 Hello artist and welcome to December in Monet Cafe. I haven't popped in the group for a while like this But I just wanted to say a personal. Thank you for our artistic family here in Monet Cafe on the YouTube channel here in the Facebook group It's such a blessing for us all to have each other and art so it's truly my concept of Monet Cafe, but I wanted to let you know of the monthly theme and December is going to be called the cold and I have some maybe personal reasons for that first of all of December and there are a lot of places I know we have artists all over the world, but there are a lot of places that are cold in December But it doesn't have to be snow. It can be a feeling of coldness. It could be a cold beverage It could be anything it could be an emotion of being cold or alone So interpret that how you want and get creative I of course am going to be providing a lot of wintery scenes this month. I've already finished a few Winter paintings. I'm gonna be showing you guys how to create snow in a painting. I had a neat thing happen when I tried it with On pastel matte So anyway lots of fun and I wanted to thank you just for our family because December 2021 was personally a rough year for me and my husband We both lost our moms and it's just been hard and I know so many of you Know about personal heartache and challenges. So anyway, God bless you all. Thank you It's good to have each other and be sure to participate in the December challenge of the cold and Submit your artwork into the painting challenge. All right. I'm gonna go upload some videos. All right guys. Bye