Hello and I’m back with 2 new paintings I am very happy about. They are from two popular tv shows in the 1970’s, “The Walton’s” and “Little House On The Prairie”. I just love these two shows, and appreciate them now more than ever because of how much simpler the times were back then. I think it’s kind of an escape from what’s going around us each and everyday. Just watching these two shows just totally relax me, and so working on these two paintings was actually like therapy!
So Laura Ingalls/ Melissa Gilbert in front of the school was so enjoyable to do. I had found a picture of the school and tried to capture it the best I could and found a picture of Melissa in her school/church attire with tied up braids and placed her in front to look like she was walking down the road. I really like the way this one came out. (Excuse the pencils and pastels surrounding the painting, I usually do this for Instagram).
The next one is Grandma and Grandpa Walton/ Will Geer and Ellen Corby from “The Walton’s”, another favorite of mine! I just love these two characters and feel like they could have been my own grandparents for the 60’s…showing my age now! I loved painting these two as well and I hope I did them justice. Next I would love to try the two Baldwin Sisters as they were also lovable characters…then maybe even Olivia and John Walton!
Anyway, these are both on my Etsy shop…finally! Hope you enjoyed this post. Be back soon!