Day 1- Supplies, Scaling, and Prep!

 Exciting, exciting- Day 1. Monday, May 8th

Today began with breakfast for the first time in weeks, suddenly the will to live returned after I wasn't living for my classes... which I dearly loved. However, after breakfast, in Slocumb at 8:50 I began collecting some supplies and plans for today.




The largest board I found had a few nicks and slight splintering, I wish I was joking about something so minor but my fear of hitting a bump or tearing the paper is unmatched.







As such, I made my way to the Wood Working shop to sand over the paint and splinter marks. Also meeting this sweetie who loves back scratches!











This led to a brief meeting with Mosely during my daily journey for medications, he had a tick wandering his fur, so many ticks! 









Returning to Slocumb after a brief intermission, I am now able to tape down and measure the paper. It might sound odd but the most important beginning of the piece is the mathematic resizing of my reference photos. This will make more sense when my photos are fully finished as this is the same technique utilized by Rembrandt and Da Vinci.










Slocumb's afternoon classes had Chris Reid as a guest, she did a demo of her beautiful chalk pastel flowers... would've enjoyed it much more if I wasn't reminded that art teachers fear my experimental and personal style- "Oh no you smudged it".







Anyways!! To finish off the day I left Slocumb at about 2:40 and brought my 22' x 30' board back to my dorm. Tomorrow I plan on preparing my reference photos and getting the scaling exact! 



In conclusion, day 1 is a solid six hours (not including the art demo)! 
-Written @ 7: 56pm



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