WET

It's officially fall- the rains are here. And that means it takes three times as long for glue and paint to dry. :-( Thursday evening I decided to start my collage on ballet, and squirted some paint over the canvas with dance steps in mind. None of this will show, but it gives a base of texture. It's now Saturday morning and it's STILL not dry. I even put a hair drier on high to it for an hour yesterday- just to take the wet shine off the surface. bah! We're being dumped on by the tail end of a typhoon (at least it's warm) and the humidity is in the 80-90% range. And no sun. Just a week ago it was in the 90's and dry. I worked outside in the sun, and paint dried like magic. *sigh* I may have to invest in a couple of fans and/or space heaters. Large quantities of paint and glue drying is the reason a collage takes so long to do- I can't touch it for days! If I had a big ol' studio in a garage, I could work on more than one at a time. Right now my cycle piece is standing against the wall waiting for some white spray and few extra widgets to be glued... but the paint on ballet needs to stay level until it dries. In the winter I can put small pieces near the heat vents and blast them dry. That's not an option for a 2x3 foot canvas when it's comfortably 60+ degrees outside.