Studio Sommer

I've been back from the frenzied week of  NAN/Breyerfest activities for a few days now, and I'm finally starting to "come down" a little.  Here at home, I'm usually allowed to work at a very leisurely pace, painting a bit, taking frequent breaks.  But all of this changes if I decide to do both NAN and Breyerfest in KY, plus the Artisan's Gallery, which typically runs Thursday night through Saturday night. It's a week of utter chaos, because there is so much to do!  And the prep work for it is also insane.  My entire Nationals show string has to be packed and shipped a couple of weeks ahead of time.  Then, of course, there are sales, so new things must be painted.  It shoots me into an unhealthy manic overdrive, where I hunch over my airbrush for way too many hours and days at a time.  I can paint faster than ever when I switch over to this mindset; but everything else (eating right, visiting friends and family, sleep and general hygiene) go...

Everybody's doing it.  Starting a blog, that is.  And I mean, specifically, a blog about their art. I pondered all the cute and catchy blog names, and in end, I couldn't think of anything beyond the fact it would be a blog talking about what was going on in my studio.  And my name is Sommer.  So "Studio Sommer" it is . . . winning the prize for least creative blog title ever.  Yay. I know why y'all check out these blogs and will try to include the sort of things you'd like to see.  Like how-to articles, updates of stuff in progress (with lots of pictures) and hopefully a giveaway every now and then. But since this bloggity blog will be mostly about what's going on in the studio, as well as (hopefully) hints and tips for model horse hobbyists, let me start by showing you around my current studio.  Previously, I worked in a spare bedroom of the house.  Later a tool shed was "repurposed" into a new studio.  For the most part, my studio is...