Seriously?

This page irritated me every time I opened the journal

So yesterday morning I did this. Ahhh, better. Not good, but better

The start of an abstract on 12x14 wood panel. Base is black gesso

She could no longer hide in the distance.

Old trick if you put out too much paint on the palette, is to wipe, scrap, or brush that paint onto a blank journal page. I have started doing that again, and this girl with the flowers is from a few days of left over paint. The title refers to my own family turmoil with drug addiction. Once a week I have to remind my step daughter that she can't fix her grown daughter. We will get there......

Jane Davis, who has a blog called Collage Journey, has been posting videos of sanding (either by hand or with an orbital sander) layers off of her paintings, then adding more layers. I am intrigued. So I started one. However I'm not intrigued enough to stick with nothing but that wood panel, so it is hit or miss if I work on it. No longer going to beat myself up for not staying with one project. I am working in the studio every day, and that is what counts. Couldn't do much last night after an eye exam, with the dilation drops. I hate having my eyes dilated. For some strange reason, that crap lasts on me for hours. Like 8 to 10 hours. I had sunglasses on inside the house 4 hours after the drops.

Being old sucks.
Linda