first of all, thank you all so much for your lovely feedback on my latest bear.
i have now started bear number four!
this bear is going to be sitting on a shelf in an antique shop, nestled amongst other antique items.
when i am working on a serious painting, there has usually been an awful lot of preparation work involved.
it is often a long time before i actually get to the stage where i can apply brush to canvas.
i find it all too easy to become impatient, but i have learned that the longer i spend on this, sometimes frustrating stage, the better the end result will likely be.
preparation is most definitely 