Painting with Oils

Yesterday morning I headed out to purchase my supplies at Delta Mat & Moulding. I ended up ordering a frame, purchasing lots of 4-ply Crescent mat board, and only two other items on the list. The tacking iron was outrageously priced at $80. I'm going to have to look for a used one. Then on the way home I stopped at High Hand Gallery to take some pictures of the new artwork that was hung last week for the next two months' show: Journeys. That only took about 20 minutes. The hard part was posting them to High Hand Gallery's Facebook page. Satellite Internet is not the quickest medium. I got them uploaded after refining them to my liking - so that is done!

Yesterday I also started cleaning out my three large shelving units that go from floor to almost the ceiling. It's so easy for them to get jammed with stuff that doesn't belong in there. Also, I wanted to get rid of all my old clear glass that I originally purchased before I started using non-glare glass; plus the glass I remove from over the counter frames I buy that I replace with the non-glare. It was a good 200 lbs of glass. My husband said he'd take it to the glass contractor he knows so it could be recycled. I still have one shelving unit to clean out. But it looks a lot better.

Today I start my oil painting lessons! My husband gave me this gift on my birthday last year and it's time to begin. Sunday I went out and purchased my supplies: the oils and disposable pallet. I have the rest of the required supplies: table easel, brushes, and pallet knife. This morning I need to figure out WHAT I am going to be painting. I'd like to paint something from my European cruise. Maybe the hillside of Italy with the water in front. That's my task this morning. Learning to paint with oils is something I've always wanted to do, but at the same time I have photography nagging at me in the background! What's a girl to do? ;)