Brrrr....It's Chilly in My Studio

It's so cold outside this evening, I might have to turn on the heat in the studio, or maybe put a sweater on.  Speaking of cold...I've had a can chilling in my fridge for a YEAR! Can you believe that? It's a dragonfly wing that I made last year, planning on having it done in a few days. Well, better late than never. Today I sliced and baked. But, the wing is so big ( about 5 inches long) that it was difficult to slice neatly. I had to piece it together, which looked great when I did it, but when I took it out of it's ice bath, it was very apparent where it was mended. So now I'm contemplating. Do I start over, or try to use it as is? Check back to see what I did.

I've Lost It!

Has anyone seen my focus lately? Because I've lost it. And, boy, nothing weighs on me more heavily than wasted time. So I'm trying to figure out what I'm supposed to be doing while feeling guilty about every second that passes. Today I gave myself a gift...an entire day to play in my studio, without guilt. Well, I had fun, but I think I wasted paint and time. There is nothing to show for this but I do know a little more about the qualities of acrylics, so it was worth it. 

During the last week, I've also worked on another chair, this one is 14x11. And this is a scan so it was not able to fit on the scanner bed, so it's a little cropped and crooked. It's not finished.

Of course I've been thinking while experimenting in my studio, and the result of my thinking is this. Portraits are my real love. When I started using colored pencils, it was to do portraits. Then last year I started some still lifes with pencils and they went over well, many were sold. Most of those had black or dark backgrounds. And now I've moved into still lifes with lighter backgrounds and they haven't sold at all ( maybe the economy) and I really am not happy with them. So why have I strayed from what I love? I don't know! I think I need to just concentrate on portraits and figure studies. And I still feel a pull to the paints. I'm sure I'll get all this resolved in time. But that's what I began this post talking about...time!