One of my Christmas gifts was an easel and I love it. I’m going to stay up for a while this evening working on a pastel piece and start a charcoal one.

I found a set of watercolor paints from way back and they are still sealed in plastic. I see they sell on these on companies website for $12.50 now. I guess that $2.95 price tag dates this at least a few decades back. I’ll let you know if they are any good tomorrow morning.

I think I mentioned it was a year for risk. This is a big one for me because I’ve never been satisfied with my artwork before. Actually I think my daughter, daughter in-law and granddaughter might be more artistically talented than I. My mother was gifted in the arts so it probably did skip a generation.

But caution to the wind this year.