Getting in the Holiday Spirit

Creation of my Christmas painting is underway.  Here's part of the outline for it. While it may appear to be somewhat religious from this snippet, that's not the concept I came up with for the piece. Though compared to my other Christmas themed works I'll say this would be the most 'religious' and probably the closest I'll ever get. 

And, yes, once I'm done I'll be making holiday cards of it. That's why I'm hoping to get it done this week.

It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas...no it's not...but...

I know, it feels too early to be thinking about Christmas...but in order to start and finish a painting, get cards printed, and make them available for people to order and send out before the big day...well, you gotta start before the leaves fall off the trees. 

Here's a little portion of my holiday painting outline.