It feels great to be back in the studio and painting again
the last week has been hectic, and wonderful, and freaky and all sorts of crazy
but great fun... plus I have learnt lots of valuable lessons along the way
which is always a bonus
I learnt that cleaning out one draw in the studio and having a sale
results in one clean and tidy draw
and the rest of the studio looking like it has been hit by a tornado on speed
though the whole risk to life and limb just getting into the studio makes it quite exciting
I also learnt that painting up a few things in the midst of epic mess is still possible
and actually calms the brain in a satisfying way
even when they don't turn out looking quite like I was seeing in my head
as in the case of these bowls... they are a move in the right direction
and the colours... I love this colour palette so much
In non art related learning I learned that the dog is, in fact
a dirty rotten furry little alarm bag who thinks it is hilarious to wake me at the crack of dawn
and proceed to jump on me and lick me
bloody mutt
I also would like to declare that the morning paper delivery bloke
has an uncanny ability to throw the paper into any and every ants' nest in our garden
which would be fine if the little alarm bag would go and fetch it for me
but no... by the time I am hunting through the garden he is asleep again
and I spend the next five minutes with a case of the heeby jeebies
as I imagine I am covered in ants
I was also shocked to learn that I am not an undisputed mini golf savant
I had this incredible undefeated track record
partly because I have only played once in the last 23 years
but on that one occasion I happened to beat Sinus Man
at the time he was a touring golf professional so it was quite the achievement
sadly it turns out that you may in fact need to have a game or two in the intervening years
if you want to retain those skills... it was a sad day that I lost my champion's crown
to make it worse, it turns out Phantom Steve may be an undiscovered mini golf savant
bloody child....
the final lesson of the last few days
is that the one year that I'm not militant about Christmas tree and decorations
going up on the first of December, the rest of the street goes light and decoration crazy
so we look like the horrid grinchy family who aren't getting into the holiday spirit
so I am going to go and start the untangling process for the lights
I seriously have no clue how they get so tangled just by sitting in a box
maybe this year I will nanny cam them to see what happens while they are packed away
in the meantime... happy painting all...xx