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Things kids take for granted today unheard of in our past… Kids attacking, stabbing, shooting others to get car keys for a joy ride.

Though I painted over a thousand trees it remains to be sparce and dotty. I will need to paint many more trees, especially in clumps, or stands of trees. Also, to mix in some variety of trees too.

It is funny to ready what you wrote, because I have been saying the same about love and fear for decades. It is nice to get the same message back to me from someone else. Thanks.

A belt driven vertical drill press.

When I restarted this painting I never thought that I will be making a complete background overhaul. It's a bit scary each time I do a stage, because I don't have the confidence nor knowing how it will turn out. At the moment, I figure there will be several background overhauls. This is the...

I chose not to watch the fight, so I don't know.

After some convalescence my health improved enough to actually start some painting. Getting started again proved that I was seriously out of touch with how I paint. I spent half a day repainting, several times, a small section of the painting; to no real satisfaction. I had to remind myself that...

Have been ill lately, from one illness to the next. My body is losing its physical integrity.

Oil. Sorry for delay.

Thanks for sharing. At the moment, all I have done is lay downed the background (mid-intensity) colours. Actually today I am going over some of them to lighten some areas up. Then later I will add different tones for shadows and highlights to give form.

Since Friday I have been gathering all my scraps of notes about this painting and organizing what it is I want to paint. Today I will make a start. My first task is to improve background shades of some of the hills; some of it is too dark.

My hope, by exposing my ideals and ideas that it may make myself more accountable. I have in the past fallen short on promise, with this painting. I endeavour to remedy that.

Well, almost a week has passed without painting. Besides attending a few appointments I have been struggling with procrastination, once again. The last two days has been challenging to find out why I procrastinate over this painting. This is what I found out. Many artists say that it is very...