this weekend i painted a present for my parents, the "Blue Heron" to go on the front of my parents home in Poulsbo, Washington.
Since it is going outside in the Pacific Northwest, we painted with exterior paint on a 4x8 foot sheet of ply wood. hopefully it will withstand weathering.



I also painted a smaller  panel with a turtle for Jaimie, my nephew who was born May 6th, 2009 to my sister Amanda.

Marg and I  painted the big panel together; she did the sunset, and i did the heron. Marg picked all the colors as well.

the heron when it was black:
Marg working on the panel

some detail:

the finished panel: