My Intern Today I am painting, progressing on the mural on the Ivanhoe library. I am writing this post before I have painted today, thinking ahead. Each day I work on the mural, there are multiple decisions to make. In the past, when I’d get a little stuck, I’d pick a somewhat mindless task, such […]
Library Mural, Day Ten
I left sunny Three Rivers and headed down into the fog. I remember worse fog when I lived outside of Ivanhoe with my parents, so this wasn’t too awful. The mural looked like this. I seem to forget where I left off from week to week. I’m pleased with the repaired mountains. Intern and my […]
Three Assorted Christmas Eve Thoughts
Today we continue the assorted thoughts, all unrelated to one another and unrelated to Christmas Eve. Then I painted the edges. That’s enough. I am guessing most of my blog readers have other things to do on Christmas Eve than read assorted and sundry thoughts from an artist’s rambling and active mind. Yes, calendars and […]
Five Assorted Christmas Adam Thoughts
“Christmas Adam”? Yep. Adam came before Eve. Today will be a peek into the variety of tasks required so far this week to maintain the business of self-employed artist. 2. The host of my website and blog billed me an enormous sum of $$$, an upgrade to Professional Hosting. Because I use DuckDuckGo, I couldn’t […]
Long Distance Commission, Chapter 6
Remember this painting from before I began the mural? (I certainly hope so, since I showed it to you yesterday with a few trees completed on the left.) I finished landscaping the distance. (Maybe. There’s always room for improvement.) Then I texted Mr. J. (the customer) with a photo and this question: “Can you say […]
Library Mural, Day Six
If you subscribe to my blog, you probably received an email last night about a new post. It is scheduled to publish on Friday, but I hit the wrong button. Then I immediately rescheduled it. So, you may have read Friday’s already (or you may have no idea at all what I am talking about […]
Library Mural, Day Five
From solid blue sky to wispy clouds. Sky and mountains are the farthest away, and I think they are finished. Next closest is the orange grove. Oy vey, those leaves! Very very cold day. The garbage truck went up and down the street about 8 times. There were roosters crowing. The little pickup with the […]
Library Mural, Day Four
Intern returned, so we studied the wall together and discussed the next step. He put a base coat on Twin Buttes, and I worked on the mountains south of Alta Peak, since I got a few semi-helpful photos on Friday. Together we mixed the color of the background of the packing label. Intern was SHOCKED […]
Long Distance Commission, Chapter 3
This project progress took place before I started the mural on the Ivanhoe library. This might be the first time I have ever put a canvas on the drawing table and measured out exactly where everything is supposed to go. When I had enough pencil guidelines on the canvas, I took it out to the […]
Library Mural, Day Two
Brrr, BRRR, and BRRR! In driving the 35 miles down to the mural yesterday, I learned that the defroster in Momscar* is INSTANTLY effective, and I actually used the seat warmer, which seems like an ultra luxurious feature. Now I just need to figure out which button makes heat land on my feet. Step by […]