gourds, branches, and the printer

yup winter is coming...... even though the trees are still mostly green.

bernie's cutting back limbs so the chimney from the woodstove is safe 

but this does mean winter is on it's way

---still on the list is insulation and crack filling...oye-along with covering windows in the studio and the door wall in the duck room

more wood and a tank of oil

today, we pick up 'two foxes' from the printer

and amelia and company as well, which is a pen and ink, on rag bristol.

(and their digital files-but no prints) 

while at the printer, i will drop off the first chicken for scanning, that is going to the bird farm to thank them for their hospitality and allowing us to descend on them to photograph their birds and to have them share photos they took with me.

at this point i have two more chickens due to be scanned.....and 6 more to be painted

along with gourds and corn and pumpkins

i wish i could be painting a witch too but that's not to be i guess this year

also in studio news, i am trying to figure out a way to get steady north light for some of the work i am planning... short of installing a sun tunnel.....which i would love to do- the closest i can figure would be a cool white led light hung from HIGH over head?

but i don't know if that is going to work for what i've got in mind (high overhead is a joke as the ceiling in the studio is only 7'2'')

but the thing is.......i am getting more and more intrigued  by the overhead cool north light i see in old paintings, and how it affects colors.... so i am really wanting to work with that for a while

i swear i should have my studio in a glass house..... and i so would if i could afford to and afford to keep it comfortable while working

now i am supposed to be getting my shower, to go to the printer, however i am sitting in the studio sort of listening to bernie cut the trees back, as in case of an emergency i can help him

yes i know

yes i do this all the time

yes even he thinks i'm nuts

oye