I made Time to Paint!

I found a copy of Mindy Lacefield's book Wild Surrender while cleaning my studio and decided to do a couple of the exercises in her book. It felt pretty good to be painting again.

I still have a lot of cleaning to do in my studio, and I also have about a hundred pounds of tomatoes to process, getting the mess under control has been quite freeing. I've been throwing out lots of stuff that no longer serves me, and as I grow older as an artist I doubt will ever serve me again. I mean really who needs a hundred thread/spool labels.

Could someone else have used them, sure, and then I have to deal with packing stuff up, going to the post office, etc., nope into the trash they went! Don't worry I probably have another five hundred plus spool labels still attached to spools of thread.

Studio Tour Prior to Cleaning

Did a brief studio tour prior to cleaning and organizing! I should be done hopefully come Sunday evening. You can view the video here: https://www.patreon.com/kbaxterpackwood I’m jonesing to get some stitching time in now that the temperatures are dropping into a more comfortable zone.

Day 5 Studio Clean Up.

I didn’t get much done clean up wise in my studio, the past four days due to my asthma flaring up and pretty bad. I made the mistake in going out in the extreme cold (6F with a -12F) without my Vogmask. See that 6F was a whole lot warmer than the previous day when it was -23F and that wasn’t the windchill.

So I spent the past few days enjoying my favorite magazines, let there be turquoise, and reading cookbooks.

I’m taking an online class over that the Jeanne Oliver Network studying Impressionist Berthe Morisot and I seem to have forgotten how to draw. So back to the table to practice, practice, practice.

I’m back to using my pan pastels again, love them just don’t love having them strewn out all over my work surface. I need a storage system/container for these little beasts.

Day One of Studio Clean Up

Cleaning didn’t happen today, I had a pretty severe asthma attack that required a breathing treatment. I am feeling better now and am considering taking a silk paper pod apart that I made back in the 90’s. If I do so I’ll be sure to post photos of the pod pre and post disassembly.

One Thing a Day February!

My studio is a disaster zone, it used to be a pleasant well organized space not so much anymore.

So I’ve decided to make February ‘One thing a Day’ month, where I work on one area or project each day devoting the entire day to that task. I figure if I do this each day then my studio will be a pleasant well organized space once again.

Who wants to join me?