Making the Effort… I haven’t been scottish country dancing in ages. Last night, there was a Spring dance and I knew it would be a smart thing to go (you know – exercise, social interaction, mental stimulation, fun, all those good things) but the lazy, I’m-comfortable-here-at-home-thank-you-very-much inclination was upon me. It took self-talk
Pastel Explorations As many of you know from previous blogs, along with the work I do that reflects my response to what I see visually in the world, I yearn to create what emerges from within and also what is a response to the process of the work itself. I have been doing daily
Daily Painting I set up a sampling of vegetables for my acrylic painting class to paint (see my blog about the class) and my eye was taken by the contrast between the almost black poblano pepper and the white of the garlic. I had my next daily painting subject!
Daily Painting So I’m on my third daily painting of eyeglasses. (You can see the first one here and the second one here.) I guess a book was going to be the obvious accompaniment eventually and so sure enough, that’s what’s here – the book I’m reading at the moment, The Madonnas of Leningrad.
Daily Painting I can hardly believe I’ve been here in La Manzanilla, Mexico just over a week. Time does fly. I’ve been pastelling and have another daily painting to show you. I do like the eyeglasses as a subject (see my previous blog). I changed the surface on which they rested as well
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