Thank you to everyone who was able to make the classes this week and last week. I would love to see what you have managed to put on the canvas so far. Do you have any pics you want to share? OR, the bigger question, what has you stuck? Is it time? Supplies? Or something else? This is time for extra help if you need it. I am here to support you and get you moving forward. Because I know that you can paint anything you want to. It is in you. @Janice Peterson @Kate Bullock @LM Sharron @Christine Ross @Rebecca Martin @Melissa Boster The replays are available to you in the classroom HERE

But this is life and in life, we roll with the punches. 👊🏻 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 I got some news yesterday that hit me harder than I wished it did. The exhibition that I have been working on for the past year... POSTPONED (no date in site yet) 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 The short story is that the gallery building is owned by the government. The government came in and decided that this building would be perfect to hold November elections from now on. So my exhibition dates have just disappeared. 💥💥 I have spent months and months on this: 👊🏻 developing a new concept 👊🏻 researching 👊🏻 photography 👊🏻 drawing and executing 👊🏻 Literally THOUSANDS of hours of work. (this is not an exaggeration) And now I have a whole new body of work that still needs to be finished but has nowhere to go. 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 🥊 Now what I MUST do....... Finish these works. Because I know if I walk away now, I will loose the connection to the message. Then I will have to protect them and store them. That starts the time clock ticking. Most exhibitions do not allow work older than 2 years. OR... Do I put them for sale on my website? Do I risk selling them and breaking up a cohesive body of work? Do I say 🖕🏻to the gallery and cancel? What have you had that you put a TON of effort into that didn't go as you expected? How did you move past the feeling of disappointment?

@Rebecca Martin @Janice Peterson @Kate Bullock for hanging out with me for ☕ coffee this morning. You have all SERIOUSLY energized me! Thank you. 💃💃💃 (that’s me dancing) Here is my challenge: I have this really cool thing. A proven system that really helps people learn to paint realism FAST. But I don’t know how to deliver it the best way possible. These ladies helped me with a brainstorming session to give me a CLEAR and plausible plan that will really work for me and I think them. 🧠 BUT, we aren’t done yet. I am going to do it again tomorrow morning. ☕️ So if you missed today, you have tomorrow. BUT I KNOW it’s Easter 🐣 and that probably wasn’t the smartest plan but I said I would do it and will stick to it. If you can’t make it - no worries, I am just going to paint away for 30 minutes by myself. HA

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