It’s already the end of the first week of September, and I’ve fallen so far behind my studio schedule. It’s not even funny, so stop laughing.
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Not So Hysterical
Well, I finished the West Valley Fiction painting last night and started working more on the self-portrait I’m calling “Sucker.” Here is the completed West Valley Fiction:
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I finally finished one of the two paintings I’ve been working on for so long. It feels like it’s been “so” long, anyway. I’m just happy one of them is done, and I can move on to the red and white dress in the one on the birch panel.
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As I mentioned in an earlier blog post, I’d ordered an EZRest mahl stick from Amazon/Jerry’s Artorama. Well, it arrived the other day, and while it’s a good idea and invention, it wasn’t for me. The wood block on the clamp is pretty big, and it wasn’t easy to attach it anywhere on my easel. When we got it on there temporarily, the stick/arm kinda wiggles and has enough give to touch the painting, defeating the whole purpose of resting your hand on it. I’m returning it.
Continue readingWest Valley Fiction V.10 (Almost Done)
Calling the neurosurgeon’s office the other day paid off, as they are scheduling me a tad earlier than August 5th. I’ll be going on the morning of July 28th instead. And, I’ll be seeing the surgeon instead of a PA. I feel a lot better about that.
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