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Measure twice, art once?

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 I have an idea for a piece, well, it's slowly turning into a series of pieces.  (that's all I can say about it right now!)  I need a bit of help with building a support for the piece - so I sent my dad a website, and commissioned him to help out with that part. What I failed to do, is double check the measurements that I gave him.  Now, my dad, being my dad, knows me well enough to know that I'm not the best at measuring when it's not a 1/4" or 1/2" - a measurement like that! So, as is his way, he didn't believe me, and told me that he would come get the parts that I had to give to him for making the frame and measure them himself! This is a good thing overall, as I pulled out the parts, and lo and behold, (don't laugh!) I gave him the wrong measurements! Poor guy, thankfully he knows me well enough to expect this!  That said, all my planning drawings were then incorrect because I based my piece on the measurements that I gave him of said parts.  Need...
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How do I work? Let me count thy ways

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 I have a number of posts half started and written. I'm thinking that I need to work on actually FINISHING those posts and post them, though they might be out of order on thoughts - it's ok though. Everything is a process and a learning journey.  I posted on my Facebook, just this morning that I had 4 UFO's needing to be worked on - looking for thoughts on what I should tackle first.  This is big as not only did I pull things out, I am making an attempt to finish a project and actually make some artwork! The photos I posted are below!  (I'm still trying to figure out how to do the whole online blogging thing - posting pictures and all!)  Anyway, a number of comments and likes came through. I had a sense that I knew which one *I* wanted to work on first - which is what I was planning on doing, but I wanted to see what others thoughts were on the whole thing.   After that, I went digging out my palettes and glazes.  I have a strange way of working w...
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