Stormy Weather

Well the weather changed last night, and we had a thunderstorm. It battered on the roof of my little room and I did actually get up to check that it wasn't leaking! I can see daylight through it normally so naturally I was a little concerned. It is however, covered in plastic. Phew...

We went down into Paphos today to look at the mosaics which are pretty impressive. The detail and accuracy of the work is something to be in awe at when you consider someone (I'm sure there was more than one person!) had to make all the tiny mosaic tiles by hand, it had to be designed and laid into the floor tile by tile. Quite a feat when you see how many they actually made and how beautiful they are. I'm hoping to incorporate them somehow into my work.

I'm still waiting for some paints to come (preferably the box with Titanium White in it) so I have done some line drawings and some oil pastel drawings. I picked a piece of 'Morning Glory' to draw and put the broken end in some water to keep it alive while I drew it. I have just looked at it today and it is growing! Another flower has appeared on it although it has lost some of its colour (the red) possibly because it hasn't had sunlight? No wonder it is so rampant everywhere! I shall have to be careful it doesn't engulf the inside of the studio...

We are watching a video (we have a DVD player but no one seems to know where the cable is to collect it to the telly!) tonight about Matisse, some old film I think. I love Matisse so I shall be very interested to see it. Tomorrow we have booked another model to do some life drawing for three hours. It would be good to have her repeat some of the poses in the mosaics. I may pluck up the courage to ask her...

The studios are beginning to look like real artists studios now everyone is settling in a bit, and the walls are filling up with work (something has just fallen from the ceiling in the storm that's blowing up...cripes...!) I will post before and after pictures of my studio space shortly...

Hope everyone is well, would be great to hear from you, please post me a message!

(I think the roof is about to blow off...)