Now what...

So, today I am helping with Jake because Melly is sick...I spent the night...so No work on the Art for the last couple of days. I am, however taking a class at the Getty in Egg Tempera...also known around town as Egg Tempura...haha...and I went with Don to buy Artist Grade dry pigments and I gave him a catch up class in the first stage of the Icon painting we are working on. He had to miss the first class to do a family thing. I had to improvise about the green and use my cement pigments so we'll see if it makes a difference in the long run. Also, I sent for the color chart from Kesler? re: the historic and earth colors. I'm not sure it will be important to me to work with authentic stuff or if I will care more about final result of surface. I do love the surface. I like a lot the idea of Egg Tempera...the workability and the eventual permanence. It dries immediately but is water soluble for about 2 weeks until the yolk evaporates and hardens. Tiny strokes put together like pointelism side by side ...hatching and cross hatching. I have always liked that..I've worked in ink a lot and love building up darks with cross hatching, etc. I think that this Egg paint and ink may keep my interest for a long time. I really just want the freedom, financial and obligation - wise to work at my own pace with no pressure to produce and have the joy and wonder of discovery...to let my mind follow the threads that come up instead of snipping them off so I can take care of obligations real or imagined. I need a benevolent keeper. Maybe that's me. Can't wait to get back to work...Original Sin is calling.