Well, actually, I'm in Cornville. No corn anywhere in sight, so I'm guessing that whoever named this place had problems with their feet. It's incredibly beautiful here, not a cloud anywhere and that's WONDERFUL!!! It was about 46 Wednesday morning when we set out near Sedona, and didn't warm up too much, so tried to paint in the sun and still be sheltered from the wind.
I'm the only student in this session of classes with Michael Chesley Johnson, so I'm trying to absorb everything I can from this talented and intelligent artist. I'm learning about value, most of all and probably most difficult, and shape relationships (the color of this next to that, warm vs. cool, etc.).
Today, Thursday, is day 3 of 4, and a "long" day, class from 9-3. I have dwindled my supply load to a backpack plus easel and it's much easier getting to interesting painting locations without dragging a wheelie cart. That means I have a relatively NEW fishing tackle box for sale, shoulder strap, canvas, and will post a photo as soon as I replace the batteries in my camera.
We went to Office Max yesterday afternoon and looked at cart-things but none had off-road wheels. WallyWorld didn't have anything like that (surprisingly) so maybe I'll just have to design one. The usual wheeled carts or even luggage, has little hard wheels that are difficult to drag through gravelly areas and in the case of pastels, offer no cushioning to the load. Hmmmm.... cogitating....
Last night Karen and I went to Picazza for a gluten-free vegan pizza. Fabulous. My first pizza in 2 years, since I was here in August of '09 and could hardly wait to return! Mendocino needs a gluten-free pizza. Frankie's, are you listening?
Enough late-night rambling. More pictures soon................
xoxo suzi
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