"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 résistance?...
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...
