Dear Subscribers,

 

Greetings!

 

Currently accepting deposits for January enrollment in my still-life oil
painting lessons (Palo Alto, CA. Mondays and Wednesdays 9am-noon. $250
per month). Email me for more details.

 

My painting "Green Vessel"
  will be in the
Legacy Gallery   (Scottsdale,
AZ) Annual Holiday Small Works Show, opening December 8th!

 

  

 

Last Monday I was arranging objects, trying to come up with an
interesting still-life idea. After some time I realized that I'm sick of
my current collection of still-life debris, so I went into the kitchen
and grabbed some random stuff...including an old waffle iron (from my
childhood, in fact). I'm not done yet, so here's a cropped preview:

 

 
 

Yep, it's a waffle iron.

 

I'm having fun with it. Well, a mixture of fun and frustration. ;)

Final version and progress shots in next week's newsletter.

 

On Wednesday I returned to The Safehouse Atelier
  for a new month of night figure
class taught by Carl Dobsky
 . Neat
top-down lighting this time. Here is my progress from that night:

 

 
 

 

Teenie-tiny-two-inch head:

 

 
 

 

 

Given the positive response from last week's quote, here are more words
of art wisdom from Mr. Pressfield:

 

RESISTANCE AND PROCRASTINATION

         Procrastination is the most common manifestation of Resistance
because it's the easiest to rationalize. We don't tell ourselves, "I'm
never going to write my symphony." Instead we say, "I am going to write
my symphony; I'm just going to start tomorrow."

 

RESISTANCE AND PROCRASTINATION, PART TWO


         The most pernicious aspect of procrastination is that it can
become a habit. We don't just put off our lives today; we put them off
till our deathbed. 

         Never forget: This very moment, we can change our lives. There
never was a moment, and never will be, when we are without the power to
alter our destiny. This second, we can turn the tables on Resistance.

         This second, we can sit down and do our work.

 

-Stephen Pressfield, "The War of Art" p.21-22

 

JUST SOLD!:

  

"Vase"  

 

Until next week,

 

David A. N. Cheifetz
www.davidcheifetz.com

*If you have comments, questions, or feedback, feel free to shoot me an
email and we'll have a conversation.

*If you think a friend would enjoy my artwork, feel free to forward this
newsletter. They can subscribe by clicking on the Email Newsletter
button on my site.