January 16, 2008 Day 272
Today I did another experiment with my drawing, creating a background changing color from yellow to chocolate brown and back. Next, I drew with the chocolate brown, and then filled in some areas with brush pens. I'm still not happy with this, but I think it turned out better than yesterday's (see previous post).
Drawing #278 14" x 11"
Then I got a call from the trucking company that my shipment of boxes were on their way: two skids on a tractor trailer. We were supposed to have a "crew" ready to unload. Luckily I did round up a few people to help (including sister Laura), because the trailer could not get up the driveway at all after three tries. Our driveway was fine until today, when it got cold and froze the snow and water into ice. Next time, I'm ordering boxes in the summertime.
It took six of us an hour to unload the boxes into the garage by piling bundles on top of a van and driving them up and down the treacherous driveway, with a team at each end to load and unload. Then Adrian and I brought them into the studio, which was a trial because we just don't work well together. After that, I tried to rearrange them myself because I had blocked a light switch and outlet. Unfortunately, I piled too many against a bookshelf and all came tumbling down.
Jim finally came over and helped me straighten everything out. We will all be stiff tomorrow.
(Note: There is a gap between the dates I'm writing and posting in order to give me time to get ahead.)
