Wednesday is open studio day from 2-4:30 for any student who is enrolled in a class. I think that making a painting or drawing takes time and concentration, so to be limited to 2 1/2 hours for a complicated piece would not be fair to the student. If I am going to set up the challenge, they need the space and time required to meet it. Wednesday afternoon is always a productive time. I usually paint with them.

A new space takes some getting used to and I am starting to feel more comfortable at Flicker Street. The familiar chaos that has always been part of my studio work at home is showing up so I know that the students and I are working in a natural flow. For the second round of investigation, I set up four vignettes that relate to four different artists. This broadens their historical knowledge as well as allowing them to try out different methods of constructing a painting.