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I've been wanting to paint better portraits, so I went back to Lee Hammonds book, "Paint People in Acrylics". This is one of the exercises.

I'm not sure if this painting of the Long Road is finished or not. I had thought about putting the Emerald City on the far horizon, then I thought maybe the Chicago skyline as it looks from 50 miles away. But I might leave it like this with just a little detail added.

Just relaxing today and doing a little painting. These quick pastels are kind of a warm-up for working on larger paintings which can take months to complete.

Happy late Thanksgiving. I'm way behind, still working on my Thanksgiving painting. The "Long Road" will have to wait. It was nice out today so I took the motorcycle out to get groceries and took the long way home. Listening to Neil Young cd's and thinking about Linc-Volt.

I've been up all night working on this painting. It's half-way done and I'm considering the next step. I think I'd better go to bed, because when I look at the painting and imagine the finished product, I see at the end of the road - The Emerald City(yes, that one). And maybe a rainbow to boot. I can not give in. M u s t b e s e r i o u s a r t i s t !

We finally put in an actual 40hr workweek, the first one since I've been there. This coincides with the exit of one of our department managers. Next week will be back to 3 days because of the holidays. I need to figure out how to get the front brakes fixed on my van, maybe I can have that done over the holiday weekend. Been working on two paintings, one landscape of a long and winding road and one small still-life that should be done in time for Thanksgiving. I think it's warm enough to go for a motorcycle ride today.

This summer, while I was doing art shows, I finally finished The Planet Series. This was a major goal for me. Some may be redone later in different ways in larger formats, but these will always be my favorites.