Day Late and a Dollar Short, Photos

That is me, most days, lately.  I always seem to be catching up.  We are retired, right?  I should be able to keep up with things since I don't have an 8 hour a day "job".  I noticed this as I was going to post my latest sketches.  They are from April 30.  Oh my....

I did sketch for Scavenger Hunt 266 in the brown paper sketchbook with a Prismacolor Premier 08 pen/marker.

Number 5, milk and number 6, cookies with the challenge of sketching them together in one sketch.  The cookies are some gluten free graham cracker type cookie.  They are OK, but not the same as real graham crackers.

And a lovely self portrait sketch.  As Jay Leno might ask, "Do you know who painted this self portrait of Jo?"  I enjoy his skits when he asks people such questions on the street.  He was asking one night, "Who wrote Benjamin Frankin's autobiography?" (Insert any famous person's name.)  A twenty or so year old guy said he didn't know.  Leno asked him, "Who will write your autobiography?" and the guy said something like, "I don't know, maybe my best friend, Alex."  Sigh......

Yesterday I went to Regina's and painted with her.  It was a great day.  I am always enthused and revitalized when I get together with other artists and especially Regina as we paint and visit.  We usually have a latte or mocha from the "coffee company".  I won't say the name here as it bugs Gene.  He says "latte" is French for you paid too much for your coffee.  Regina fixed tuna melts for lunch.  Regina was working on a rooster small painting and I worked on a still life of tomatoes, jalepeños and garlic.  The day went by much too quickly.  I bought Regina's drafting table that she has had for years.  When we get it in my studio I will take some photos!  It is seven feet long and she and Larry were surprised that it fit in our Expedition.  Cool.  It will be perfect in my studio.  Big flat drawers for pastel paper, eh?  It is higher than a regular table as well, so is nice to work by when you are standing to paint.

The start of my painting.  Did not take more photos in progress, sorry.

Charlie, the art critic, and I in Regina's studio.

Gabriel, in training as an art critic, too.  He is a bit shy.

I then stopped by Martha Vorhies' house to pick up a cookbook she printed off for me since I lost all my cookbooks.  She is 90 plus.  She illustrated the cookbook with some of her watercolors and now that she can't see, she did cut outs from copies of other paintings for the recipes.    I met her when I gave a demo a while back.  The recipes are from members of the Municipal Art Guild.  Martha and I  had tea and gluten free cake, so nice of her.  She also gave me some watercolor paper, a couple of frames and a kit for checking values in painting.  I can sure use the value kit.  The frames I will take to the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild for other artists that were burned out.

I am working on cards for paintings and inventory.  Need to touch up a couple of frames as I am going to put "new" paintings at the Bastrop Fine Arts Guild.  First Friday is growing downtown.  Several of the businesses are hosting artists so Main Street will be full of artists.  There will be voting on the favorite artist, music and fun.  See you there.  Friday, May 4, Main Street in Historic Downtown Bastrop, Texas,  and nearby streets, ie Pine Street Art Connections, 5 - 8 p.m.

And as a note.  I guess you heard that "The Scream" was sold for the most ever paid for a panting.  The good news is that is is a pastel.  Toooo cool.