I finally got my w-2. So here I am at home going through my scraps, trying to sort out my life on paper. Its much harder than it sounds ( Read more... )

"I do an awful lot of thinking and dreaming about things in the past and the future - the timelessness of the rocks and the hills - all the people who have existed there," he once said. "I prefer winter and fall, when you feel the bone structure in the landscape - the loneliness of it - the dead feeling of winter. Something waits beneath it; the ( Read more... )

I've just discovered something rather interesting. I needed a brown, not one specific but I didn't have any organic colors but red and yellow. I suppose I could have mixed, but as a standard I like to keep brown on hand. Anyway Ted picked up 'van dyke brown' (its other common name is 'burnt sienna'). Tonight I started to mix it and the water ( Read more... )

It's strange what took me 2 hours to paint in egg tempera would have taken me only 15 minute max in acrylic. This is where the mediums majorly differ. I'm captivated by the process and absorbed in re-learning. I haven't challenged myself in this way in very long while. My second run worked out much better. I cleaned out and re-organized my studio ( Read more... )

I've started my new series. Its frustrating, challenging, exciting, messy, and time consuming. I'm really into it right now. I have color comps going right now. I sanded down half of the plates I purchased from goodwill and have them gessoed. Yesterday. I started working on the painting (I got a little ahead of myself). It was really funny Ted and ( Read more... )

In art news. My paintings are progressing. I'm almost finished with "Which is more real?" and have the background in on "The story of Peter + Wendy". I have to say its really nice to paint with broad sweeping stokes, I'm usually painting on too small a scale for it. I'm really excited about both paintings. So much to do. The next two days all I am ( Read more... )

I'm so excited. I'm so happy he won, and clearly won. His speech was really good. I'm only bummed i missed out on the live streaming of the daily show, but I really can't be sad today!!!

Hey I'm back. So tired have been home about 30 minutes now. I have many people to call, am anxious about work tomorrow and definitely need to look at my finances. I had fun. I will post an entry complete with pictures soon, but I picked up the heavily recommended book "Twilight" and can't quite put it down. So good.

Oh my what a day. I had my consultation with the oral surgeon. He had me quaking in my keens by the end of the visit. On the plus side he made multiple jokes about leather furniture (I spend too much time at work). So much money, so much pain and not much time to recover with work the way it is. I will get through it, I have Ted by my side. I'm all ( Read more... )

* Grab the nearest book ( Read more... )