| CAROL MARINE'S PAINTING A DAY 9/26/17 |
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For one of my birthdays when I was a kid, someone gave me a set of markers. I remember not wanting to waste them, so I put them aside for "some special project in the future." Several years later I finally brought them out, only to find they had dried up!
When I got back from France and I was going through my photos, I was most excited about the reference for this painting. But I decided I should save it, because if I used my favorite photos first, I would be ... wasting them? So yesterday I decided - what the heck - I'm going to paint them in the order I am most excited about. And when I run out, I'll go and take more photos! So here's this one, and I have to say (screw modesty), I'm kind of totally in love with it.
And now back to a bit of still life, as I have another workshop coming up - my last one of the year.
Unfortunately, I am having to raise what I charge for international shipping. I apologize for this. I was under the impression that I could ship in a (usps priority mail international) padded envelope and it would be automatically insured, but I learned the hard way today that it is not. The cost will go from $30 to $35.
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I've also been working on a side project, building a little porch for a new outbuilding that my husband finished this summer. I had to work around big roots from a tree, which informed the design. I've really gotten into woodworking lately. It provides me with the perfect balance of creativity, problem solving, and hard work. Since painting is my "job," I'd been looking for a "hobby" that was different enough to 
