Why I take so many sky photos

Building up layers on this blue abstract painting with chalk

I filmed the making of this painting, and I’ll be uploading videos daily for the entire month of May.

Monday – Thursday, I’ll be uploading palette knife painting videos here. Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, I’ll be uploading portrait painting videos here. 

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Deep Blue Quiet
Acrylic portrait painting on flat panel
Available here

I threw this old gesso jar out the other day because there was so much dried up gesso around the cover, and rim it made it difficult to close. With the hot weather coming, I don’t want to take any chances of having my gesso dry out. It’s time for a new jar. I had to take a few shots of the old one first, and say my goodbyes. It has served me well for the past few years. 

Aw..goodbye. 
::sniff sniff::
If you can’t tell, 
I regret tossing it out now.
:/

The sky is always there for me,
while my life has been going through
many, many changes.
When I look up at the sky,
it gives me a nice feeling,
like looking at an old friend.
Yoko Ono

I have always felt the same way, which is why I take so many sky photos. I also like that the sky changes so rapidly, and what I capture is usually gone forever within seconds. Makes it more challenging to photograph because you gotta be quick. 

Fabulous idea I found on Pinterest from the Create Thrive website.

She wrote, “The idea is to get everything down for the day before you’ve even answered your first email or checked your social media or online store. It’s a focussing exercise which allows more space in your mind for getting the things done which are vital that day.” You can read more here.

What a great tool to figure out what you reallllly want to do versus what you have to do..or what you think you have to do. If you’re like me, you get so caught up in the “must do” that you have no clue what you want to do, sometimes. 

Handsome Frank (@Handsome_Frank) January 4, 2019

I started reading a couple new books this week. One I gave up on already because meh. It was a serial killer story that mirrors BTK, which I didn’t know until I started reading it. I remember vividly the BTK scare when he was threatening another murder in Wichita back in 2004 – 2005. Don’t want to be reminded of him, that period of time or the heinous murders he committed.  

Moving on, I switched to something completely different, The Murmur of Bees, and it’s a much better story. I’m only about 50 pages in, but I can tell it’s going to be a fast read.  

Hope you have a wonderful weekend. Have you read any outstanding books lately?