When women had babies in my mother's era, they seemed to dispense Valium like candy to keep they from going crazy. At least, that's the impression I get. My mother ditched the valium at some point and had a cat who had the same effect on her, who she called 'Valium'. Random thought while painting? Not so much. I'm having a ball painting this dog, remembering her personality; she strikes me as the type of dog who could be called 'valium', though her name is Lucy. She seems whimsical and calming at the same time, and the great pose I got from her just lent itself well to swirls as a background. So today I worked on the background some and will work on both that and Lucy at the same time to prevent the 'pasted a dog on a painting' look.

Keep in mind it ain't finished yet! A few more days of work and we'll see the finished product.

I also got some time to work on my 'Prayer' painting from weeks ago--it's filing in nicely, though I can't work on it for too long or else I tend to get into a pattern.