Week 1 Journal - January 1st to January 7th, 2018

Dear Diary....

On this week 1 of 52 I did:

January 1 - No painting accomplished...not a very auspicious start. Going to blame the fact I was taking care of a sick kiddo. However, I did manage to start creating a Macro studio made out of dollar store foam board, bit of glue, piece of printer paper. Ended up making a Plinth out of scraps as well.

January 2 - Again no painting accomplished... Finished up assembly of the Macro studio. Had to cut three square holes and went out to Staples for some tracing paper to cover said holes to create a filter for the light sources. Finally went out to IKEA to get two work lamps to light up the subject matter. Need to get a more powerful bulb tomorrow for the work lamps.

Shot on an iPhone 7 Plus

January 3 - Didn't have a dedicated painting session but managed to sneak away to give my Flashpoint Firefighters a bath in Agrellan Earthshade.

January 4 - Picked up the Veteran and Dog Miniatures for Flashpoint. Good to go to start documenting my process! First coat of primer applied.

January 5 - Second Coat of Primer Applied to Flashpoint Miniatures and first coat of Primer to Infinity Model Jotum and the Yu Jing Biker Lady

January 6 - Brush Cleaning Day

January 7 - Played games!

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