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. ![]() 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! ![]() 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. ![]() 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. ![]() 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!
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Lovely illustration! Either she has a mysterious hiding place, or she's climbing out of the real world into some kind of wonderful fantasy place.
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Susi
4/24/2012 10:52:03 am
I love your page, Laurel! I freak out when I'm high up, too. Your new studio space looks great. Power to you for tackling the stairs and making your new area more inviting. :-) I think Cindy's lamp suggestion is a very good one. Happy new studio space!! <3
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Claire Wildish
4/24/2012 03:28:03 pm
Absolutely beautiful! So many textures and layers. Very dreamy!
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4/26/2012 05:23:16 am
Love how this is almost segmented. Great use of color & textures! The studio looks GREAT! I can see how it would be easy to create in such an environment!
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7/4/2012 03:47:48 pm
Great site, was just reading and doing some work when I found this page
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10/10/2013 09:33:55 am
Great info, thank you.
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