First snow

Last night Chicago had it's first snow, at least the first snow that stuck. A lot of people seem to really like the seasonal changes and are excited by snow. I might enjoy it too if I could afford to turn on the heat so that I can't see my breath inside my apartment. That will soon change though as I'm likely moving into a new apartment with heat included in the rent.

I've been working on continuing to submit: I've made one more submission to a gallery, one contest entry, and one grant application.

I've also started a new piece which I will have to add a picture of my progress later as I've loaned out my camera. I've been saving this larger canvas for a new piece and for a long time hadn't decided on what I wanted to use it for. I have this one shot that I took of someone I used in the double portrait series that has been begging to be put on that canvas. So I started it - it's much larger than the size I've been doing the rest of the portraits in so we'll see what it's like to be painting them bigger.

This week I will have very little time for the studio - it's the show week of the Chorus that I work for so I will be running around fixing costumes and making all those last minute props.