Pear Studies in Acrylic
 Pear Studies #1 and #2   My poor, poor neglected blog.  It's been so very long and I should hang my head in shame.    My only excuse is that is has been a very busy couple of months...   I know...I know...that isn't any excuse.     All is fine on the home front, summer break is over    and my youngest heads back to school for her Senior year tomorrow   and hopefully I won't neglect my little blog.     At least I've been able to carve out some time at my art desk,    although I haven't blogged about it.     This week I p ulled out my acrylics and did a couple of Pear Studies.   It all started with a YouTube video that I watched   by Bob Burridge on the Cheap Joe's YouTube channel   on How to Paint a Pear Quick and Easy.     Then Betty Franks, Mystic Tulip Mixed Media  posted some Pear Studies   that she had painted following his video.  She posted a couple of videos of her own   explaining how she created one of her little paintings.     ...after that I just had...