25 October2025
Christmas Painting Season BeginsPrepared Studio,
Prepped Canvas with Gesso
26 October2025
Store Open-(Sorta) Don’t Shop yet!Worked on Store Backend
Wrote Returns Policy
Worked on Website
Moved location of Journal Button
Completed Store Backend
Store Open-Mostly empty
27 October2025
Pre-Orders Open (I think)Created a placeholder image for pre-orders to be placed in shop for 2025 painting.
Created a “Buy me a coffee” item in shop
Updated Store
Added a layer of gesso to canvas for Christmas painting
28 October2025
Planning & PaintingChose possible paint colors
Planned possible layout of painting
Painted canvas panel black
Ordered low-stock paints overnighted (Carbon Black, Yellow Oxide, Unbleached Titanium)
Listening to: The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, Book 7 by Noret Flood aka Puddles 4263
Also did a little of this today: https://www.linkedin.com/learning/
I had to have bubbles for a mindmap in a class today, so I drew mine as river rocks.
29 October2025
…. Pause.The most important color (Carbon Black-important because it’s what I’m using for the base of the painting) wasn’t delivered. It’s not even showing as ordered now, though it was supposed to be delivered @ 4 a.m. Reordered for tomorrow.
Did some linked in learning & chose some future classes to take.
Drew on Fresco for a while.
Worked on ideas for future projects.
Here’s a still from one of my security cams showing Fred sitting in my chair with me at work.
30 October2025
DelaysThe paint that should have arrived before dawn (an “overnight” delivery) now reads to be delivered around 4 p.m.
Starting a marketing class TODAY because I know absolute zero, resent having to know anything about it and developed a hate for Social Media.
View of the studio from my desk.
3 November2025
What a weekend.We are the full-size candy house. Decorated the diner for Halloween. Was a fun day.
Planned to work yesterday, but woke to a sick bird- Elmer. It seems she became ill after her mate Charlie died two weeks ago of old age. I spent the day snuggling with and taking care of her the entire day until she passed last night.
Today: worked on the background of the painting. Deciding how much texture the final painting will have.
Elmer snuggling.
A little texture has been added. Not much. Lighting is poor in this image except in upper left.
5 November2025
ProgressCompleted Background, I think. I generally fret over this part for some reason. IDK why. I just have a weird thing for the background.
Drew the full plan-again, I THINK- It always could change.
Digital drawing of the plan. Considered making the candles purple, but didn’t like the mockup in purple.

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