Today was a funny day. Last night, I made a duck and a wreath out of polymer clay. Today, I wanted to bake it, so I reached into the cupboard to get a pan and I pulled out a 9×13 glass pan and it shattered on the tile floor of the kitchen. What a noise! And what a cleanup! So, I got that taken care of, put some tin foil on a metal pan, and put the sculptures into the oven. I set the timer and sat in my chair in the living room to read while waiting for it. I started to smell something strange. I looked up and the house was filling with smoke! I had set the oven too high! LOL! What was I thinking? I ran in and opened the oven. Bad idea. Lots more smoke. I shut the oven, turned it off, and ran around opening the windows. It took a little while, but the smoke cleared out. Well, they are not supposed to be brown, but I think they will work. I just have to paint them and no-one will ever know. (Except you guys…)
So, after that fiasco, I decided to get into my studio and paint. I’m so glad I did. I copied a painting by Edgar Payne called Kearsage Peaks, High Sierras. I enjoyed painting it and love how it turned out.
This is oils on a 16×20 piece of loose canvas.
If you hear a voice within you say ‘you cannot paint,’ then by all means paint, and that voice will be silenced. — Vincent Van Gogh
Virginia C. McCoy Fine Art 
I like the painting, Ginny.