11. The Squatters Residency: a long-legged hall stand creature appears in my drawing

 A lot of creature stuff has happened today.  
 
Starting with the early-bird fitness session Bird (the dog) got in a good lick at an opportune moment when I was down with weights in my hand.  Thanks Bird. 
 
Then, I realised the hall stand I was focusing on in my small charcoal drawing had become some kind of long-legged creature like being impersonating the faces and creatures all around in the peeling paint.  I do love a bit of pareidolia – perceiving something more on some nebulous stimuli. 
 
In preparation for painting my self-portrait, I moved the furniture around a lot today too.  It is a thing I do. I was thinking of painting a painting of myself in a painting and was trying to figure out where my self-portrait painting would go into the next scene.  I was also moving the bathroom mirror around in each room to figure out where to paint myself as well.
 
Some more studio visits by some locals happened and I popped over to the local art supply store.  I couldn’t help myself when I saw the little artist postcard pack  – so fab to have stores like these in small towns – Portland does punch above its weight. Not too sure what will come of these cards, but they are totally cute.