A day in the Studio

 I gave Mathieu ( the lovely fiance ) the control of the camera for the day. He did a pretty good job and was clever and creative in his shots. The subject: Me-The place: painting studio..where i spend most of my days lately. I took the painting course because in high school, I had a certain flare for putting a brush to canvas. But that was a hobby then and now, this is work!

 Measuring, cutting, stretching canvas onto the frame which I hammered into place and once that was measured and redeemed acceptable to size, then the stapling and more stretching of canvas. Then finally, prime the canvas and let dry over night then the painting begins! Phew! Thats work!

This was not something that I was used to. I normally would paint from thought. imagination or just go straight to painting color on color until finally an image appeared. But this course taught us to paint in steps.

Outline, paint tones in monochrome, paint color in tones, apply detail, glaze, finish

When the day is done and over and im feeling seemingly accomlished with my work, I get to home (or to work) and hope to be inspired to create something new.

So much work for a semi-satisfying result

and something nice to hang on the wall