Everyone is busy, I know. But sometimes it seems like I have a calendar gremlin who keeps filling up all the dates on my schedule. Today is the first I have seriously painted in weeks. Just to fill you in, we are expecting house guests in February. This is our beloved AFSDaughter from Sardegnia whom we have not seen since her wedding. She is coming with her husband and two teen boys!! What a joy! But, I have been filling my tiny house with art supplies and canvasses and frames. Also, I hoarded all the fabric I could get at cheap prices when I saw how the fabric or sewing market was going. The first thing I had to do before organizing all that was to sell all the vintage clothing I kept because I knew its value. I got that out of here first and now everything is moving along to be able have a wonderful visit. And, plus, I have been motivated to get my house in order so the girls will not have so much to deal with when the time comes.
yesterday was tough because we attended a visitation for a great friend who is gone too soon. He was good to everyone and all those people will feel his absence.

I want to remind all you artists, especially local or nearby, to please pull up the instruction video for my grid tool to see how helpful it is for increasing the size of your work and also getting a better likeness. Pull it up by searching ‘Diana’s Grid Tool’ Contact me by email at brucendiana@verizon.net. Then I will give you my phone number and we can make arrangements for you to pick it up.
check out the photo above to see the first layer of flesh and some work on the curls. This layer always looks blotchy but it will even out as always. So for now, Shalom. Diana