LAST week's still life

Did this last week, but I was too lazy to take a picture and post it. My friend told me that Norman Rockwell drew a skull 200 times to help him in his portrait painting. Yay, this is skull #3 for me. :)

This Week's Still Life - Skull / My childhood fear

This week we painted a medical model skull. I decided to continue trying to use oils. It's hard because I'm used to using watercolors and I haven't quite got the hang of oils yet, but I'm not terribly dissatisfied with the results :)

When I was a kid, skeletons were the thing I was afraid of the most. (Then aliens). I remember always being alone in the dining room because I never finished my food with the rest of the family. But I wasn't allowed to leave until I ate every grain of rice on my plate. So I would sit there alone, but I always kept my eye on the window, because I was always afraid that I would see a skeleton there looking in.