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The privilege of having my own studio in the basement has been replaced with the grace of having my own spot behind the couch of my new living room.

<-- Moving from my old studio

MOVING DAY IN PROVO

To my new studio -->








Honestly, though, I'm just grateful to still have a spot of my own to paint and jam out. (Notice the cool headphones.) I'd like to say that I paint to audiobooks and TED talks. And sometimes I do. Sometimes, though, it's more fun to zone out to some good music. My friends have sent in playlists of their favorite artists, as such I've become a bit of an enthusiast. I'm seeing Ed Sheeran and Rudimental on Tuesday, Vance Joy and London Grammar in November. Do you have any suggestions? I promise I'll think of you while I listen.

I'm making good progress on the verdaccio. Darin helped me fix the angle of the eyes--since remember the eyes must be parallel to the line beneath the nose which must be parallel to the line that parts the lips. Mine were originally a bit wonky.

That hair though. It's driving me crazy. I ended up blacking out the left side, I'll start over once I get back to Provo. Darin advised me to just black out the parts I don't like, but... well... I kind of took his advice.

I've started thinking about my own work. I'm still refining my craft, but I don't plan on only doing Renaissance reproductions. My dad took a cool picture of my eye with his new full frame that might be fun to paint, and I may consider doing a blow up of this little girl's hands. Painting body parts, though, will only do for so long, haha, so we'll see what else I come up with.

Thoughts?

Love \\ Christelle