Friday, October 25, 2013

October Update

Doing art each day is something I'm adding to my "Daily Do It" list. I write down a check-off list each morning in a small, square notebook and "tick off" each item as it is finished. Sometimes I give myself a "big star" (I draw a star). Sometimes I even add "sparkle lines" to emphasize that I'm really proud of my accomplishments.

I've had an art project attached to the drawing board for many months. I'm doing a painting of "The Symphony Hotel which is located on 14th & Elm Street in Over the Rhine area in Cincinnati. I had made good progress on it until I realized I had put windows in the "wrong place" on the drawing. I used White Out to block out my mistake - I already had painted in the lines with black India ink. So, it sat for months without my touching it again. I finally "got back on track" by putting myself "on the timer" for 15 minutes at a time. The door to the hotel is sketched in ink and now I'm putting lines on buildings for bricks.

Today I'll add more lines and move toward finishing the ink line drawing. Then comes the "fun part" oof painting. I use acrylic paints (light fast) watered down so that they are transparent, but permanent.
The final step of painting usuall goes quickly. Then I will take a picture of the final work and share it on Facebook and make Vistaprint postcards and greeting cards to share and sell. Maybe this will be this year's Christmas card - maybe not. That's another decision for "Pro/ConList.com". Onward!

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