Its been a very busy day here in the studio..and out of the studio too! We took a portrait to Jane the framers and then trundled off to the post office to post some portraits to the US. Its always the way that we end up visiting the post office with a collection of things to post but our postlady doesn’t mind, she is so lovely : ) She is called Polly and is superb at her job, shes never flustered, very calm and relaxed…even when we hold the queue up and it gets longer…and longer!
So if you can imagine the scenario, a lovely rural post office and me taking over the entire place with lots of portraits to post. One particular portrait was too large for the counter scales, so Polly has a large weiging scales that we can use on a desk to the side of the counter. Of course typically the parcel was to large to balance on the scales on the desk so heres me lifting the scales onto the floor and balancing a large parcel in the middle of the post office floor..getting on my hands and knees trying to read the readout. Very elegant! At least it entertained the post office queue while they were waiting : ) All of the portraits went off safely and should be in the US within 3 to 4 days.
I decided, and have actually been thinking about it for a while, that we need our own digital scales. Not your every day kitchen scales – postal scales! I ordered one on the net with a detachable front so I don’t have to clamber on the floor to read it and it should be here tomorrow. It goes up to 35kg so this way I can weight the parcels before I go which will be helpful when we have the courier to the studio to collect..and when we take the portrait to the post office, perhaps I wont have to hold the queue up so much!
As you can see below my cat portrait is now complete. its a tinted montage and im really pleased with the way it has turned out. I will hopefully be adding it to the website tomorrow into the cat gallery.
Tinted Cat Portrait by Melanie Phillips
