Too Many Pictures of Pigs

For too long, I've had "painting matryoshkas" tucked away on my to-do list, and I finally made a This Little Piggy set for Mom Owen, who likes both pigs and matryoshkas.  Predictably, I painted them in the two days before they came for a visit.  Since the girls have now all requested a personalized set (I said that I'll try to give them each one for their 13th birthday, which means that I'm already behind, given Mildred's status as a 14 1/2 year old), I'll have further chances to paint them at a reasonable pace, but if you're a gambler, I don't recommend betting on it.

I didn't know what I was doing, so I just made a rough sketch straight onto the bare wood for the first few.  For later ones, I first painted a base coat of pink, which saved some time.This set ranged in size from about 6" - 1.5" tall.

The girls agreed that the first pig was the prettiest.  Pearls Before Swine, or, The Pig with the Pearl Earring, or, This Little Piggy Went to Market:

The two most important things to get from market are tulips and eggs.







This little piggy stayed home.  She is a dutiful piggy and quite industrious.

Her apron gives away the fact that she is the one who cooked the roast beef.

Here's the plump, little piggy who ATE the roast beef.

The emaciated, little piggy who, alas, had none.

To add insult to injury, he has a comb-over.

His sorrow pales compared to the littlest piggy, though.  She cried wee, wee, wee, all the way home, poor thing.