Autumn Arrives

Evidently it takes about 10 months to adjust to being a library director, because here I am- 10 months in to the project and finally able to begin to contemplate eating, drinking and breathing something other than the library.  Thank heaven.  Why do I take things like this on, anyway?  Never mind, don't answer.  I probably don't want to know.

Yesterday I spent an entire, whole and complete day messing around in the studio.  I tidied, I puttered and finally picked up my brushes and paint and began!  It's hard to begin again after a long absence, but it sure felt nice once I got going.  The palette I used for this is pretty much my standard, yellow ochre, manganese blue, pthalo blue, burnt sienna, sepia and some unidentified mud from the bottom of my palette.  The colors of the desert as it dries out from the monsoons.

14" x 20" on 140 lb. cold pressed Arches Paper
"Autumn Arrives"

I drew this a couple of weeks ago, but had been putting it off.  Too tired after work, too much stress, too whatever.  The point is, I did it.  Whether it's a masterpiece or not doesn't matter at this juncture of my life.  What does matter is I'm still in here, under this librarian suit still beats the heart of a painter.

Thanks for stopping by!  Alice