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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What Love – Finished!
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.
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I haven’t progressed much in the last week due to drying times, but that’s just the breaks. I keep thinking one will dry while I work on another. That’s not exactly the case.
Continue readingHealthcare, Waiting, Art, Frustration II
Believe it or not, I am still waiting to make an appointment with a neurosurgeon/interventionalist! I have to wait until they call me because the doctor reviews all the referrals before you are even able to make an appointment, even if it’s urgent, like in my case. I have a mind to call my insurance company about it and complain, but I am going to try to be patient.
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