Late to the game again – but not as bad as last week, when I never quite got to it at all. Now that it’s almost time for a new share, I’m ready to join Cee and all of you to share some more of my world.
Are you a practical jokester? No, not at all. Too often I think practical jokes are on the cruel side.
Who cuts your hair? You, a friend, or professional. In the past, once I grew up and out of my mother cutting my hair, I’ve always had a professional do it. But lately since I have so little hair, I’ve been snipping at it here and there, getting the clippers with the 1″ attachment on them for the back – where I do have to sometimes ask for help in neatening it up since it’s hard for me to see back there. Ultimately I know I’ll have it so messed up I might have to go to a professional to get it fixed.
Did you have a stuffed animal when you were a kid, if so what kind? I don’t remember having stuffed animals as a kid except for the monkey my mother made out of men’s socks. I think I was more a doll kind of girl, until I turned into a major tomboy. I have some stuffed animals now that people have given me over the years, but those are gradually becoming Shasta toys – because they are big dust collectors.
What did you appreciate or what made you smile this past week? Feel free to use a quote, a photo, a story, or even a combination. Communications with my kids, mostly. Friends returning from visiting their family and enjoying a casual dinner out with them. Trying to learn how to use acrylic paints – wayyyyy back in the day, I painted with oils, but it’s been a very long time and I’m finding out there’s a steep learning curve. So I watch tutorials – thank heavens for You Tube – learn a little more with each one, then try another painting. So far I’ve painted over two or three canvases to start again. I have one I will share, but just barely – I’m not happy with it, but it’s better than the two I painted over. This one was done on a canvas on which I had applied a gel medium to seal for an alcohol ink painting which left odd ridges on the canvas.
I like the odd ridges. Seems like if you knew what you were painting before doing that part you could do some really cool stuff with the ridges. I like this one a lot too.
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Thank you, Dawn. Ithink that’s really the primary purpose of the gel medium. After I learn how to manage the paint, brushes and palette knives, I might work on that.
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I think your painting has come out well. 🙂 You Tube is a great thing, isn’t it?
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Thank you. I think one could learn just about anything on You Tube.
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You have a great sense of depth. I like your painting. 😀
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Thank you Cee.
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I like the ridges, too. I think this painting is wonderful, Carol. We are our own worst critics. Why is that?
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Thank you, Lois. I wish I knew why I am so critical of my work. I’m now playing with a looser, more representational style, thinking maybe I’ll be less pushed for perfection.
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I think you are doing great, Carol.
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I agree with you about practical jokes.
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Carol — I like the ridges on the canvas, it gives it added character, making it look like a long-lost art treasure.
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I am smiling at the “be kind” comment. It really is wonderful that you are experimenting with painting, and being brave enough to share your work with all of us. Is this a picture of someplace near where you live? Or is it a place you are imagining?
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It is a place I was imagining.
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It looks like it would be a lovely place to visit. I felt like I wanted to be there…
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Thank you, Kathy.
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I really like that painting!! I was thinking of you at the car dealership because they had a bunch of local artists’ works for sale and there was an “okay” 10×20 (??) alcohol ink on yupo priced at $500!!
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Wow! I never have had the confidence to even consider such a price. I’m enjoying my experiments with acrylics. Decided to play with palette knives and am beginning to think maybe, just maybe, I’m finding my voice. Time will tell.
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I.m gonna post that yupo piece so you can see it.
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Amazing creativity
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