An unexpected visit

Glazing today, a bunch of special order dinner plates, a quiet afternoon by myself at Club Mud. Then I get a visitor.

Paul Carter is a long-time photographer at Eugene's daily newspaper, The Register Guard. It was a slow news day, so he left work early to go fishing for photos. After the UO Museum of Natural and Cultural History and the Maude Kerns Art Center came up empty, he knocked on our door.

We kinda know each other, at the least our paths have crossed before. So I welcomed him in, talked a little about what I was doing, and he shot pictures of me glazing and decorating for about an hour. It was a nice diversion, and we'll have to see if anything comes from it.

Really, a weasel

Glazing special order plates, today. Six salmon-fishing bears, one wild horses pattern, a crow, bunnies, fox, puffin, bear cub in tree, owl, and weasel.

Really, a weasel. Apparently, it's his grandson's favorite animal.

Funny thing about painting weasels. I usually start my drawing at the head and work toward the tail. Didn't work this time. For some reason, I have to start at the shoulder, draw the curve of the back and rump, then get the juncture of knee, elbow and belly right. Afterwards, the tail is easy, the neck and head get drawn last. Go figure.

Don't know that I'll make this a regular pattern, though I did do a few just for the practice. But at least now I know how to draw them. Probably come in handy the (inevitable) day someone wants me to draw their ferret.