In my review at the end of 2014 I said I'd not be setting myself any new challenges - that I'd be taking 2015 "one day at a time". I lied. I immediately set myself numerous challenges, as is my way. 
 
Feeling a sense of failure about six months into the year I moved my own goal posts and am ashamed to say that I have still not succeeded in accomplishing some of my goals for the year. 
 
One would think I'd learn from this, but no. I now feel in order to regain some self esteem I must finish the tasks I set myself this year as well as the new (probably unrealistic) targets for 2016.

​In my last article I looked edges. Here I’ll be looking at lines, including lines created by edges, how they affect our emotions and how artists employ them in painting to create a narrative. 
 
Line drawings can be made with a pencil prior to painting but for the purposes of this article I am including lines made with the brush whilst painting and lines utilized as the basis of composition. 

The art theme on Twitter this month is #stilldecember in which people post any still life painting in any medium throughout December.

As with #portraitnovember still life is not a subject matter I normally paint. However the reference photo, by Kim Humphreys, caught my attention. I took photographs at each stage, see slide show below. I hope seeing the process I used helps you with your own work.

Other new watercolour paintings in the gallery, New Paintings.

The second painting of my Jeff Lynne (of ELO) obsession.

More portrait paintings in the Portrait gallery and New Paintings.