Using Left Over Paint

I had a lot of casein on my palette after painting on location yesterday so I wiped all of it off on the next page of my sketchbook. Today I decided to paint one of my Seven Gods of Happiness using leftover paint from a studio painting I am working on. 

Benten is the goddess of creativity and the only woman in the group, of course, she is my favorite!

Olde Ramona Hotel Gallery

Last night was the art reception at the Old Ramona Hotel Gallery annual art show. I won 1st place in oils for my rooster painting.

























This is a picture of my Goddess of Creativity done in paper mache. My friend Lyn Fruedner's piece is in the center. Dancers in fused glass.

Hotei, Benten and a lawn bowls lady

I ended up changing Hotei and giving him a fatter tummy and a robe. His chest is WAY too low. My favorite is the goddess of happiness on the right.

Paper Mache...

benten

tHE Goddess of Creativity is one of the 7 Gods of Happiness and the only women in the group. I was introduced to them by my friend Eileen who has a beautiful set given to her by her father. ... many years ago. I admired them and set out to find my own. She also gave me a set. You can SEE ALL THE entries by going up to the left hand corner of this blog and doing a "search this blog" for goddess.

Wikepedia explains them here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seven_Lucky_Gods

Goddess of creativity

Another Goddess of Creativity

Goddess of creativity

The Goddess

















from a set a friend gave me.