Once again I have had to set aside my painting as I realize it is "tax time" and paper work has to be gathered and organized, totaled, copied,etc. Soooooo my plan is to use my framing table as a large area to spread out the paper work and of course, it needs to be cleaned off first. While cleaning, I thought I should also file anything that should be filed and so on. Taking a quick break, checking out the rain, I glanced at the window sill and found some " little brown granules". Upon taking another look as I was wiping them up, I realized they were termite droppings---Oh Oh! There, way up by the ceiling was a very small hole which was the source of the granules. Hubby was not impressed when I showed him. He then went out on the roof to check the outside wall, and found droppings coming from under the siding --so I think tenting the house is somewhere in the near future. An exterminator was called, who did recommend a choice of spot treatment or tenting.
Meanwhile, back at the studio. I had moved all work-in-progress to the spare room, cleaned the floor, and put a bunch of stuff out of the way---ha--on the work table. Well now I am here moving all that stuff to start the paperwork. On the good side, I spent a lot of time yesterday uploading "watermarked" images of my work and deleting the unmarked images. I am also doing the same on Pinterest, but am having trouble with the uploaded images showing as blank spaces until clicked on. I do not like the "maintenance" part of having a website, but it is a necessary evil.
All this commentary is to illustrate that I have stuff in the way and I have to make a conscious effort to not let it derail me for too long or I lose my painting momentum . Once that happens, it is much more difficult to start again. That is one of my reasons for having a couple of paintings in progress so it doesn't take as much planning---just pick up the brush and remember what the original plan was. If you are also an artist and reading this, do not become disheartened by getting derailed. If you are friends or just interested in how art is created, it sometimes a roundabout process!
Meanwhile, back at the studio. I had moved all work-in-progress to the spare room, cleaned the floor, and put a bunch of stuff out of the way---ha--on the work table. Well now I am here moving all that stuff to start the paperwork. On the good side, I spent a lot of time yesterday uploading "watermarked" images of my work and deleting the unmarked images. I am also doing the same on Pinterest, but am having trouble with the uploaded images showing as blank spaces until clicked on. I do not like the "maintenance" part of having a website, but it is a necessary evil.
All this commentary is to illustrate that I have stuff in the way and I have to make a conscious effort to not let it derail me for too long or I lose my painting momentum . Once that happens, it is much more difficult to start again. That is one of my reasons for having a couple of paintings in progress so it doesn't take as much planning---just pick up the brush and remember what the original plan was. If you are also an artist and reading this, do not become disheartened by getting derailed. If you are friends or just interested in how art is created, it sometimes a roundabout process!