For a long time after James died Sundays were the longest most boring days of the week.

Even when we weren’t together or had fallen out there was always a possible truce on Sundays. Quite often we’d message each other at the same time suggesting a walk on the beach and then lunch at the ” Esso”.

So, it’s taken a while to reinvent Sundays.

Today began with my Sunday email which I enjoy writing and starts the day satisfactorily.

Followed by my weekend breakfast ,( outside,) of ” facon ” and eggs.

It was such a beautiful morning and I was in no rush so I fetched my tablet and drew the view.

It was a little tricky due to reflections and I added some finishing touches inside.

After that I put a yellow wash over my 14 smaller local scenes.

That didn’t take very long and about then Fluffy decided to join me.

The sun shone all this time.

I made my usual lunch of chickpeas , vegetables, etc and now I have enough for the next 4 days.

At this point I thought that I’d watch an episode of ” Landscape Artist of the Year”. This turned into a feast of arty TV as I found 2 new episodes of ” Portrait Artist of the Year” and watched them both. I like the landscape series, but I love the portrait series. It is so very fascinating to watch artists try to get a likeness while also making an interesting painting. I’ve watched lots of tutorials on portrait painting, but none I’ve enjoyed as much as watching an episode of this.

After adding a layer of acrylic medium to the 14 paintings I was done with work for today.

Making my work diary isn’t work.

Round about this time I got a message about a possible client coming round.

That required a quick brush, dust and polish.

And now I have another 2 small commissions.

I can hear the church bells ringing in the distance now.

It’s been a lovely day.

Cheers🍷🍷