October has been such a busy month. I am so glad that I am almost done with it! Only one more scheduled activity! Or two! Next weekend will be another busy one! But the big two are over and now I can breathe! Last week I was in Wisconsin for a weeklong class with Karlyn Holman! I had a wonderful time! I went with 6 others from the Bemidji area! We all painted at least 12 hours a day and ate and slept the other 12! I ended up getting a cold, which made it a little harder, but I still had the best time ever! And we are all signed up for her class for the same week next year! I can hardly wait! Then I had to get ready for Bemidji's 4th annual (I think) Studio Cruise which was this Friday, Saturday, and Sunday! I had a blast although I am now extremely tired and am going to bed as soon as I finish writing this! I had about 200 people come through my studio and got to visit with most of them! I did a demo on monoprints and told many about floor clothes which is something that I have been working on. I believe everyone enjoyed both! I also made a few new contacts and had some sales and had a great time in every way possible! I sold one of my paintings that was so newly finished that I didn't have a digital copy yet, but the lady that I sold it to said that I could keep it until next week so I could do that. Good thing too, because I sold three prints of the same picture. I also sold one that was not yet finished! I was so surprised! The lady that bought that one let me keep it until I finish it, although she said she liked it just as it was! It still has the masking on the birds and the ones that are flying have not even been painted yet! I thought I would post of picture of both of those two paintings!
