After about a month long (too long) hiatus I have started working again. First I had to fix the easel that my landlords/amazing artists Mike Neary and Amy Maclennan gave to me. I replaced the hinges, nuts, bolts, key screws, and even fixed the crank (sort of). The crank didn't work before, and actually doesn't work incedibly well now, however, it raises up and down with a little elbow grease. Now I'm back in business and working on this painting.
