new camera and new direction?

This is a pastel study I recently did that I thought I’d use for a new series. I’m calling it Vessel. I went to a 36″ x 36″ or 91.44 cm square canvas and it didn’t work out. Too much of a scale change. Also,I was playing around with 2D and 3D and that did not work at all. So I’ve got a smaller rectangle one that I’m going to use as another study.

I also got a new camera.  A Kodak PixPro. It is a  point and shoot kind of thing. I got it in part because I could hook it up to my PC. Several of them only seem to work with wifi or bluetooth. I’ve had trouble with that in the past. I couldn’t focus anymore with the old one. It was several years old. The new one works similar to the old one. Also, it is inexpensive.

I am not sure what is going  with WordPress. The formatting is wonky. I couldn’t center the picture. Also, the lines seem to be double spaced. It is very distracting so I think I’ll just leave it here while I try to figure out what is wrong.

ok so what is typed and what shows up on the blog is different. Not double spaced. Also I thought the text started next to the image. It doesn’t on the preview.  Oh, and now I can center the image. So annoying

New Easel

I love it when you order something on line and it arrives 3 days later. This is my new easel. It is an A frame or lyre style. I picked it because it looked like it wouldn’t take up as much space as a “H” frame. I looked at the single or I frame ones but they didn’t seem to be as sturdy as the “A”. I sometimes get vigorous with my brush work so that was a consideration. The A frame seemed a bit more substantial and it is. It is made out of pine. I ordered it from Jerry’s Artarama. Over the years I have found them to have good prices on just about everything and more importantly they carry the oils I like the Maimeri Classico brand. The easel is made by Richeson. On the easel is an art board I’ve never used before. It is made by DaVinci, called Pro Panels. It has a bit of a tooth so I thought it might work for pastels.

The picture is blurry. It wasn’t hard to put together and it doesn’t take up much space. Guess I need to start painting.