Well, we went up into the Sangre d' Christo mountains yesterday morning and stayed til mid afternoon. It was a beautiful clear sunny day so we lazed around, had a nice picnic lunch and took cat naps. A beautiful day indeed.
When we got home there was a message from our broker indicating that the appraisal had come in for the amount of our asking price - which made us very happy.
Additionally the home inspector's report had only a few very insignificant items that required our attention - which we very quickly agreed to correct. This also made us very happy.
Now we have to wait until the buyer closes on their home and then they will close on ours. SOOOOOOOOOOOOO safe to say that although the process is moving forward it ain't over til the Fat Lady sings!!!!!
In the mean time we are still packing and acting as tho everything is cool and that the closing will go off without a hitch - this is called POSITIVE THINKING!!!
To that end, I decided to make you folks aware of my Plein Air team as once we get onto the full time RV mode of living, I will be doing mostly Plein Air painting - landscapes and still life - YES still life can be painted En Plein Air!
I'm going to let one of my team members start off the presentation - followed by a few other members. Please excuse the length of this post but I think it very important that you all get to know one another as you folks will be hearing more from these and other team members as time progresses. Additionally if any of you folks have any questions for any of the team members please feel free to jump right in after this presentation is over. Although a tad shy, I'm sure they will be happy to respond to questions.
JR's PLEIN AIR TEAM
HI - MY NAME IS ED AND I'M A HOME MADE PLEIN AIR EASEL. MY OWNER JR (RVPAINTER) CRAFTED ME OUT OF THE FOLLOWING:
A HEAVY DUTY TRIPOD FOR A CAMERA
A TABLETOP EASEL
SOME PLYWOOD AND PAINT
A THINGIE THAT THE THUMB SCREW ON THE TRIPOD WOULD SCREW INTO WHEN ATTACHED TO THE PLYWOOD
I CAN BE USED IN THE STUDIO OR AS A PLEIN AIR EASEL AND I'M VERY EASY TO SETUP AS WELL AS BREAK DOWN.
OVER TIME I HAVE DEVELOPED A PAIR OF EYES THAT ARE ON THE BACK SIDE OF ME ( not really my BACKSIDE but the other side of me) IN THIS WAY I CAN SEE THE SAME SUBJECT THAT JR IS LOOKING AT. I HAVE ALSO DEVELOPED THE ABILITY TO SPEAK - WHICH AT TIME IRRITATES JR AS I OFFER COMMENTARY WHENEVER I PLEASE!
HI - I'M BEN BIG BRUSH - MY OWNER JR (RVPAINTER) CRAFTED ME FROM A PERFECTLY GOOD BRUSH INTO WHAT HE CALLS A "STUBBY" BRUSH (AKA - STIFFY)
JR CUT OFF THE FIRST 50% OR MORE OF MY PERFECTLY ALIGNED BRISTLES SO THAT HE COULD USE ME AS A PSEUDO PALETTE KNIFE YET RETAIN SOME SEMBLANCE OF VISIBLE BRUSH STROKES. I CAN ALSO PRODUCE WHAT JR CALLS "STACCATO STROKES" WHICH ARE QUICK DABS AND STABS OF JUICY PAINT TO DEVELOP A "PAINTERLY" LOOSE LOOK AS WELL AS DEPTH OF FIELD.
I HAVE A YOUNGER SIBLING - LITTLE SAM (AKA - LITTLE STIFFY) WHICH JR USES FOR SOME OF THOSE SMALLER PASSAGES WHERE SOMEONE AS LARGE AS ME WILL NOT QUITE FIT - I'M NOT FAT - JUST WIDE!!!!
HI - WE ARE A WHOLE GROUP OF ADDITIONAL MEMBERS IN JR's PLEIN AIR TEAM. WE MAKE UP HIS COLOR PALETTE OF BRIGHT - BOLD - SASSY COLOR. JR USES PROFESSIONAL CHROMA INTERACTIVE ACRYLIC PAINT. IN JR'S OPINION THIS IS THE BEST PAINT FOR HIS STYLE AS IT IS THICK - CREAMY AND JUICY. THIS PAINT ALSO DRIES MUCH SLOW THAN OTHER BRANDS WHICH ALLOWS FOR COLOR BLENDING DIRECTLY ON THE PAINTING SURFACE WHICH IS ONE OF JR's RECOGNIZED TECHNIQUES, FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT US - CLICK ON THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://www.chromaonline.com/
http://www.chromaonline.com/
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HI BLOG BUDDIES THIS IS JR. I ALLOWED (ED - THE EASEL) TO START THIS INTRODUCTION OF MY PLEIN AIR PAINTING TEAM AS HE THREATENED THAT HE WOULD NEVER STAND UP STRAIGHT AGAIN IF I DID NOT LET HIM DO THIS. HE CAN BE A REAL PAIN AND AT TIMES IS NOT VERY EASEL (WHOOPS --- EASY) TO WORK WITH.
AS ED MENTIONED, HE IS ALSO SUITABLE FOR STUDIO PAINTING AND TO THIS DEGREE I WILL BE PUTTING THESE TEAM MEMBERS THROUGH THEIR PACES IN THE STUDIO DURING THE NEXT MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE START (APRIL 1,2012) OF OUR FULL TIME RV ADVENTURE.
IT SHOULD BE NOTED (ED SHOULD REALLY LISTEN TO THIS) THAT ANY TEAM MEMBER WHO DOES NOT CARRY THEIR LOAD OR DOES NOT MEASURE UP TO MY STANDARDS DURING THIS 6 MONTH TRIAL PERIOD WILL BE ELIMINATED FROM THE TEAM!!!!!
AS THIS SECTION OF MY RVPAINTER BLOG DEVELOPS OVER TIME, ADDITIONAL MEMBERS WILL BE INTRODUCED (PERHAPS BY ED) - ASSUMING HE MAKES THE CUT DURING THIS 6 MONTH TRIAL PERIOD!
LATER MY FRIENDS :>) ----JR
