Paint Day(s)

 As we were expecting a quiet week, spent at home, I planned to do a day of painting.  I especially wanted to do some leaf printing.  Well, there's always flaws in plans.  Our car has been in the shop and we were told that it would take 8-10 business days to get it back. So, we  rented a car and panned ot to minimize the expense, by staying home. But to our surprise the car was ready in 4 days and we got a call yesterday to pick it up. yesterday was spent dealing with the shop, the insurance, and returning the rental.  But I have found moments to get into the studio, even though we're now on day 3 of painting, and there's more to go.

But the box has not been neglected.  Here it is, as it looks right now.  The large beads have not been sewn on, as there is still fine stitching to be done at the edges of each of the five sides ( tiny silver beads to be stitched along the dark purple line).  But the top closure parts are now fully finished including the special wrapped threads around the edges.

So, onto the painting.  The pale background of this pieces was done several months ago. The circles and checkerboards were done today. This is a very large piece, at least 60" by 24", and I'm sure it will be cut into, at least, four pieces for further work.

This is the other previously started piece that was augmented today.  the grey metallic and green spots were already there, done  with acrylic inks, and I figured that all it needed was some straight lines, but this time used fabric paint. I believe this piece is about Fat Quarter in size.

That's all I accomplished today.  The preparation and clean-up takes far more time than the actual work, and today, the camera appears to be hiding all my recent photos.  I sure hate "updates".