Yes, fun! I'm moving all sorts of things around to make space for my Open Studio and in the process, discovering many things I'd lost, or forgotten about.
I've got a vague plan of how I'm going to display my completed pictures, but as I'm intending to enable visitors to watch me working, I've got to allow myself working space for the different types of  art that I do. To have left everything as it is in my studio, just wasn't an option from a health and safety viewpoint.
On-going and unfinished pieces that I will be working on throughout the 2 weeks will include oil or acrylic painting on canvas, water colour painting, mixed media collage, and pure water soluable pencil pieces.
I'll be happy to offer any advice on materials and the creative process but of course there are many varied ways of working and many artists have their preferences, usually there's not  a right way of doing something, just a different way. With so many materials available today, it can be hard choosing what things you will need if you want to set yourself up with art as a new hobby so if visitors want to know more, I'm willing to share my thoughts with you.
I'm really looking forward to meeting and chatting to visitors.

The Garden House Gallery in Cromer, Norfolk, is running a 'taster' exhibition between 19th April and 4th May 2009 which will include works form North Norfolk Artists who will be patricipating in the Norfolk Open Studios.

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This is a detail from ANGEL EYES which is the picture I've chosen to represent my art at the above exhibition at The Garden House Gallery. My own Open Studio in May, will include the full ANGEL SERIES of mixed media pictures which will be shown together for the first time.
                                                                

http://arisingmoon.deviantart.com/gallery/#Angel-Series-mixed-media                                                                                              
www.garden-house-gallery.co.uk