Set the timer -- half an hour will do it

 Reading on the dock

Work in progress

Acrylic on canvas

24 x 24 inches

Barbara Muir © 2013

(I didn't get much more done

here today.  I've been working on

another portrait -- but I'm happy with

how it's going --still mostly

blocking in and underpainting.)

I am sorry to report dear readers that I am still, still,
feeling not that great.  What to do?  There is work
to be done, and I'm the worker.  I often think
of Robert Genn's advice to paint a little bit
before bed.  For night owls like me that is
great advice, unless the morning starts at 5:30
a.m. as it does for me on Thursdays at the moment.

But I have another solution to the problem of
existence when something like a cold hits. Work in
small doses, and set a timer.  Today I can get
through exactly half an hour before flagging.
And you know what?  A lot can happen in those
short bits. 

Have a figuring-out-what-works day.