New year, new art / by Jim Hathaway

I found this fine thin washi paper under some bond in my desk. Did I buy it? Was it given to me? Was it a free sample?

Hard to say. But it is distinctive and just what I wanted to start a new year of painting.

Every year I paint for my exhibition that happens in October.

By having the exhibition I interrupt my painting. Between the exhibition and the demands of the university I am away from actual painting long enough to forget how to paint, which is a good thing.

I can start to learn again. I’m hoping this new old washi will help me with this year’s discoveries.

New painting in progress, next some comes some shading, perhaps even colors