With over a month since my last post, you'd think I'd have lots to show. You would be wrong. It's not that I've not been active (though I've not produced anywhere near what I should have - almost no speed paints for example), just that much of that I either can't show, or can't show just yet. Mostly though this month (and the end of the last) has just been a fairly tough slog. Long time followers will know that October 5th marks an unhappy anniversary for me, and as such the two weeks around that date are usually a pretty horrible time for me emotionally. This year though I also had two friends pass away in the time since I last posted. The latter was very close, and died on Thursday. I won't post my thoughts on that here - it's best left to other places, but obviously it's affected me deeply.
But on to happier things, at least for this post. We've had a house guest for a few weeks, and he's likely to be around for a while longer. While his presence is obviously a minor distraction from the art thing he's also the model guest, and we're very happy to have him. I do also have some things coming up soon - I'm taking a new painting class, and I'll be posting the results before long. One of the pieces seems to be fairly popular, (though of course, being me I can't see why) and overall there should be three or four paintings by the end of it. I've also been working on a new book cover for Dr. Sandifer, and that should be hitting the electronic store shelves in the next few weeks - I'll have a post about it ready when it does of course. There are also another two covers that are essentially done, and just waiting on a final page count. Those I'll probably blog about in December and January when the books go live. So yes, things are happening, even if it's not quite in the places I would hope (anatomy practice, sketching, that sort of thing - I've had no mental time for it the past few months, but hopefully that will change soon). For now though, let's get the sketching up to date...
