With some free time (OMG!) lying around here and there, I feel it is important to engage myself in ever new fields, so as not to get in a rut of working and watching TV. After an amazingly fun housewarming on Saturday, I decided to act on this and take my good buddy Tim Wood with me to a local art supply store on Van Ness ave. FYI: It's called Blick Art Supply, and it is wonderfully stocked with everything you could possibly need. So Tim isn't really an "artist" per se, but he's gotten a few pointers from friends that took a bunch of classes and has been able to translate that into a passing hobby of amateur painting. And it's really good. So good, in fact, that I commissioned Tim to do a painting for our apartment. When I say "commission" I mean pay for the supplies and collaborate on a theme. But anyway, that's how the trip started out. But before we even got there, I got interested in the whole painting dealio myself. It didn't seem easy, but it seemed a great way to express myself in a new and interesting way. Lord knows, when it comes to writing, I barely have the attention span to update a blog every once in awhile. I already finished my first small painting, and I have a nice new canvas to start on my next project. Can't wait.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Painting
With some free time (OMG!) lying around here and there, I feel it is important to engage myself in ever new fields, so as not to get in a rut of working and watching TV. After an amazingly fun housewarming on Saturday, I decided to act on this and take my good buddy Tim Wood with me to a local art supply store on Van Ness ave. FYI: It's called Blick Art Supply, and it is wonderfully stocked with everything you could possibly need. So Tim isn't really an "artist" per se, but he's gotten a few pointers from friends that took a bunch of classes and has been able to translate that into a passing hobby of amateur painting. And it's really good. So good, in fact, that I commissioned Tim to do a painting for our apartment. When I say "commission" I mean pay for the supplies and collaborate on a theme. But anyway, that's how the trip started out. But before we even got there, I got interested in the whole painting dealio myself. It didn't seem easy, but it seemed a great way to express myself in a new and interesting way. Lord knows, when it comes to writing, I barely have the attention span to update a blog every once in awhile. I already finished my first small painting, and I have a nice new canvas to start on my next project. Can't wait.
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Dearest Beto,
I'm sorry I didn't make it to your party all those weeks ago, but I hear it was wondrous. One of these days we'll have to hang out; I'm usually in the city on the weekends.
Just for future reference--and I don't know if it's better than the store you went to, honestly--the Pearl Art Supply on Market (close to the Warfield, if I remember correctly) has the lowest prices I've ever found, anywhere. Quoth my former art teacher, "I think the kids who work there are high when they mark the items."
I may be going to rural India to teach soon (!) so if/when I do, I'll be sure to let you know where to find my blog. Hope all is well. Give my best to Darren.
Alicia
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