23 days to go until my exhibition preview. Talk about down to the wire! I have so much to do. Pictures to finish of, D rings to put on, more cards to order, labels to make, prices to decide, flyers to distribute, posters to put-up and so on. A photo session at the Picture House…
Help! I have and exhibition in a months time and I’m starting to panic I won’t get everything done in time. Today I got into my studio at 5.45am and painted all day until 5 pm with only short breaks for meals. I worked on three paintings two almost done plus one new.
After painting the back wall of my studio with mould resistant emulsion I managed to work on this again.
At last I think this is finished. There may be a couple more little adjustments before my show but for now I have other fish to fry.
I spent at least 7 hours on this yesterday still working at 10 in the evening when it was cool. This is a very long way from where I want it to be and before it reaches that distant place I can see a few more long and heavies coming up. As the saying goes,…
Yesterday I spent most of the day in the park; sketching class in the morning and walk about and photos in the afternoon. We sketched in this lovely cool green place away from the heat.
My second post today and I promise not to rant! After my long painstaking session on the snow scene this morning I felt I needed to launch out into something freer. This is the first stage the summer version of my trio of Elderberry tree paintings.
There comes a time with a painting that one really wishes it was finished but there stretches ahead a tundra of sheer plod which goes on until the end is finally reached. I think that is why I have restrain myself from hitting the well-meaning person who says, “It’s so relaxing, it must be nice…
Earlier in the year I posted a photo of a huge black poplar tree, very tall and with a great mop of fine branches at the top which made it vulnerable during gales. Its sister tree was felled in last autumn’s storms and when I went to the park last week I saw the tree had…
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