![]() I’m still enjoying being a miniature artist and having an entire exhibit fit in one box!!Īfter the visit with Amy I made notes about our discussion of future projects then I celebrated my accomplishment with time to read! This book pictured below was very hard to put down! While reading it feels like I’m on a vacation. Here’s the box of 20 artworks – many of them new for the October exhibit. This week Amy, the owner of the Caplan Art Designs gallery came to pick up the Odditerrarium series for exhibit in October. Here’s my sketchbook with the mistake corrected. ![]() So I shared how I fixed the mistake I’d made, in permanent ink, in my sketchbook in this email newsletter titled: 95% of being an artist (or a human) is knowing how to deal well with mistakes. I started to attribute the quote to Seneca but it was by Epictetus. That thought popped up again when I made a mistake in my sketchbook. It’s having the discretion to choose wisely what our next thoughts and actions will be that’s most important. Jokes aside – as I worked on this painting I was thinking that it’s not our first thought or an event that’s the important factor it’s our second thought and the actions we do next in response. ![]() This painting is 8 x 10 inches and created with ink, gouache and collage on board. ![]() Here’s a dog portrait in my Odditerrarium series. ![]()
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