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A forty year wait

There will be some time between posts for a while, please forgive the delay. Just use the time to practice the steps so far demonstrated. I am expecting a very dear visitor whom I have not seen in a lifetime. An event in her life caused her to loose all her contacts and we could never find her in all that time. She is coming with her adult daughter and I am not sure how much time she will be able to spend with us. I have been racing to get some work ready and entered in shows. I have not had the drive to work passionately since my sister in law’s illness and death and again last week a monumental Friend died. I am deeply grieved.

Even so, I am working many hours a day trying to get these works ready in time. First, I will show you the latest work on my grand daughter’ painting.

Even though I have done some detail on eyes, there are still many layers of flesh to perfect the skin tone and correct the likeness. Now I am going to show you a portrait of her that she hates. I will give you more info.
I tell my students, if it doesn’t look right, it is just not finished yet. This is a good example. I have repainted and over layered so many times. But nothing helped my dear Grand daughter like this. I even changed the hair so that it went from medium to long ringlets down in front of her shirt. It hung on my studio wall for over a year and finally I repainted another layer. Still that didn’t help so I was ready to call it a failure. I just couldn’t do that. I said to myself, it just isn’t finished yet! I began a process of repairing by removing the hair over her shirt. I have no idea if I can fix it but I am going to give it my best try.
well, keep in mind, I won’t be checking in for up to a month and then Bruce will have another surgery, which could be quite serious. Don’t give up on me. I will get back as soon as I can. Shalom.
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