Beginning Yet Again, Studio Set up

Beginning where I am. That is the essential thing, just to start where you are and do what you can do, every day, day in, day out. Today I am tweaking my work space so I can do detail work again. I really struggled over the past several days to adjust my easel so I could handle the angle of the brush in my hand, the proximity of myself to the painting on the easel and the tilt of my back and something just wasn't working well.  And my back was telling me so also! Not good! Most of those ergonomic variables are usually not a problem, especially for many broader and not so broad brush strokes and expressive techniques. So I jury rigged an old table top drafting board to the top of an old microwave cart and now I can hunker down and get to it. I can also manage to use a Plexiglas bridge with this setup; further steadying my hand when it most needs it and keeping it out of the wet paint.

FYI - The paintings you see on the board may confuse you - they are framed! And yes, they are works in progress. I had bought a picture that was all in one with the frame, which I then gessoed over. It was a cute tourist picture of the Eiffel Tower (something that I wouldn't have painted over today given what is going on in the world) and voila! Instant picture. You do need to be vigilant not to get paint on the frame, but I haven't had too many problems in that area.