Gallery Abstract 1 ½√

MAKE IT HAPPEN! — Monday Status Report:

½√ wk 5–> Gallery Abstract 1 concept drawings & glass supplies
√   wk 4–> Porch Cleanup & Valance photos [link to be added]
√    wk 3–> Flower Power leaded [link to be added]
x    wk 2 –> Glass cutting/leading Flower Power
√    wk 1 –> Paint Bedroom Shutter Sliders — project #30 Elegant Blue Wonders

As an expert procrastinator, I am participating in Kristi’s Make It Happen! Monday, at Addicted2Decorating to finish one of those ‘hanging-around-never-done’ projects each week by committing to it here.

Last week, I again aimed a bit high in wanting a small panel close to being finished. But it wasn’t procrastination that slowed progress, it was lack of funds — a necessary part of starting life as a bona fide struggling artist. 😉

The week started with the finishing touches to Flower Power. I started work on concept drawings for the first Gallery panels but it wasn’t until the commission work was delivered & the balance paid, that I could go to Glass-Smith for supplies.

So, after making my client very happy on Sunday, I had fun on Monday! I already had a couple reds & a dark yellow but I needed some orange & light yellow for ‘Summer Heat‘.

Selection of orange, red, & yellow glass for ‘Summer Heat’ — although it appears red, the 2nd piece is actually an orange.

The orange & red appear truer to colour at night — the 2nd orange is lighter with yellow/white, while the red shows more of its yellow.

I also got the glass for the ‘Winter Ice‘ panel:

I got a nice selection of clears with different textures — a couple are iridescent [middle].

A couple other clears but I’m not sure if I’ll use the thicker architectural glass — bamboo stalks & leaves [right] — in this project or save it for a window project.