Trying to learn oil painting, using water mixable. Surgery date 16 October to remove breast cancer.

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66. Water-mixable oil paints? Am I dreaming?

Those sound fabulous, and just what I need (should I take up painting again). Truly, the mechanics of how to clean your brushes when you want to change color was really all I wanted that guy to teach me, and like I said, he looked at me like I was crazy. At the time, I lived in New Hope PA, which is just slopping over with artists, and this guy was one of the brand-names at the time--he lived, not in a house, but a "croft," which will give you some idea...

Anyway, I had some paintings (due to friendship with his widow) by one of the real New Hope artists, who work sometimes still come to market, and a couple we inherited from my husband's great-aunt, who used to go to Farmer's Club with this lady--we sold a painting of hers (no place to hang it out of the sun) for $45,000 about ten years ago, so I wasn't afraid to quit this guy's course, and I haven't seen any of *his* paintings for sale lately, so there's some kind of revenge, or something.

Right now, I draw with pencils. I took a course at Tyler, in Philadelphia, which *did* teach me basic stuff, which *did* help, and I love it.

Now to breast cancer: Do what the doctors tell you. I had cousins-in-law advising me to drink bleach--don't do that. Oh, yeah, and cancer is just another yeast infection, according to these gals, so that should be no problem.

You are sassy, and cancer hates sassy, so you'll scare that bastard away! BTW, I found that I looked so good bald (not that you'll necessarily lose your hair, but if they give you the good stuff, you will) I continued to shave my head for several months after it started growing back in! And no more underarm and leg hair. Get some big earrings. Keep in touch.