The Easter holidays are here, which means finding the time (and space) to paint is even more of a challenge.  So I decided that we could all paint.  I spent a good half an hour setting things up for the boys – finding paints, water pots, brushes that could be ‘heavily’ used and letting them have some of my paper.  They managed a quick ten minutes.  The older carefully planned out what to do and the younger threw down a quick portrait of his brother.  By which time I’d just about found my own brushes.  They were ready to move on to something else.  Probably “no rules rugby” unless I acted fast.  So this week my painting is a small abstract based on the garden.  I enjoyed putting the paint on strongly and mixing on the brush/paper.  Which was good as there was little time for anything else.