#272 Chickadee 1/7/20

Yes, I let a whole week slip by without painting....once you let go of your goal and accept that it's over it's so much easier to be a slacker.  In the interim I attempted to move all my art pursuits from my regular computer desk to my inherited roll-top desk.  It was my Uncle Gene's and it has lots of drawers and slots and more draws and all kinds of places to put painting supplies.  Dave got me a lap top computer to travel with, so I put it on the roll-top and tonight I attempted to paint in the new location.  The light is not as good and I sort of felt like a fish out of water.  Plus the chair is not as comfortable.  It might take some getting used to.

I continued with the 3x4 inch bird series tonight.  A familiar looking chickadee.  They're so cute, these chickadees...must be why they were given such a cute name.  I tried to show how I painted the sides in my photo here.  Even on the thin canvas wrapped boards I am painting the sides to match the front...just can't stand for any bare-naked canvas to show.  With these thicker canvases, there is lots more area to paint on the sides, but I figure it leaves the option to not frame the thing open.  I visited a new office last month one day, and there was artwork in the hallway....a very large wrapped canvas in a float frame - and you could see the edges of the sides of the wrapped canvas - they were bare-naked and it completely took my eye away from the painting and directly to the unfinished nature of the the thing.  If I knew the people in that office better I would have offered to take it home and make the necessary corrections!

Note there is another black eye on black feathers here....