First Painting!

Sooooo.. I spent ALL day yesterday doing my first canvas painting! What better to do on a rainy day then paint right?? :) It came out okay and I was impressed with myself so I thought I would share! So here is the original photo that I was trying to mimick...

I took this picture in Arizona about a year ago. It was my first time in Arizona and the 2 things I really wanted to see while I was there was live cacti and the Lisa Frank head quarters.. Lucky me, I got to see both!! <3 My fiance's Grandpa took us out to the cactus jackpot, where I took the picture and since then I've been saying I wanted to try and paint a copy of it for him because he loves his Arizona flowers! I finally got around to it!

Anyway... here is the painting I made of the picture!

And here is the final product with the painted frame! Drum roll please...

TA DA! The pricks on the cactus are my favorite part! :) Well hope Grandpa likes it! I think its kinda funny that it came out kinda Lisa Frank looking with the bright colors! LOL! Now that I broke the painting ice I have a bunch of stuff I want to paint!

Now I'm off to go do some knitting!

TTFN!!

Ashley <3