Today's inspiration comes from a model of a tuk-tuk. A tuk-tuk is a
three wheeled gas engined vehicle that crowd many streets in Southeast Asian cities, a sort of open aired mini-taxi. They zip along crowded
streets in and out of lanes and between lanes of traffic. 
Cannon studied the model, its colors and patterns and the words "Road Liner" on the back. I shared with him my experiences observing the tuk-tuks in Karachi, how fast they moved and how they sounded a lot like lawn mowers.
Then he selected his colors and directed the placement of the colors on his canvas. Then like the tuk-tuks themselves he made fast movements with the brayer horizontally across the canvas directing the placement of additional colors and moving them swiftly across.
Whoosh!
We took some time out to allow the colors to dry and to reflect on the first stage of the painting.
More colors were added. The details of green, yellow and orange, found in the designs streaked across the canvas. Cannon indicated that the painting was finished and we relaxed and enjoyed it.
Tuk -Tuk Acrylic Antique Gold Braid 11"x14"
Then we considered adding some embellishments similar to the fringes that often border the windshields and sides of the canopy overhead. I had brought some unique gold braid from my mother's collection of sewing trims dating back to the 1940's and '50s. We tried different placements and trims and then Cannon decided to trim all of the sides to frame the canvas. A little hot glue and only one burned finger (mine) and the composition was complete.
Beep-beep.
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