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| "Flight Patterns" Graphite on 14' x 11" smooth bristol paper |
Friday, May 8
Have not painted or sketched since Tuesday. Been trying to change my cooking approach with more do ahead preperation. Still just looking through out the day at the wind waves across seeding grass field, while cotton wood fluff is blown about by the wind. Just memorizing the look of swallows flying. Moiving the jet sled into the garage near the gas pilot light in the water heater. Bad decision. Husband does not see this move as his need to stake out his area as opposed to where my art would take over. We have agreed upon boundaries between my stuff and his.
Well so much for writing today: I am going to sketch the flight path of swallows in preperation of painting over the entire surface of my most recent painting. It is windy enough that the swallows are not gliding as much.
At about 11:00 AM one of my wonderful daughters came with groceries and we prepared rice and chicken dinners for two days and some to freeze. One was sweet and sauer and another honey and lime. From her food prep for fisherman hubby, I learned an easy way to remove chicken skin. Then in the late afternoon I was finally able to prepare my own food.
In the evening I watched the swallows in our front yard. Don thought it was jouvenal flight school because some kept having to land on the driveway.
Sunday, May 10, 1:30 PM
Wonderful to get mother's day greetings from my children and even some surprise ones from others. My sweet fisherman husband started working on my request to fix the fumes in the garage. His jet sled boat was just parked in our garage near my painting storage and the gas waterheater and furnace pilot lights. As it warmed up these hot days, it made me fearful of combustion. And I did not want to expose myself to these fumes when I cook or paint in the garage. Because fisherman hubby cannot tolerate cooking odors, I struggle to accomidate his likely allergies and cook outside the main house.
I am so thankful that removing the older of the two full gas tanks reduced the odors noticeably.
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| Monday, May 11 "Flight Paths", Graphite on 14"x 11" smooth bristol paper |
Tuesday, May 12,
The dead line for entering the art About Agricultural competition " "Tention/Harmony" is June 27. A sigh of relief!! I have enough time to make something to enter. I need a break from sketching and painting like I have been doing. So my sister-in-law and I will do a virtual paint out. She will be painting near her home in Portland and I will take a wagon of my art plein-air paraphernalia to a location near my home. On Zoom we will enjoy each others creative energy. Our daughter will be taking fishing hubby to physical therapy while I take this painting break.
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| Finished Tuesday, May 12 "On the Wings" Graphite on 11"x 14" smooth bristol paper |
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