Detour

The barrier between a plan and its fulfillment can be very frail. My original plan for today was to finish coloring the 2nd tower print, maybe even get started on the final framing. But that changed last night. On the way home on the parkway I was pulled over by a state trooper. Nothing serious- he saw I had a headlight out (I was unaware), informed me of this, and let me go on my way. Aside from the possible legal issues, someone who works at night as often as I do shouldn't be riding with just one. So for lack of a tiny filament in a light bulb, my day's plans would change. My owner's manual showed that the repair would be simple once I got the part. After some searching, I found one at an auto parts store on the edge of Asbury, and as long as I was in the neighborhood, I dropped by the Studio to see what was going on in there. Glad to see Molly had cleaned up as promised. I took time to jot down a bunch of notes regarding some detail areas of the first copy of the tower print, things I hadn't dealt with yet and were hard to discern from the photos I have stored on my computer. And while I was there I saw Herb was rehanging art from building residents in the main hallway. I had brought in a few pieces to be added to this display, so I got them from the Studio and we got them up on a wall (see the above photo). I'm glad to get that taken care of, but by the time this was all done (plus the time spent swapping the new light for the old), I had lost almost 4 hours of my free daytime hours.

Late tonight, after class, I was able to put some of those notes I took in the Studio to use. I was able to fix the clouds, the figure drawings, the subway signs, the game board, the marble church floor, the wave and water, some figures in the prison, and some of the casino. Additional coloring was done in areas that I didn't need my new notes for, but just hadn't gotten to yet. Tomorrow I have half a dozen minor things to finish, then the big item- the sky. I'm still on track for being ready to hang everything on the weekend, so I guess everything worked out.