A bit of trivia about my studio. It’s in a building that used to be a maitenance shed, and half of the building is still used by the maitenance crew that looks after the University grounds: I’m pleased to report that the proud tradition of the tea break still lives on. I haven’t had the studio space for very long and am still settling in. RL kindly donated an antique cassette recorder, fortunately the radio still works, and it’s in the process of being rusted onto JJJ.

Day six saw the first day of painting in oils, I started by working on the sky. I’m trying to give the plane of the sky movement and texture by hatching it with lighter and darker shades of blue, kind of thinking of early Rennaisance painting and trying to use the brush strokes a bit like threads in an old tapestry. Vaguely considering using embroidary on some other smaller canvases, but maybe not, I like kitsch but there is a line which even I am reluctant to cross.