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Sometimes I draw simply because I love to draw. I try to hold back, because my flat files are full. When I have a good reason and know the drawing will not simply be stored in my files, then get outta my way.
(“Outta” is like “prolly” and “liberry”: words I like in spite of being an editor and a proofreader.)
An acquaintance did me a big favor, so I am drawing her cabin.
I started several months ago, then set it aside because of paid work. My work priority order is this: 1. commissions with a deadline; 2. commissions without a deadline; 3. building up inventory of subjects that will prolly sell; 4. reworking paintings that haven’t sold; 5. whatever I feel like painting or drawing.
This one is considered to be Category #2. The customer isn’t commissioning me because she doesn’t know she is a customer. I am commissioning myself.
What does commission mean? That’s another topic for another blog post.
This is the drawing before I tackled it with Photoshop Junior to prepare it for eventual printing, which most likely won’t happen.
And this is after I converted it to grayscale and erased any errant lines or spots, most likely the result of a scanner screen that WILL NOT come clean, which is most likely the result of scanning paintings that aren’t quite dry, which is most likely the result of being in a hurry, which is most like the result of any number of unfortunate incidents such as not planning ahead, pulling weeds or taking walks instead of working, or choosing to draw something without a deadline instead of painting to build up inventory.
Where were we?
Oh. The finished drawing.
Now I am outta here.
3 Comments
Quite lovely! I know the recipient will be thrilled with your RAK!
And as much as I love Ben and Erin Napier on Home Town, I cringed every time Erin described their new shop as “a scent libarry.” My grandmother would have had a hissy fit!
And what, exactly, does a hissy fit look like, anyway?
Sharon, 3 questions:
1. Thank you, but what is RAK?
2. Who are those people and what is Home Town?
3. What does hissy even mean?
1. Random Acts of Kindness. Anything not expected by the recipient, like anonymously paying for the lunch of a senior or First Responder, leaving flowers at someone’s doorstop, or creating a lovely work of art as a gift!
2. Ben and Erin Napier renovate houses in Laurel, Mississippi. They are such a cute couple, so very in love with each other, have a great sense of humor, and it’s just a fun, wholesome show to watch. HGTV on Sunday nights. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Town_(TV_series)
3. One of those onomatopoetic words, I suppose. (And yes, I had to look up the word in order to spell it correctly. My guess wasn’t even close!)
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