I had a lovely start to the day. Right now getting up around 5am doesn’t seem like a hardship.

It was a beautiful  morning.

I’ve been treating myself to an arty video on youtube after breakfast and today I found a new episode of Portrait Artist of the Year.  There were some wonderful portraits today. The artist who only used a pencil , but whose portrait made the sitter tearful when she saw herself must’ve been so happy. That is such a compliment.

I wasn’t sure what I was going  to do today so I started by going to the supermarket. 

My next project is to paint a view of Pisticci on a piece of wood which will have hooks screwed into it and keys hung on them.

I thought that I’d paint it with my new favourite  thing…….Gesso…..and while it was drying I gessoed several  more pages of 4 sketchbooks.

Gessoeing pages in sketchbooks and then lying them on the floor in the sunshine to dry is a very pleasant way to pass the time.

It took me about an hour and a half to draw the scene on the piece of wood. Then I sprayed it with hairspray.  I like the smell…..and it works to fix the drawing.

It was good to feel relaxed .

After lunch I gessoed a few more sketchbook pages and then painted the sky, closely followed by the church and by then it was about 4pm. 

And now it’s  wine time.

Cheers🍷🍷