I'm really tired tonight and for some reason, blogging just feels like a nice, relaxing thing to do,.
So, I will.
Maybe blogging twice in one day will help make up for my absence here.
No...it's more about visiting with my friends. You gals and guys add so much to my life! And I thank you!
One of my newer paintings is making me crazy. It's all but finished and I just cannot seem to get a bench painted so that it looks right. ARGHHHH! Correcting the bench means re-painting the wall behind it and the flagstone floor it is sitting on. I wish there was an eraser for paints...just remove what you want gone...and voila!....start over without REALLY starting over!
But there's not. So, I am in the 'screw it up, try to fix it, screw it up again, try to fix it again' doldrums.
Maybe I'm just tired. After all, I've been up for 14 hours...and painting for lots of that time....painting...and re-painting....and re-painting again.
Starting a fresh, new painting energizes me. Trying to finish one which just doesn't seem to want to cooperate drains me. This one has a St. Francis statue in it. You'd think he'd try to help me out here, wouldn't you?
I have made a decision. A big one.
Actually, a Grand one!
Tomorrow, when my new canvases arrive, I am going to begin a painting of the Grand Canyon!
Everybody paints the Grand Canyon. But I never have tried. These wonderful new colors which have found their way to my palette seem absolutely perfect for it...and also for Monument Valley and Canyon de Chelley.
I might just bench the bench for a time.
Actually, my canvases won't arrive till pretty late in the day, so it will probably be Wednesday before I explore the big canyon idea. I'll let you know how it goes.
I also have another Tucson area landscape I want to try. I need to have two choices for my lovely people who wish to purchase one of my big paintings.
So many ideas....so little time.........
Have I mentioned I really am GRATEFUL for painting?
Oh.
I guess I have.
My wish, for each of you, is that you are enjoying something as much as I'm enjoying painting!
Love to you all.
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Hello Skay!!..ERASER for paint..? oh that would be Perfect..I seem to just try to correct and correct.. But last week I painted on glass and you know what.. all ya gotta do is SCRAPE it off.. hee hee.. I did it three times.. the whole shabang.. hee hee
I have to admit though..the paint was horrible.. outdoor acrylics. YUCK. transparent and no fluidity. and dried in an instant..
So I'll go back to correcting on canvas.. smile
GRAND CANYAN.. go for it!! I cannot wait for this one..
I am grateful it's evening and I can put my feet up.. and read this blog!!! (smile)
OX
Gini....I'm putting my feet up now...finally...I've spent the whole day painting...again! My new canvases should be here very soon! So maybe I can get started on a Grand Canyon one.
I won't be trying any outdoor acrylics! Thanks for the info!
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