In yesterday's rather gloomy post, I forgot to mention the one bit of very good news: I've been accepted to art school. Yay! (Emily Carr, for those of you familiar with Vancouver). I sat down with my husband last Christmas holiday to do some long-term planning. It was becoming clear that in order to accomplish my goals, I would need at least a BFA, so applied to Emily Carr with the intention of doing a 4-year BFA in illustration. I can probably complete it in a bit less time, because of transfer credit from the BSc. I did back in the 90s. So now's the time. I'm not getting any younger. I start in September. I'm really looking forward to it, but my excitement is mixed with trepidation, owing to all the other demands on my time.

So, onto the style question: what to wear? I've taken studio classes before (albeit mostly non-credit ones), and there seem to be two schools of thought: (a) wear your good clothes and decide not to care if you get paint on them, or (b) have a "paint clothes" wardrobe that's separate from your street clothes. Which would you choose? I'm leaning toward (a), with some exceptions.