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Hi all! For Sunday Sketches today, I'd like to share an oldie but goodie - I may have shared this with some people in the past but I don't remember plus, I would like everybody's honest opinion about this piece, because it sparked some controversy recently.

It is made with tempera and enviro tex on top.

So, if you care to participate, please let me know your impartial & sincere opinion! Some sample questions are:

1. Do you like this piece?

2. What feelings does it evoke?

3. Would you purchase this, for yourself or somebody else?

4. What opinion would you have of someone if you saw this hanging in their house?

Thanks for playing! and in any event have a great Sunday!

Paint Party Friday - late and a bit on edge

Thanks much to Eva and Kristin's Paint Party Friday for giving many of us this cool chance to paint!

Chose to, in a pre-boat-painting mode, take out temperas and see what I could come up with. Was discussing with a friend earlier that it is very difficult to come up with something creative out of wholecloth, with nothing photographic or life-like to refer to. It's an interesting problem - coming up with new stuff. Part of it is brave - confronting the blank paper with no plan or preconceived notion. Part of it I think involves having the ability to channel the freefloating creativity existing within so as to come up with something specific. The third test of course is being able to access the skills and techniques of painting/rendering with no outside guidance (IE no model of any sort).

These areas are one I have lacking which is why free form things I do come out a little weird. Hence, this man that reminds me of some of the weird things I had to cook up for life drawing class! On the other hand, one's mood informs what comes out and this piece captures the fact I feel more than a little 'on edge' right now.

Was at a community meeting last night and ate waaaaaay too much sugar - then over to the pancake place for biscuits and such - and this comes out! In the interim undergoing the stress of translating my project idea to reality - don't know. On edge. This is what being on edge looks like I guess.................

PPF - Sun Moon Duality

So busy raising funds for my painterly Kickstarter campaign that I almost plum forgot about PPF!

For todays' installment of the weekly Paint Party Friday, I wanted to share a mural I once had the chance to paint on the back of an old barn.

Did the thing in tempera paint and did not really have the chance to glaze it or anything and, sadly, it didn't survive a storm that emerged the day after I finished.

This was at least quasi intentional, since I knew the structure itself was 'temporary' at best - the whole thing, then, again, became a testament to decay.

As for Kickstarter.... am a lot closer than I was!!!!!! It expires tomorrow evening. Still need a few good people to contribute $20 to be all set. Gifts include handmade art. So am on duty today - on the phone, online, etc - trying to gather support.

If any of you blog readers ever

1) contribute to my campaign, or

2) decide to CREATE your own campaign down the line, please contact me ---- you can count on me for support - I know what a nightmare this sort of thing can be.

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(you actually start to feel a lot like the photo here at my left after the 2nd week of fundraising - all washed out and drearified........)