My illustration assignment for Tillamook was “moooving” along when I painted this cow. It was an “udderly” delightful project, to say the least. I know I should “cud” out telling cow puns already!
My illustration of a Holstein dairy cow was the last one I had to complete for my Tillamook assignment. I had already finished 21 fruit labels.
Initially, I was a little apprehensive about illustrating a cow. After all, my specialty was painting food. I was busy working on the fruit labels, so I decided to hire a good friend and talented artist to research and find me good cow reference. She did a great job and made it easy for me.
This is how my illustration will be used. No sky was needed.
Passion is such a beautiful thing; it is fuel for the soul. My post title is from my song named “Someone to Love You.” The full lyric line is: “Passion is all you need, you will succeed.”
My song can be heard here:
Someone To Love You 4/18/16 Copyright 2016 by Unger
I really believe in passion and have encouraged all of my children to follow their dreams.
Last week I followed my own passion by performing when I wasn’t 100%. I had a cold. It started with a sore throat and soon my nose was stuffed. The worst part was that my eyes were even more irritated.
It was hard for me to focus on my painting. I had tissues nearby to wipe my brushes and there were also tissues I used to blow my nose. I tried hard to keep them separated.
I wasn’t as careful as I could have been; I ended up with a green nose! Somehow, the green dye was there on one of the tissues I sneezed into. It wasn’t pretty.
My final painting.
It had been over a week since my cold started and I was so much better. But I couldn’t sing. I tried and I tried, but after less than a minute, I would sputter and choke on my lyrics.
I had hoped I could sing at the Tuesday night Kulak’s open mic and texted my wonderful voice teacher, Hannah to ask her for advice. She sent me back a recipe for a very soothing tea. I sipped tea all afternoon and got dressed to perform.
I warmed up and started coughing. I couldn’t sing but decided instead that I would just play my guitar. It was almost impossible for me to play flawlessly without a little practice ahead of time. But even though I hadn’t really prepared any kind of routine, I didn’t care. I’d just have fun.
Playing my guitar freely was relaxing and enjoyable. I came home and was so glad I had gotten out! It had been a long day; filled with art and music. Life was enjoyable, despite having pain in my eyes and an annoying cough.
It turned out that playing my guitar and skipping singing wasn’t such a bad thing at all!
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You are so talented! You have truly inspired me. Thank you!😃
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Well, thank you so much, Laura! I really enjoy your blog and I’m honored that I’ve inspired you. 🙂
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Beautiful! And the parallels between you and me are kind of astonishing, Judy.
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Thank you so much, Ann. Yes, there are parallels – we love our son(s) and puns (wow, a rhyme there!) I’m curious what the other parallels are. It is amazing.
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We both love to sing. Both of our sons like film-making. Etc. etc.
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Wow!! That is incredible – I didn’t realize those things and I’m so glad we’re connected on FB now. 🙂
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Passion and some talent . Fantastic job !
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Thank you so much, Terry! You made my day. 🙂
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Greg is doing fantastic and you are an inspiration. Can’t wait to see you tomorrow. How about Kabukis at 12:00
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Thanks, Norm! I’m looking forward to tomorrow also. Sure, noon at Kabuki’s is fine. See you then!
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It’s such a pleasure to hear how passionate Greg is with working the camera! It’s an exciting industry and it’s wonderful he’s finding his path! Yeah team mom!!
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Aw, thank you so much, Jone! I love sharing things with you. We sure have loved watching those superstars grow!! Hard to believe they were tiny and new once. 🙂
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That was wonderful to read. Made my day 🙂
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Thank you so much, Belinda! Your comment made my day, too! 🙂
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Judy I love how you said “my greatest achievement was being a mom”. Beautiful!
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As you know – what could be better? Thanks so much, Allyson. I know you understand that kind of love so well. 🙂
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WOw, Judy. You are so incredibly sensitive – in tune – and talented. No wonder your son wanted his friends to meet you. Your music, your writing, your spirit is simply beautiful.
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Oh, Stacey, now you’re making me all teary and appreciative. What a beautiful comment that I will treasure always. Thank you for being in my corner! 🙂
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