Every year around Christmas, it seems to get busier, and busier, and busier.   I have so many projects I can't even seem to keep up with them, and every time I think I have figured out how to get it all done, I get more people asking for more projects to be done. I have been so backed up with things to do.      Don't get me wrong, I enjoy painting and doing artwork- I just wish I had more time!    Seems like October and November have just flown by without me having a chance to catch up!

Here are some of the things that I've been working on the past month.

Backdrop for the Christmas play at church- I have four more of these to do. This one is part of the Jerusalem gate.   I still have to do another part of the gate, a stable, and two Bethlehem scenes.

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This is something I did for a friend who is a photographer.  She wanted a Christmas backdrop for portraits-  It is 9' x 9'  (painted on a king sized sheet).



I decided to use the backdrop myself before sending it to her...



And took this picture of Ian- I also took pictures of the other kids, but I just thought this picture was the best:



Here is a pencil portrait I'll be sending out this week:



And two pencil portraits I have begun working on:





And another thing - I had a call about the Electric Co-op mural in town, and apparently they still want me to improve on it, so that is yet another thing I need to begin working on.   

Hope you're all having a great day!