It's Day 7 and I've changed gears to practice clouds and prairie scenes.  I grew up in the middle of the Saskatchewan "flat" prairie.  People always think it is pancake flat , but not so!  To get to my folks farm, one must travel down a small incline (fairly small!)  and in the far distance you can see on the horizon, a blue line of hills called the Coteau Hills, part of the geographical formation called the Missouri Coteau, one of Saskatchewan's driest areas. 

I'm likely to continue on the landscape stream for the next week of the 30 day challenge.  I really do need the practice.  You can see the photo I used for  my painting below.  I'm still working on expressing colour and value to make my work "read" correctly.  Mixing and painting interesting neutral colours is the key here, I think.

I spent nearly 3 hours (yikes) shovelling snow yesterday just to keep the driveway cleared.   Austin and I took a walk around the neightbourhood this morning and I took a photo of our local mountain Spion Kop, peaking through the clouds!

This photo below is looking towards Wrinkly Face Provincial Park, east of our house.  We'll be off snowshoeing here this weekend I bet!

And its snowing as I write.  In fact the Southern Interior of BC has a snow fall warning in effect.  We are in for a BIG dump of the white stuff.  Guess what I'll be doing in the morning, bright and early?  Stay warm!