When will I be able to trade my house paints for artist’s paints?

My hands are worn from years of working with tools, from digging in the earth. They have some stiffness most mornings, and I worry about not be able to draw after completing this creative retreat. But art goes on, doesn’t it? As do the feelings that we have for others.

(1) Layout box beam design. (2) Snap chalk lines on ceiling. (3) Attach support blocks with 3″ drywall screws. (4) Construct box beams. (5) Construct decorative elements for intersections. (6) Nail decorative elements to support blocks. (7) Cut box beams to length. (8) Nail to support blocks. (9) Fill gaps.