"Circle of Life" "Circle of Life" This is my latest painting, fresh off the easel. Let me tell you, this one was difficult and I feel like there were some painting and life lessons learned with this one! In Progress I liked the way it started out, but I felt it needed more texture, something to make it "pop". So I added some molding paste and let it dry. Still....in Progress Then I started adding paint and painted foil. I still feel like the bird faded into the background. That little bird kept wanting to say "look at me, look at me"!! No matter how hard I tried, she faded and faded into the background. Isn't that how we all feel sometimes...no matter how hard we try to be seen, we just fade into the background. We yell, we scream, we ruffle our feathers, but we are not seen or heard. Then, all got quiet. Both the bird and I quit trying so hard. I went back to working on the bird, as well as darkening ...