Once again, here is a photo of my palette at the beginning of the day. I was going to attack the white and blue wall sconce/vase that I left until last, so I mixed up all the basic colors I could see.
Before I actually started painting, the cutest thing happened - a small class of 6-year-olds in school uniforms came with a tour guide, who asked me if they could stop and talk about my painting. The guide talked to the kids and asked them questions, which they raised their hands and gave thoughtful answers to. Then I showed them my palette, and explained to them that I make all the colors I need from only yellow, red, blue and white, and how I do that. They listened with big eyes, and were so attentive and quiet. When they left, one of their chaperones prompted them to thank me with "What do you say, children?" and one little boy said "GOOD JOB!"
My first task was to get that wall sconce/vase painted. I didn't paint the squiggly front edge yet - I'll do that next week when the paint is dry.
Here is how it looked when I stopped for lunch:
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After lunch, I tackled the cloth and darkened the wall on the right. I used up most of my paint and didn't feel like squeezing any more out, so I stopped early.
So now I have everything painted at least once. Next week I'll work hard on the table and more on the cloth. I hope to wrap this up in 2-3 more weeks, because my next copy will be a commission for someone, and I'm eager to get going on it!
