Never give up

Six hundred eighty five people signed up to paint a horse in February.

Four hundred five of them were successful.

That leaves two hundred and eighty people who did not meet their goal. No big deal. Life happens to the best of us.

Bee Merrell's cat

And let's be honest: A lot of those models will never be finished. Some won't even be started.

Christine Lewis' cat

But others? 

photo by Cinda Rich

Oh, yeah. It's totally happening.

photo by Missy Shaw

Audrey Roar writes: I took a week off to try to shake off the sad, and now I'm doing some changes to the markings. My goal is to have it done by the twenty second.

Similarly, Anne Veeneman–van der Weel...

and Gabby Salyers have both set new completion date goals, based around upcoming live shows.

Corina Robert's Whirlwind - last seen in a tub of stripper - is back in primer...

Lauren Beveridge's pony is back from the kiln.

While NaMoPaiMo the event is all about painting one horse in one month, NaMoPaiMo the community is about encouraging and supporting artistic endeavors in all timelines. If you can't do it in a month, that's fine. Don't give up. Just keep painting.

photo by Sophie Charlotte

Brenna Rantala gets this. She says: I am an excruciatingly slow painter and am genuinely really happy with how much got done last month - hoping to finish this month!

Congratulations and good job to everyone who is still working on their models. You are all winners in my book!