one shelf down

or should i say up?

i started putting up one of the new commercial shelving units from sam's club in the studio
boy that thing is BIG
in spite of having two of them for a partial pantry inside
i didn't realize how BIG they would be in here

and 18X23 foot room is just not that big these days
especially with a woodstove in the center

however
i think if i shift the furniture around
and edit the odd ball stuff i currently have ( like wire store shelves we spray painted white that hold molds.....)
i think i can get this all to work
the ethan allen stuff has to go however
it's not as hard working as i thought it would be
so it's going up into the second bedroom........ along with the soap storage
i think
i have the bases full of dinnerware, so they will have to have a new home then

does anyone have any ideas on HOW big a butlers pantry for tableware should be?
and if you do.......... could you help me figure out also how to STRETCH the rock walls out 25 feet......
we need a miracle for that one cause i can't afford to do renovations

i can't remember if i mention that i am getting to the point with the duckie drawings that i need to think of color for some
i am debating on which way to go so i may try a bunch of different stuff
i think i will probably go with pen and ink with transparent washes and some pastel highlights

but we'll see
i could also go with straight watercolor, gouache, or even oils
the only other ways i am thinking such as oil pastels or colored pencils are not in my opinion at the moment...... a feasible option for me

i will say that i am blessing my art school education more and more
i went to ridgewood art and design in ridgewood nj
my teachers also taught at pratt and parsons
this was the same art school that pauline campinelli went to
and i think there are more folks that are famous as well

i studied under joanne landis, richard protovine ( i can't spell his name)
and two painters jim and sharon
i think their last name was anderson
i always just remembered them as jim and sharon ( my painting teachers)
and monty was my art history teacher
ken was my airbrush and i think lettering instructor
i remember my etching teacher, ( she called me a babbling brook) but i can't quite remember if her name was grunelle or grunourer

joanne was my fashion illustrator and book illustration teacher
richard was my drawing and animation teacher

these folks were very highly instrumental
and i do STILL quote joanne often

if she ever stumbles across this blog
i will say this

i told her once i figured that at 50 folks had it all figured out
what i really learned is that by 50, you have acquired true charactor
or have become a true charactor

however these folks passed on a lot of learning about art, and life
some of the seeds they planted did take 30 years to come to fruition but they have appeared to have germinated now

i would love to say thank you to them all
( btw
last i heard, joanne was teaching at drexel)