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Royal Pain in the . . .

This particular piece has been an enormous pain. Not only has it been 3 years since I started it, but up until now every step of the way has frustrated me. I suspect that non-artists think we never feel this way. They think it’s all fun and games. We are our own boss so how can we get frustrated? Everything is in our control. Well that’s wrong! I say that with sarcasm not anger. Why not just give up? Because challenges are good for you. Plus I’m attached to it. This piece has definitely taught me a thing or two. I will be trying to plan better on the next one, as well as doing measurements to help things go more smoothly. I had to reprint the elements so many time. I had to pull things up and replace them more than once. I also took well over 50 photos of the various phases to see how the elements were working together. That part is okay. It helps move things along. The work isn’t done yet. But it will be. It will be. The piece “Interior Construct II” and two detail views (the kitchen and what’s behind the curtain):