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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Set in Stone
I was going to start working on my newsletter this morning. It’s supposed to go out on Tuesday. But, since I don’t really have much news to report since the last newsletter, I’ve decided to skip the issue.
Continue readingMedicine Dan and Time
I’ve been fittin’ to make a new Artist’s book about Dan, so I’ve been pretty busy working out all the logistics, layout, words, supplies, etc. for all of that. These things take a lot of planning and months to complete.
Continue readingFleeting Happiness & Satisfaction
I’m about to send out my latest newsletter tomorrow morning, so if you’re not on the list, get on it! I’m about to have a huge sale for the holidays. Don’t you want to know about it?
Continue readingCreative Energies
My “creative” energies have been predominately going into writing lately. I’ve been working on my book, “Queer as Mud,” and I’m about 35K words into it now.
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