Maybe halfway
Cornell and I worked this afternoon. He spent his first day at the studio and wasn’t a lot of help — but his pure delight with EVERYTHING kept me smiling all day. This piece is coming along. I have a vague plan on tracing paper but I’m mainly enjoying the freedom to let the foliage develop — lights and darks with decisions based on what happened in previous layers. Most of my lip chewing comes from deciding what areas to fill with pigment before adding a layer of clear medium and moving on.
“Summer Garden” went to her forever home today. Every time I see a watercolor go out the door, I think of pulling out a piece of Arches and stating a new painting. I’m missing my old friend. It isn’t that simple to leave the wax though. I remind myself to be thankful that I have both mediums and keep working. Thank you, Kelley and Scott.
And THIS is Cornell. For some unkind reason, this baby was dumped in an animal shelter in a community that feels they have no choice but to euthanize at a very high rate. He was within 2 hours of losing his life. Today he had McDonald’s french fries, went to the dog park for the first time, and is snuggled against my leg as I type right now. Every animal and human deserves kindness. Foster. Donate. Adopt. Volunteer. Please help.
