Painting Night vs. Business
Tara Choate Tonight is my typical painting night, but I had to go to the Open Studios of Beavercreek meeting. By the time I got back, I decided to work on a…
Painting
Painting Night 18 – Background
I’m tired tonight. I hate pollen. It’s so bad I’m actually having a little trouble breathing. But I did sit down and I did paint. Fortunately, tonight’s progress is very…
Catching up on painting nights 15, 16, & 17
As I’ve reported, my posting has been shamefully light lately, but I have been doing a little bit of painting on painting nights. I’ve been making steady progress on my…
Full of ideas after “Making Waves”
This weekend was the WSO Spring Convention in Newport, “Making Waves”. My mom lives down there, so I had been really looking forward to this convention. I had originally intended…
Painting Night 14 (last post at 7)
So the last time I posted a painting night, I was at painting night 7. Thankfully, it wasn’t the last time I painting. I spent painting nights 8-10 working on…
Marbling Workshop with Liz Walker – Day 2
Today was the second (and final) day of the marbling workshop and the entire day was devoted to creating our own marbled papers. First, Liz demoed the correct techniques for…
Marbling Workshop with Liz Walker – Day 1
Today I took the day off work to go down to Brownsville to attend a marbling workshop with Liz Walker. I have admired Liz’s work for many years, particularly her…
Delivered
At 11:00 this morning I delivered my paintings to the Clackamas County Development Building and met Sue Allen for the setup of my show. Sue was so wonderful, helping me…
At the 11th hour
I have finished “Shoes & Shadows.” I have ten paintings packed up and ready to go. But UPS has failed me and the last piece won’t go because the “glass”…