July 25, 2010

  • Updating...

    Here are finally some more during treatment pics of the painting I have been telling you about... I will have to get the post treatment photos off of Dad's camera... as you can see my camera doesn't take nearly good enough pics for detail... but Dad's is amazing!!! Too bad he is taking it to China!! But as soon as I have enough moo-la... I have the perfect camera and lens all picked out!!! :) It will be awwwwweeesoooome! :)

    This is post cleaning and post varnish removal/ new coat and the beginning stages of the retouching... I had to wait for the tear repair before I could do the final touches...

    a detail of one of the worst parts... where there had been pink and dark blue paint splotches all over the painting's surface... it is to the left of the tree above the tree line in the background... and then up along the top of the painting within the tops of the trees... all dreaded sky :( you can probably also see how uneven and distorted the paper is... trixy... very trixy x

    More studio shots... finally got the IKEA trolly put together :) I really like it :P

    The somewhat finished chester drawers.... still needs new drawer pulls and and coat of paint along the bottom... sigh... what a project!

    Working at night can be hard... I need better lights... The photograph I am working on there just left the studio today :) I got paid for it today too.... gonna put my first dollar in a frame... next to my diploma :) lol x

    I made more than a dollar... which technically I promptly turned around and spent on one of the most beautiful dresses I have ever seen/worn!!I bought it for one of the formal events coming up for the wedding!! And... I am going to wear it to our own family wedding celebration event :) x  but with a red sash not a pink one. It is GORGEOUS (and I might proudly, but not smugly (cos I had to work really hard to get here) say... is a size 4!! :) yeah... that is a lot of running and working out in the gym... but totally worth it to rock a size 4) :) :)

    But in truth... the money I spent was earned from my other job... all studio money goes to the studio... it is just a rule I have. For now.

    So now I have 2 Japanese paintings in the studio... one on paper and the other on silk backed by paper... gonna be a paper conservator after all maybe... lol.

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    Have several lists about 2 miles long each of things to do before I leave for Kentucky/South Carolina. I am pretty excited about my 2 and 1/2 week holiday coming up!! Cant wait to see all of you and spend lots of time together :) :) xxxxxx

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