Man was today crazy!! My plan for the day was to finish the crocus, watch a video on how to paint animals in watercolour and look for one of the owl pictures I took on a tour a few years ago. Things didn't go quite as planned....
I wasn't quite ready to paint, so I thought I'd start with the video. At the moment I can't recall the artist's name (I will correct that later), but I was into the first 15 min (90+ min video) when I kinda got bored. I wanted to stay interested and watch everything, but she was going on about her paints and brushes and other materials and I just wanted to get on with the demonstration. I tried to be good and kept the video going, but I figured I could also look through some of my old photos to see if I had printed any of the owl ones. Turns out I hadn't, but I did come across a whole bunch of trees and landscapes that I want to come back to!
Anyway, I couldn't look through my hard drive for pics at the same time as watching the video, but I was getting tired of sitting, so I thought I'd set up on the bed with a cover and a pillow. Bit of a mistake. Fell asleep not even half way through. While I was asleep I thought I heard the phone ring, but I figured I'd let the machine get it - couldn't be that important. Turns out my hubby would've really appreciated my getting the phone. Our youngest was sick and had to come home from daycare. I ended up rushing from the house half asleep (with waffle lines across half my face from the pillow pattern) to pick them up 1/4 of the way home. My day didn't really improve from there.
Suffice to say that my baby is feeling much better now and I am no further ahead on the crocus. There really isn't too much more to do though. I did take off the masking and to my relief, the pigment it absorbed doesn't look like enough to cause any problems! Some minor adjustments/enhancements to the pistils and it will be done. I will then get the joy of figuring out where to sign the darned thing - I have no idea at the moment.
I did finish watching the video and I have looked through my hard drive for the owl pics, but they don't seem to be there. They may be on a different hard drive, which unfortunately isn't available for the next week or so. So I guess I will have to change my subject. I could look for an image online, but I really prefer something that has meaning to me, so I'd rather not. I came across a nice kitty picture in my data files, so we may do him instead. It ought to be interesting as he's a long hair cat and I've never painted a cat before, let alone a long hair. I've never even drawn a long hair cat come to think of it. And that's precisely what I'll have to do before I get to paint him.
I truly hope my wednesday isn't as exciting as my monday has been, but I guess that's how it goes when you're a mom and you have a full-time job and you're trying to squeeze in some time for sanity!!
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