Make art while you wait

Saturday morning I woke to a cold house.  My HVAC (heating and air) unit had failed.  I called around and found a HVAC man that would come on a Saturday.  He spent a couple of hours trying various fixes, and then said, "Well, I can put you in new one Monday if my supplier has it in stock."  He quoted a price that wasn't nearly as bad as I expected.    Meanwhile, we were about to have the coldest night of the year on Sunday night. BRRRR.  I did some planning, got my emergency natural gas heater set up and a couple of electric units in place to keep the pipes from freezing.  
Monday afternoon the man called and apologized that he couldn't make it until Tuesday.  

That gets you up to the "waiting" mentioned in the title of this post.  He showed Tuesday morning and got to work.  After he started I went back to Mom's to be sure she was good and to be sure that she ate lunch.  Then, back home to wait for him and his helper to finish.   Thanks to another blogger,  I had seen a video on using oil pastel to create a tracing as the beginning of an artwork. 

So I took this print:

then I did my set up and traced:

With  a good tracing, I started painting with Inktense pencils, but

I quickly switched to the Inktense blocks.

Before the HVAC man was finished I had this painting 

completed and signed. 

Frida Smiles

I used some artistic license on the colors and design. 

Overall I am happy with this painting - and I think I will be doing this again.

Linking to Friday Face Off 

Until Next Time,  

Stay Creative 

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