I can't get to the blogs I follow?????

My studio is a good size with plenty of windows and nice light

but when you are working on these jumbo canvases...it gets crowded 

and I'm a sloppy painter, so I need to somehow protect other painted canvases from possibly getting splattered on.

 so I spent the day moving paintings around the house

I have a few spots that are 4 or 5 canvases deep...big ones...lol

I told Mike the other day..there was too much art in this house!

I'm feeling like its every where 

 and the next day I'm telling him that I'm in need of a big blank canvas to slosh paint around on...lol...life with an artist.

 this doodle painting above is almost done.

I find when painting these smaller canvases, my arms get real tight

and when I paint big canvases, like this one below, my body is more comfortable.

This year I set out to make some changes with my art

four changes

1. learn to work with a different color palette

2. force myself to learn shading

3. not to paint a swirl branched tree

4. alter my usual looking flowers

Out of the four goals so far, I've accomplished one, and the photo below is a tree that I like enough and its branches are not swirls. 

I did make myself try a new color palate, but it bored me. I did learn things from that challenge though.

Shading continues to be a down fall for me, but I don't really care.

My flowers have changed some.

its all about evolving  

one last thing...I can't seem to get to the blogs I follow any more

is anyone else having this problem

and is there a button I'm not seeing?

Have a great weekend

Thanks for listening

Lisa D.