I've been looking at paintings of ballerinas on the Internet like this one by British artist, Linda Adams .

I like the looseness and freshness in it!

So, I have a 3' X 4' canvas and have just painted the background...lots of golden shimmer.

And here is my ballerina modeling her first toe shoes! Now to capture the essence on the canvas...

Merry Christmas to everyone from my daughter's home!

This is the Christmas card I drew for them this year. Of course, just as Laura was ready to send out this card, the dog ran off..... and hasn't shown up yet!!!!

I wish I had a drawing of the entire group of us here tonight. I could add a window for my son and his wife to be looking out from and another one for "us"!

We are having a wonderful evening after a busy day.

We were able to take grandaughter, Lilia, to see the Nutcracker this afternoon! It was delightful! The Fox theater was a perfect place to spend part of Christmas Eve.