Last week I had the great experience of modeling for a portrait class. Actually it isn't so much a "class" as it is an opportunity for already-experienced artists to paint different people in different costuming over a period of several weeks. Anyhow, I sat in my Civil War dress, with my knitting in my lap, for 20 minutes at a stretch - for four hours. It was a lot of fun and I surprised myself by sitting still for that long!

Anyway - each of them did something different. One woman painted me very Rembrandtish, with lots of warm brown and gold in the background. Another man used that Frederick Remington blue-purple, and someone else took a more contemporary approach. I was delighted with all of them. I had always wanted to sit for a portrait; and even though I don't get to keep any of them, it was still a great time.