Rhinos Rhinos on the Wall...

Yes, these rhinos are hanging on my wall at the moment. They are in my bathroom and it makes me smile to have rhinos on my bathroom wall. Doesn't everyone need rhinos hanging in their bathroom? Anyway, they are far from finished, but I kind of like them so far. I know nothing about painting and I was always afraid to try, but I just kind of decided I would throw myself into it one day and I have been enjoying it so much! At this point, I have no desire to create realistic looking images (I have drawing for that). I just want to create colorful, fun paintings that I like to look at and hopefully others do, as well. Some people would probably say "oh, you need to learn technique," but I say throw technique to the wind. Let me learn my own technique. Anyway, these were a late night whim. I was getting ready for bed at 2:30 Tuesday night, but then decided that I felt like paining. I worked on them for two hours. They're on a 16x20 canvas, so it's much larger than what I'm used to. As I said, I still want to work on them more, but I'm just letting them sit (or I guess I should say hang) for a few days. Oh, I should mention that I painted a rhino on a co-worker's side garage door last weekend. I kept telling her "I'll do this at your own risk. I'm new to painting and I know nothing about it, really." She likes the outcome, so I guess that's what counts. Even though I'm kind of horrified that my amateurish painting is out there for everyone to see.