Matting & Framing

Yesterday I began working on the three 11x14s that my sister-in-law ordered: two from Venice and one from France. I usually cut my own mats, but I purchased the mats for her from Aaron Bros., as well as the frames. I use Aaron Bros. when I'm in a pinch! The reason I don't buy from them all the time is that the frames aren't the best. The ones I purchased weren't wood, but rather plaster with gold paint. They had the 'Old World' look to them to go along with the images. Well, the plaster broke off on the corner of one of them, so now I have to go purchase another one. I know they won't let me exchange, they'll say I dropped it. Whatever! And I wasn't able to replace the the plain glass with non-glare because they must put the glass in first, then finish off the 'plaster' work which makes the opening less than 16x20! Oh well, she wasn't really expecting the non-glare glass anyway.

Last night I was checking my supplies to make sure I had enough Cd's to put the High Hand Gallery portrait photos on for the artists. I won't be emailing them the photos as the files are rather large and we have satellite! I would be here for days trying to send photos. This morning I will start putting the photos on the Cd's and then later this afternoon I have my second oil painting class. I don't know about that class. I'm not really in the mood for painting. It seems I have to be in the mood to paint - and oil has such a big learning curve. We'll see.