I recently finagled my way out of working Wednesdays. Mainly, I saw a wavering in my boss’ demeanor. I started working at my current part time office job about two months ago. At the time, I had classes on Wednesdays, but the agreement was that I would move to working 5 days whenever possible. Upon telling my boss that I could move to 5 days because classes were over, he said, “We would prefer that you work five days.”

I thought about this for a couple days, and decided, I would prefer to continue working 4 days. I told him so, and he was not able to say no, although I will work occasional Wednesdays as needed. So here I am, not working on Wednesdays. Woohoo! When opportunity knocks, open the door! I thought I would show you a little bit of what my Wednesday looks like– because, in all reality, it’s not that I’m not working, but that I am taking the day to do the work that I love.

Me working on a new word painting called, “Jane’s Mane” in my “studio” (garage).

A trip to the art store, my favorite kind of store. Unfortunately, I forgot my wallet, so all I could do was browse.

Another “Save the World” sketch in the little sketchbook The Art House provided.

Spending quality time with Lance, my big, silly pup.

Well, I think I’m entering a red phase. I’m starting a new word painting, and all I could think of was the reddest red of reds. Here is the view from inside my studio/garage

I just got this great easel from my boyfriend for Christmas. I know, I know, it isn’t Christmas yet, but the box got delivered while I was home and it happened to have a picture of it’s contents on the outside. I didn’t even have to snoop or try to guess- there was no way to hide it. So, lucky me gets to start using my Christmas gift a couple of weeks early! It makes me feel very professional.

Before now, I have just been painting flat on a table or with my piece leaned up against the wall. In the spirit of professionality, I got some new paint today- I went full throttle and now I have a full quart each of red, yellow, and blue house paint– my current medium of choice.

I’m looking out on a week with lots of free time (the graphic design class I’ve been taking and the photo class I’ve been teaching are over until next quarter). For the next month I can focus more on making art! Yay! Hopefully there will be many posts to come in the next two weeks.