Making your own color wheel will  allows you to see at a glance exactly who your "cast of characters" is. So when the lights go out and the curtain goes up you can know who your actors are instantly. 

What I have learned so far: 
People worry a lot about their drawing skills.   Mixing paint for color is equally important. Practice mixing paint and you will never be sorry you did. 

This is an example of a piece working just from the colors on my palette. Pretty flat huh? This show how important it is to mix paint and create masses of color and varied lights and darks  as well as bright and duller masses. 

What I have learned so far: 
I love to take classes and learn. It made me feel joy I have not felt in over a year. I need to stay plugged in to the art community, connect with others. It gives me energy and inspiration. 

Time lapse painting with music by the wonderful Patti Casey. Patti is a good friend and I often paint to her music. She is a musician who lives 
in Montpelier . I think she is one of those people who can do everything well. I can't think of anything she can't do. 

Yesterday on my Youtube channel I posted a video where I talked to you about the changes that have taken place here in this house. I also said I was going to dedicate myself to the painting of a clear glass with a clear liquid in it. This means thinking about inserting color as much as possible in the my gray mixes and to contemplate temperature. 

What I have learned so far: 
Temperature ...thinking about warm and cool is a great way to explore the same color value but to make distinctions based on the variety of choices depending on what you mix and how you decide to approach a very neutral subject. I was happily completely absorbed. 
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I have been off line for a bit. But now I am back. We lost Henry the rescue collie . He was not healthy when we got him in January but I thought "magically" that he would live a long time. He was doing extremely well and then his kidneys crashed. There was nothing to be done and it rocked me harder than I ever thought it would. 
I thought I would be a collie rescue person but I found out I can not compartmentalize my emotions and I great at "hello's" and not at "goodbyes". 
So now I have faced a myth about myself I did not know. 
I did not paint for a  while. My spirit was just not there for it. 
Luckily now it is and I am getting ready to do an online workshop in a few weeks. 
What I have learned so far? 
You can still discover things about yourself that you thought were false but turn out to be true and that is OK. 
Do you have a myth about yourself or a magical thinking moment that was a real "ah ha"?