Ow, my neck
Cedar January 30th, 2008
So, I’ve been bending my neck at an unnatural and painful angle for many hours today, working on the new ceiling mural for my bedroom. It’s about 6 feet in diameter. I just finished it a few minutes ago.
Starting tonight, this is what I will see when lying flat on my back in the middle of my bed:
We’re just finishing up our new bedroom and haven’t moved the bed or any of our clothes back into the room yet. The walls are now a lovely color called “Blue Thistle” (instead of a dull graying white) and we have installed new baseboards, outlets, switches, hinges, etc.
Apart from my new ceiling mural, my favorite part of our new bedroom is the two wardrobes we got from Ikea. They fit perfectly into our closets, which used to have shelves that didn’t use the space to its full potential. Now we have tons of storage space, and they look nice too! (I’ll post pictures when I have some.)
So, I’ve been working like crazy to get this bedroom project done, which is why I’ve been kind of quiet lately. It’s been an eventful couple of weeks.
My husband just bought another car–a 1998 Lexus GS 400. It’s beautiful! This isn’t the actual car we got, but this is what it looks like–I really like the color:
This means that between the two of us, we now own 3 cars, a Jeep, and a motorcycle. No, this is not normal. But for us, it is–Kevan’s kind of an automotive enthusiast.
I’ve decided I’m going to do the daily painting thing. I’m going to start out with a series of cat portraits, my goal being to finish one painting per day, 5 days a week. To start out with, I’ll do it for a month and see how it goes. But, I’m not ready to start yet…I’ve ordered a huge pile of 8″ x 10″ canvases, as well as some colors of paint that I was out of, and I’m waiting for my new art supplies to arrive.
Also, I want to make sure I’ve got plenty of source material to work with before I get started, so I can spend my time painting instead of finding cats to paint. I chose to start off with cats because they are such aesthetically beautiful creatures and I think I’m inspired enough by looking at them that it’s a subject I can focus on for a while.
My regal feline, Quani:
Quani is a gorgeous wild beast, but I don’t want all of the paintings to be of her. So I need to ask you a favor. If you live with cats and have any good close-up photos of your feline companions, and you’d like to help me make this a great series, please send me your pictures! I prefer close-ups that show the detail of the eyes, since I will be focusing a lot on the cats’ eyes.
Please send your photos to Cedar@ArtByCedar.com. I probably won’t use all of the photos I receive, but if I do use your photo, I will give you credit, of course, with a “photo by ____” line when I post the finished painting online.
Please only send me photos that you took yourself. If you send me a photo, I need you to also send this sentence, in writing: “I, _______, confirm that I own the rights to this image, and I give permission for Cedar Lee to use it as the source image for a painting.”
I’ve already received a few great photos from friends, so I can’t wait to see your pictures as well! I’ll start my daily paintings once I have enough art supplies and source material to keep me going for a month. (If you’re a subscriber, don’t worry–I’ll probably post my finished works once a week, so I don’t flood your inbox with daily blogs.) I can’t wait!
