Pop Goes the Artist!

A few days ago, our basement flooded.  This was a potential disaster for me, since the basement is where I work and where I store my portfolios, supplies, etc.  My portfolios, actually, sit upright on the floor between my desk and my drafting table, along with several sheets of matboard, large pads of paper, etc.  So when I came downstairs and discovered it all sitting in half an inch of water, I panicked.  Luckily, only my pads of newsprint were destroyed.  The matboard on a few of my drawings is a little wavy, but if it hadn’t been the mat, it would have been the drawing itself, and mats I can replace.  The lesson: be careful where you store irreplaceable things.

Speaking of matboard, my favorite source of scrap mat may be gone.  Joann’s used to sell pieces of scrap mat (medium to small rectangles cut from the middle of larger pieces) for super cheap, in every color of the rainbow.  Perfect for matting small prints and drawings.  But last time I was there, the place they used to keep them was full of picture frames.  I’ll have to ask them if they’re permanently gone, but it doesn’t look promising.  If they think I’ll start using their custom matting service instead, though, then they’d better think again.

Right now I’m painting a base coat on a 15×30″ canvas in preparation for (I think) a still life.  Previously, I’d been painting a dachshund, but that just wasn’t working.  I couldn’t find a satisfactory reference photo (at least not one I could use legally) and I don’t know any dachshunds I could photograph myself.  Still life it is!

I also need to finish my blue Lucy painting and, most importantly, the anniversary gift for my parents that I started in September.  Their anniversary was in November.  I am the worst daughter ever.

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