stage 1 of 10/31/2021 oil painting
4:28 PM: I couldn’t leave the studio without starting something new & fresh. so I made a few marks on a 16x20” portrait linen canvas, while stepping over and around all the scrunched up stuff waiting to be moved into storage. more tomorrow.
7:48 AM: as was predicted, it’s a partly cloudy, cooler day today, and our near record high temps are now history. that’s how history works!
so this photo, documenting my adventure at the creek yesterday, is now part of my history.
so what’s up for today? as i await the completion of my new studio storage space, it’s an opportunity for me to get a bunch of logistical stuff out of the way. but i don’t like having an entire day go by without making a drawing or painting, so that will happen. we just don’t know yet what it will be.
on other fronts, in my ongoing search for the finest tasting coffee bean, i think i’ve found it. or at least i’ve found one. and i’ll share it with you right now.
it’s the Al Mokha Haraaz Coop Farm Blend, from the Al Mokha site, which you can Google. i got the unroasted beans, in part because i way prefer to roast them myself with my trusty freshroast r540 hot air roaster. and of course the raw, unroasted beans are more affordable.
as you may be aware, yemen is the birthplace of coffee. currently and for some time now, the country is torn by strife. one of the Arab world's poorest countries, it has been devastated by a civil war. and yet, al mokha has been able to get the beans out of the country and make them available, giving the local farmers and producers some kind of income.
more later, once i take my shower & meditate, before heading to the studio.
painting a small oil at the creek yesterday