Summertime

I painted this picture for another dailypaintworks.com challenge called "The Summer Challenge".  We were asked to paint something that reminds us of the summer.  When I think of summer, I often think of playing in the backyard with my daughter.  It's my first attempt to paint a person's frontside.  In some ways, I'm pleasantly surprised by how it turned out but it also shows me that I have so very much to learn about painting!