught up on some housework on Sunday and made a delicious Chicken Tortilla Soup in the crock pot. Overall, I’d say I had a pretty great weekend.
How about you?
Cheers! 🙂
It was a busy weekend here. Mostly cleaning but on Sunday I went to see my daughter run in her first ever half marathon and of course I got out with the dog and took photographs for my blog. Great pears by the way. They are my favourite food to paint.
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How did your daughter do in her half Marathon? Wow! That is quite the accomplishment! 🏆 I always enjoy your photos on your blog, Carol – especially your flowers! 🌻 And I agree, I enjoy painting pears too! 🍐
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My daughter was hoping run it under 2 hours and she did. 1 hour 56 minutes.
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Very impressive!! 👍
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Interesting challenge! I love to paint with a limited palette, it really makes the result cohesive~ both pears are lovely…
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Hi Jenna! 😍 Thank you – I think I prefer brighter colors. I kind of overworked these paintings. I will give it another try but in yellows, oranges and browns. 🌻
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Beautiful pears! I want some chicken tortilla soup!! 😝
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Hi Jodi! 😃 I really liked how the soup turned out. I made it a little different this time by cooking the chicken separately on the Traeger and adding it to the soup at the end with all the wonderful toppings! Even hubby liked it! 👍
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Love your pear of pears. 😁 I had a good weekend too.❤🍁🍂
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Thank you Susan! 😊 What did you do? Are you done boating for the season? ⛴
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Yes sad but we are done. Looking forward to a longer season next year. Settling into our new place keeping me busy. And art. 😊
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A beautiful “pair of pears”. Isn’t amazing the english language has so many words that are the same with different meanings. 😻
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Hi Sharon! 😃 Yes, it is fun to play with words that have more than one meaning… I’m glad you had a fun weekend with your great neices! ❤️ They look like sweethearts!
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We had so much fun. It is great hanging out with teenagers, lots of laughing. 😀
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The pears are pear-fect, for sure. Your soup sounds great – I have chili in the slow cooker right now. It’s getting to be soup and chili weather, finally 😘
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Thank you Carol 😍 Love chili in the slow cooker too! 👍 like that we are finally having some cooler weather – Autumn seems especially beautiful this year with the trees turning colors. 🍂🍁
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Your pears look great! I didn´t do much this weekend, I needed a rest. But we took a long walk through the rainy fields around Wiesbaden with the dog, that was refreshing!
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Thank you Ann! 💚 Weekends are good for recharging and resting. Your walk does sound like a wonderful activity and always a good way to quiet the mind. 😊
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Yes! It´s good to have a dog, because you have to go outside whether it rains or snows or the sun is shining. And sometimes bad weather is surprisingly beautiful! 😊
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Saturday I went for a short hike, then tidied up around the house a bit b/c Sunday I went to Central Valley for birding. I had a great day birding, and even stopped in at my favorite or one of my favorite drive-in with a bell hop hamburger joints. I had a Guaco-burger, and half an order of fries. I love their fries and Guaco burgers! I had to diet yesterday for that, but yum!
Your soup sounds great! I love a good Chicken Tortilla soup.
I have gotten so far behind with the online art course I bought. I need to get back on it! I haven’t painted in weeks or even drawn a thing. 😦
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Sounds like you had a fabulous weekend, Deborah! 😄👍 I will look forward to seeing some of your bird photos on IG! 🐦 And the Gauc burger does sound yummy! It just feels like soup weather lately but I think it is all the toppings that make the tortilla soup so good – like avocados! 🥑
I have a hard time keeping up with my online classes too but I try doing a little when I can. The pears I did in between chores around the house! 😉 Nice talking with you – I hope you have a great day. I’m off to work! 😍
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