Day: January 17, 2019

Thursday 1/17… a new paint trio… MIND BLOWN!!!

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Still just writing the weekday name…. I’m so uninspired after I work!

I found this trio suggestion while watching a video on Meow Meow Kapow’s Youtube channel… it was suggested by Kathryn T. These three colors are actually (until now) three of my least favorite tubes!!

Daniel Smith Phthalo Green (blue shade… PG7), Daniel Smith’s Quinacridone Lilac (PR 122), and QoR’s Green Gold (PY 129) … actually DS Rich Green Gold is the suggested color, but also PY 129, and QoR is what I have.

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So… here’s the thing… if you mix this GREEN, with this PINK… YOU GET BLUE. Blue, people. BLUE????!! Blue. I felt like god… not in a sacrilegious way, I know I didn’t create blue OUT OF NOTHING, and He did… but I made BLUE out of two other colors!!!! My mind is totally blown. Didn’t our elementary school teachers always tell us yellow and blue make green… red and blue make purple… AND YOU CAN’T MAKE BLUE BECAUSE IT IS PRIMARY!!!!?? Well, this isn’t actually a primary blue. It is a deep dark inky blue. But is clearly and definitely BLUE. Add more lilac and it is a drop-dead-gorgeous purple. It will never be a pale soft blue.

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Still, my five year old inner self is completely astonished. I can’t decide if I am totally amazing because, even though I didn’t figure it out, I STILL MADE BLUE!! Or if I’m a complete idiot because I’m 53 years old and didn’t know this already. (and… I’ve had these paints for like a year…)

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All those colors inside the Thursday letters came from those three colors. I’m so impressed with myself.

Thanks, Meow Meow Kapow, and Kathryn T, for making my day!!

CHOCOLATE Wednesday… 1/16/19

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Today I met another member of the Hampton Roads Urban Sketching group in Virginia Beach… we started at Jerry’s Artarama (of course!!), spent a ridiculous amount of time drooling over everything, and planning how to spend all available (or not) funds, went to Chick-fil-A for lunch, then to Town Center to sketch. Upon reaching our destination, however, we decided it was a little too chilly, and sought refuge inside The Royal Chocolate, drew some pretzels, and ate them. I forgot to get a photo with them. (Apparently, to really count as an urban sketch, you are supposed to photograph your sketch held up in front of the building… or pretzel…it represents.)

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By the way, if you have an opportunity… pop in to The Royal Chocolate and pick up a caramel and chocolate dipped pretzel rod… DELICIOUS!!… or the caramel and chocolate dipped apple which costs more but is really just a piece of heaven on earth. And huge. My absolute favorite thing EVER!!!! Like really… ever ever ever.  I’ll draw (and eat) THAT next time. (What was I thinking???) Next time, BOTH.

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Uninspired Monday. And Tuesday. And Lesson Learned! 1/14 and 1/15

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So Monday, after working, I came home and simply did not want to paint or draw or anything else. So I just wrote “Monday”. When I filled the background in with lines I was going to add a little color… and the ink I had used bled! Naturally (was my thought at the time) I added a little shiny gold “hello” just to show Monday it hadn’t beaten me.

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Tuesday was even less inspired:

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I had planned on Wednesday being the same, but I’ll do that one in another post, because I actually painted AN OBJECT. And journaled a few words about my day. Lesson learned? “If I don’t feel like it, just push through and come up with ANYTHING. I’ll be more inspired later.”