Elaine Watts
Watercolourist and Printmaker

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(posted on 10 Jun 2010)

Elaine Watts

Hi everyone! I'm playing with images on my blog in preparation for transferring over from my first blog-site, http://paintingawayintheworld.blogspot.com. Before I swap I want to make sure I have at least the same functionality here as I did with the original spot. And, I'm guessing there might be (yet) a lot more to learn here on my website, as far a technology goes. Sometimes I refer to myself as a techno-peasant since I don't usually have the 1-2 year old toys, let alone the latest and greatest gadgets. (And that isn't even mentioning my capability of using what I have to its fullest extent!)

Of course, at this moment, I should probably be putting the final preparations together for my show on Saturday but I somehow am feeling quite relaxed about how it's going to go. (That calm is at odds with waking up twice last night with panicked dreams, about being in a big stadium and getting lost in the crowd, then crushed against a diminishing pathway & unable to breathe, I might add!) Funny how the mind works, isn't it? However, I have my gear together, my newest paintings matted & put into their glossy clear envelopes, and really all I need to do is get price tags made up for everything.

So maybe I'll paint today instead! Thursday afternoons have been my painting time for the last 5 weeks however the sessions with Faith have finished for now, until late in the summer. It's time to get into my own studio (slash-dining room!) and get at my own original work.

So, I'd best do what artists do, and get onto my painting board. Hope to see you at my show on the weekend, and I'll update (both) my blogs next week with the latest.