The last two days have passed in a haze of angst and homework. My son has gifted or advanced placement classes for nearly every subject this year. He allowed himself to get behind on a bunch of homework, so we've spent the last two days whining at each other about it. I haven't managed to get much done in that time, primarily because he sits in my studio and does his homework and he sits at my sketching desk.
I usually paint at a drafting table because I have some health problems including a hypermobile shoulder that sometimes flares up when I paint upright at an easel, and since I work with oil paints and oils are extremely detrimental to paper I keep one desk for oil paints and one for watercolor and pencil work. But if this homework issue persists I may get desperate and soak the oil desk in mineral spirits so I can sketch at it as well.
On Thursday I finished up everything for the calendar and put it up on Kickstarter. It will launch on Friday, September 6th at Noon Eastern Time. We're offering the calendar by itself, the calendar with a random vinyl diecut sticker, and the calendar with a grab bag. We used to always use the calendar Kickstarter as an opportunity to make grab bags of stuff left over from convention season but we haven't done that in so long I have a ton of stuff to use for the grab bags! I'm really looking forward to (hopefully) producing this project and more printed stuff. I might even start working on a new oracle or tarot deck soon...
The week ahead promises some more tolerable weather but this weekend it's hot and stormy. That's fine by me - the second part, anyway. It makes a good atmosphere for working on Halloween-themed sketches and getting the last batch of Halloween art done before I switch to Yule and Christmas art.
Today will see me bathing dogs and prepping to paint a couple rooms in my house instead of sketching, though. Only the most exciting stuff around here.
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