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How long does it take to paint something like this?

savedseeds-inprog <http://my.faso.com/viewer/?id=75586/5700618> 

"Saved Seeds" in progress

Hi!




Oh so much to do and so little time!

This morning I deliver 25 small paintings to Rivers' Edge Gallery and
then I can concentrate my efforts on replenishing my inventory for the
upcoming Grosse Pointes Art Festival on August 3rd.




I've been working on "Saved Seeds" a little each day and it's coming
along. But there is still a lot of refining to be done.




Someone asked me yesterday how long something like this takes.

The short answer is that it depends.




If I am working on a tight deadline, it can go pretty fast. I am hoping
to finish it this coming week so it has time to dry. I mentioned last
week that I am hoping to make it my focal piece for the Pointes
Festival.




Then again, a painting can take a lot longer if something feels off.




Case in point....




Fresh Crusty Bread (in progress)
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Fresh Crusty Bread (in progress)
fresh-crustybread-inprog <http://my.faso.com/viewer/?id=75586/5700617> 

Fresh Crusty Bread (in progress)

"Fresh Crusty Bread" has been sitting on an easel for months, simply
because I regretted making the background so purple.




I know that pop of color is exciting, but it just didn't fit with the
rest of the bread paintings, and I wasn't quite sure how to fix it...




...until yesterday afternoon.




There was a little transparent glaze left over that I had been using on
"Saved Seeds," so I decided to try knocking back some of that
blue-violet in "Fresh Crusty Bread." I do plan to rub out some of that
glaze and let a little of the violet show through.




Now that it's unstuck, I can bring it to completion and have it be the
focal piece for the second of my three festival walls.




Speaking of which, I have in mind to make each wall of my booth focused
on a different theme.




The main wall, the one everyone sees first as they pass my tent, will
be themed on "Saved Seeds." I've already got a couple of smaller pieces
started.




Another will be bread and other foods, and the final one could be birds
interacting with antiques. The small landscapes and miniature paintings
can go on the table display like before.




One benefit of having sold a lot of artwork lately, besides the
obvious, is that it forces me to get creative about filling the
festival booth. And I've got just the thing. Each focus wall will have
a poster frame with the story behind the series.




And the pièce de ré​sis​tance?...




An easel with a new work in progress related to one of the themes,
which I will work on live during lulls in foot traffic....if there are
any.




Exciting stuff ahead!




But in all the busy, I'll remember take time for birdsong.

Hope you will too!




Jan




P.S. About that antique ribbed bottle...




Antique ribbed glass bottle
<http://my.faso.com/viewer/?id=75586/5700631> 

Antique ribbed glass bottle

This bottle still has me guessing.




I can't seem to find anything like it listed anywhere and there's no
maker's mark on the bottom.




Such a mystery.




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