Friday, January 1, 2010
How I don't Paint
...but would like to! Julie did several hundred recipes, Valerie will do 100 quilt blocks, Grace will write blogs and run, and I will do 6 paintings in 12 months. It's pathetic to plan how many how often, since I guess they should take as long to finish as they take, but I must do something to get myself going. The first step is to clean out the back porch and reinstitute it as a sort of inept, uncomfortable and ugly studio. Then, I must gesso this board I bought at a studio at Avondale Estates. It is made out of ash and is very smooth and lovely. Then, the first portrait of...not quite a lady, but of a girl; a blonde headed three year old in a white flowing dress. I took the picture this fall in the sunken garden on Peachtree Battle and it is a winner. This is a portrait for which I am actually being paid; fortunately the mother client is in no hurry. More later.
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ReplyDeleteThis is to wish you luck on your completion of 6 paintings in a year (which you do not need, but it is always nice to have luck sent your way anyway). I only wish I could accomodate you with something more suitable (surroundings-wise) than the back porch for your studio! I think beautiful art should be made in some place at least a little pretty--to match it! I look forward to a picture of your board from Avondale Estates (what a fancy name!--and why have I not yet seen this board??) and the painting that will soon be on it :) I definitely concur that the picture is a winner--for you and all others reading--its the cutest little picture ever, and fortunately, the little girl is actually adorable, which always helps. I look forward to your progress! Lots of luck and love sent your way :) (which sounds creepy for those reading who do not know I am her daughter, sorry about that)--and have fun painting :) it must be fun to actually get a good end result once you have finished (unlike many a picture of mind :P )
xoxo
Lucy :)
Finally, I figured out how to post a comment. Congratulations on taking the first step. Can't wait to see the work in progress. You will post pictures as you go, won't you? 360 days, 12 hours to go (I have a countdown, but don't know how to get it on the blog). 2 runs done, 198 to go. Went out tonight - very, very slippery. All the time I was thinking "if I fall and break an ankle, I won't have to do 200 runs".
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