Sunday: April 17

About 2 weeks ago I decided to try to learn how to paint with oils. Why? Who knows! Except I must have been really frustrated with watercolor that week. So a friend and I signed up for a true beginner's class at Pasadena City College and needless to say, in my inimitable fashion, I have failed to follow any of the rules she's trying to teach us. But.  I had a wonderful photograph of the lavender filled entrance to the Arlington Garden and I really kind of like what I did with it. So, it will be my painting at the Party on April 30th unless I'm able to finish up a watercolor that I started.

And then I drove to United Frame on Colorado Blvd., in Pasadena, where everyone had said I had to go to buy a frame for my first oil painting. Met Mark Greenstone there, family has owned the frame shop for a gazillion years. He couldn't have been nicer helping me pick out a not too expensive frame for this, my first oil painting.  He has a wonderful assortment of frames both for watercolor and oil and has an interesting website where you can look at the frames and get an idea how much your choice of frame might cost.

To see a style, you can just plug the style number into the quick find box at the bottom of the home page. 

http://www.unitedpictureframe.com/

FRAME SPECIALS

Frame Style	Frame Size	Single Frame Price	Box Price per Frame (4 to 6 frames depending on size)
M-18	20” x 24”	$72.57	$48.37
M-20	18” x 18”	$82.82	$55.20
M-22	24” x 36”	$102.25	$68.17
M-26	12” x 16”	$29.75	$19.82
M-26	20” x 24”	$46.32	$30.18
M-28	20” x 24”	$59.00	$39.32
M-28	24” x 30”	$70.50	$47.00
M-30	8” x 10”	$29.45	$19.62
M-30	9” x 12”	$30.70	$20.45
M-30	11” x 14”	$35.12	$23.42
M-30	12” x 16”	$38.95	$25.95
M-30	16” x 20”	$43.95	$29.30
M-30	20” x 24”	$55.25	$36.82
M-30	24” x 30”	$70.45	$46.95
M-32	11” x 14”	$25.32	$16.87
M-32	20” x 24”	$45.45	$30.30
M-34	8” x 10”	$19.32	$12.87
M-34	11” x 14”	$26.07	$17.37
M-34	16” x 20”	$37.12	$24.75
M-34	20” x 24”	$45.25	$30.17
M-36	14” x 18”	$35.75	$23.82
M-38	12” x 16”	$38.95	$25.95
M-38	16” x 20”	$49.25	$32.82
M-38	20” x 24”	$63.62	$42.42
M-42	24” x 36”	$102.00	$68.00
M-55	20” x 24”	$149.32	$99.55
M-55	24” x 36”	$201.75	$134.80
M-59	24” x 36”	$170.12	$113.42
M-60	24” x 30”	$156.07	$104.05
M-60	24” x 36”	$170.82	$113.87
M-60	30” x 40”	$200.20	$133.45
M-62	9” x 12”	$65.70	$43.80
M-62	11” x 14”	$58.37	$38.92
M-62	12” x 16”	$80.75	$53.82