Painting session #2 was a strong effort toward turning this commissioned oil painting into Forrest’s Dream Cabin.
Tucker is not impressed.
Still a mess, but not quite a nightmare any more. Forrest, you are a brave man. This is because he knows that. . .
On Day One, it was hot out. I wore shorts and painted in the shade. On Day Three, I wrapped it up early because of the icy wind that was whipping around, flapping the drop cloth, making my hand shake from the shivers. Weather Whiplash.
Who is Bob? Some people say, “. . . and Bob’s your uncle” to mean that something has been accomplished.
I don’t know who this Bob is, but today Kurt the Mailman stopped by to see the mural. Why does Kurt the Mailman care? He is a fabulous photographer and gave me a disk of his photos a number of years ago, along with his permission and blessing to use any for painting references. This mural is from one of Kurt the Mailman’s photographs! (I’m using quite a bit of artistic license, along with other photos for different details).
There used to be a popular gift book called Life’s Little Instruction Book”. One of its nuggets of wisdom was, “When you are going after Moby Dick, take the tartar sauce”.
I recently submitted an application, or “exhibition proposal” in ArtSpeak to an area non-profit gallery. That’s the only kind of galleries we have in Tulare County, and I’ve shown in all except this one.
With that tartar sauce mindset as I go after our local Moby Dick gallery, I am continuing to work on larger paintings, specifically Tulare County subject matter.
This one is 10×30″, which is biggish for me, although nothing like that 3 foot diameter circle. I started it upside down, my usual method (unless I am working on a mural.)
I think it is pretty just like this. But, I paint in oil, not water color, so this will receive several more layers. At every stage, it is certainly prettier than tartar sauce.
Why is Labor Day the end of summer? Because school used to start the day after Labor Day, that’s why.
Now, it is just the bookend to Memorial Day. Doesn’t seem to warrant a flag or a grateful patriotic message.
But you all deserve something because I feel grateful to all of you who read my blog and appreciate my labors.
How about a few views from the Farewell Gap trail minus the sore feet and huffy-puffiness?
May your labors not be too laborious.
Did I scare you with that rough painting of a rough cabin on a rough shutter?
These deer weren’t scared.
Let’s soothe your fears with some giant Sequoia trees.
Well, oops, it might have scared you to see them lying sideways. Let’s try it again while they are hanging up to dry.
I’m feeling so proud of this that my head might pop. That’s a scary thought.
Pippin’s not scared. He feels very safe behind the chimney next to the window near my chair. He scared Tucker away from that spot so his selfish little self could have it.
Yesterday you learned (or skipped) instructions on subscribing to my blog.
Today we will discuss the e-newsletter. This means a newsletter that is sent electronically rather than on paper through the mail. E = Electronic.
There is a subscription dealie (what is this thing? a form? some boxes? a gizmo?) on the main page of my blog. You won’t see it if you are on a specific blog post, only if you are the main page. You won’t see it if you are on a phone or a tablet – only if you are using a desktop or a laptop. This is how it looks:
See the circled stuff? Fill it out. You might get a confirmation email. If you do, follow the instructions there.
Why don’t I know? Because I cannot subscribe to my own enewsletter. It won’t work that way.
Whenever I have extra information* for those who care about my art, I send a newsletter. There is no schedule. I work hard to stay on point and not bloviate at you. Just the facts. Sometimes a picture because too many words are boring. (I am an artist!)
It gets sent out by a website called MailChimp and lands in your email inbox (or maybe your Junk mail folder)
My last enewsletter had the subject line of “4 Quick Things” and was mailed on Friday, May 29. If you got that email, then you are subscribed.
If you need help subscribing, email me at cabinart at cabinart dot net and I will help you.
Use symbols in my eddress instead of words. For example, where I wrote “at”, substitute @. “Dot” means period. “Net” means . . . never mind. I think you can figure it out.
*Extra info – news about shows/bazaars/boutiques, announcements about upcoming murals or events you might want to know about, reminders that I accept commissions, reminders that I teach drawing lessons, requests for your opinions, feeble attempts to be clever, etc.
Good morning, Blog Readers.
My blog has 2 different items that you may subscribe to. This confuses many people, so today I will tackle item #1.
You may subscribe to my blog. This means that each time I post a new entry, you will get an email. The email will contain the whole post, or you can click (or tap) on it and go to the blog on my website.
It is not necessary to subscribe to be able to read it. Subscribing means you will get an email; not everyone wants 5 emails from me per week. No offense taken. Do what works for you.
If you are looking at the main blog page instead of the individual blog post, you should see the thing circled in the picture above. If you are reading the individual blog post, the subscribe dealie doesn’t show.
If you fill out the subscribe dealie, you will get a confirmation email. Follow the instructions there, and you will start receiving an email each time I post.
Yeppers, a little bit boring today. Tomorrow will also be a little bit boring. It will explain how to subscribe to the newsletter.
Thank you for reading.
Email me if you want help! Oh no, do I need to do a whole tutorial on that?? Say it ain’t so! My eddress (in words instead of regular email format so that the Bad Boys of the World Wide Web won’t bother me) is cabinart at cabinart dot net.
P.S. “Blog” comes from “web log”. Take away the “we” and the space, and you get “blog”. The “log” part is the word meaning “journal”. It is a journal on the world wide web.
After making all our design decisions about my friend’s coat of arms, I started painting.
But first, I had to draw and trace it onto the canvas. This is too precise a design to be just sloppy-slapping it down.
This needs to dry for a day or two before I continue. It needs a more vivid green, a golden type color instead of the yellow, and new layers on everything.
I am the daughter and granddaughter of citrus growers and love to be in an orange grove. Gleaning oranges is what passes for a great outing and rippin’ good time for Trail Guy and I these days. (Sharing our loot is a bonus.)
“Let not your hearts be troubled; neither let them be afraid.” We have a choice here, dear Blog Readers.
May you find bright spots and good things to share with those in your circles.
And here is one more bright spot for you: TenTwoSix Singers, a group of 31 Nashville studio singers using technology to do a most beautiful a capella version of “It is Well” all from their separate sheltering in place locations. The link takes you to Facebook, but you don’t have to have an account to listen. (If beautiful music stirs you, you might cry.)