New Mum’s Food Adventures

I am severely out of practice and can do much better than this but it’s a start. I had a long recovery post emergency CSection. I couldn’t sit for long periods of time. I can now do art again. And I miss it. My skill has plummeted from its usual level but I will regain it with practice. One thing I have wanted to do was portraits of my baby. This one is bubs with daddy having a nap. I’m learning to paint with acrylic and oils. I have been a digital painter for years now.

This is my first oil painting with professional grade oil paints. Huuuuuuve difference in usability and control and expectations. I did this a few months after baby was born and then nothing. It was to hard to sit. Because it’s oil I could do little bursts but it killed me. Doing his portrait is very special for me. I had almost 13yrs of infertility and he was a huge surprise and I did baby portraits for others until the heartache got the better of me and I had to stop for my own sanity.

This one I did at Christmas as a Christmas gift for my friend of her son. This was me in my prime putting my whole heart into it. I would like to get back to this level. I basically only did about a maximum of 15 artworks this year. Before baby I did art every day or multiple times a day or multiple times a week every week since I could hold a pencil. And in all honesty it was the CSection healing pain that stopped me. My baby is an amazing napper. He naps very well and I am a fast artist. In the last week when he has his big afternoon nap I have managed to start drawing or doodling again. Even managed to pull off an acrylic painting one evening.

It’s been very pleasurable to make this art and document the food I’ve been making. I hope to share more of these next year!