Day 5 of Painting 30 in 30

"A Stoop in Brooklyn"

6" x 6"

oil on Raymar canvasboard

I about hit the wall today, so to speak.  Got out to the studio late - 

tried to get a 12" x 16" going 

(too big for one day, and I knew it)

and realized that I wouldn't get done by dark.  

I had it going, too - different subject altogether. 

It may be that one that I work on daily

and get done within the 30 days.

So I scrambled - and I mean scrambled.  

This one isn't exactly the way I wanted it.  

I seem to having difficulty bringing things UP into the light 

and it is my nemesis - mixing colors - lately. 

Plus, I really need to get into the habit of CLEANING off my palette each 

day and starting NEW. 

I seem to rely on YESTERDAY'S colors.

That would probably help.  

That's just plain lazy and trying to be thrifty, I guess.

In the end, this one works for me!

And BTW - I am working on NOT complaining.

My daughter and her family lived in Brooklyn for several years - 

she did a floral designer job there among other things.  

Their stoop was a bright spot in the concrete jungle 

with her lovingly cared for - plants ~ 

a definite INVITING SPACE!

See the 30 in 30 craze at http://lesliesaeta.blogspot.com

  ARTISTS in the CD Carousel today:

Coldplay

The Turtles (yes..)

Joe Walsh

Crosby, Stills and Nash

(and I removed Stevie Ray Vaughan for another day - smile)

Last night dreaming about happening upon a retirement for a 'Bezel Designer' 

while trying to find the location of an RV park.

Don't know where that bezel thing came from, I barely know the word 'bezel', 

in fact, in the dream, I asked them to clarify, "bevel or bezel"????

And she and I talked about how it was to design - by hand, manually 

and how it was to design by computer.

And I am sharing this with you, as when I paint like this, in a frenzy, 

I have very vivid, wild dreams.

Do you?