Heights

I drew this picture for Illustration Friday and I didn't realize at the time how closely it relates to what I've been up to lately.  I moved my studio from upstairs to the basement and for some reason, I felt I should re-do the stairs and hallways on the way down.

The carpet on the stairs was old and stained so before I could stop myself, I started pulling it off.  Re-finishing the stairs turned out to be a lot of work.  That's one of the reasons I haven't been blogging lately.

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Above the stairs is a wonderful window with a view down the street.  I wanted to paint the walls, but it was so high up and I'm afraid of heights!  You have no idea how many times I tried to get up this ladder.  I finally succeeded.   This must have been the inspiration for my Illustration Friday.  In my subconscious, this ladder looks more like the one in my illustration!

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I still couldn't reach everywhere, but humans are tool makers, right?   Leaning off to the side of the ladder was not something I wanted to do so the paint brush taped to the stir stick did the trick.

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Finally the stairs and hall where done and I was able to carry all my supplies down to the basement without looking at the yucky carpet.  There is still yucky carpet upstairs, but I'll leave that to the professionals.

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Finally, down in my newly painted basement studio, I was able to do the journal page for the word "heights".  I can tell by this dark photo that I need more light.  Perhaps a grow light would help.  I don't want to feel the need to climb out of the basement.    I've had enough moving around for now!