Frock Think

Planning stage for packing for an overseas trip this fall. It all has to fit into carry-on size bag. My trusty Chicos travel black and gallon freezer bags will once again save the day....she said. With fingers crossed.

Totally irritated right now

With technology. It is becoming a love-hate relationship. Now I depend on it and too many times it's either out to lunch or thinks it will anticipate my every move.

While I'm on the subject, Anthropologie, nobody loves you as much as I do, but..really?

I think not. What I think is I just want you to email my receipt. I don't want to be your best friend.

Wherein I Paint Pears....

I was so inspired by Angela Anderson's video on how she guides her students in painting acrylic pears. So inspired that I painted four of my own large size. I did revise a few things along the way, and next time I'll definitely need to go off on a tangent of my own. Nevertheless, we needed something for the mantle, book club was coming, and I had an itch to paint. Great fun. The two best things were a reminder to paint an undercoat of red. I first learned that from Teesha at a Play retreat. It makes the pears almost glow. The second was the white reflective spots. When painting them, it is hard to imagine it will look like anything except a white spot you stuck a perfectly good piece, and, it does take a little manipulating, but voila! love the look. All of a sudden the pear is really truly round!

Angela has a rich, resourceful site with great ideas for teaching students that can also be inspirational for one's own art. You should check it out! Here is the video and here is her YouTube page.

Not sick of pears yet, I painted ten postcards for two months' worth of a postcard exchange I am invariably late for every month. I added some textures to the backgrounds and worked the colors a bit differently. Each one had its own personality. I got a lot of mileage out of those pears, yes I did. I blogged about the first set I sent out. I took the photo before I added the spots, though. The spots really make a difference, I think. Thanks again, Angela!

One Book Out

"...culling overcrowded shelves is never easy..."
This article was in the NYTimes Sunday Book Review

"Am I really going to read Middlesex again?"

I wrote this article. Yes, really, I did. I must have!
No? I didn't? Well, who is this person, my alter ego? Every word rings true.

To wit, here is my latest culling, a giant tubful waiting for its trips to Half Price and the library sale.




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