Clayboard
I am sooooooo excited! I tried a new multi-medium art board tonight and it was amazing. Called a “clayboard”, it is made so that it will virtually hold anything on it: watercolor, acrylic, oil, whatever! PLUS, it can be carved in to. So, being that I like to dig my heals in (just ask my hubby about that one!) I got the closest carving implement I could find (in this case it was the metal cap at the bottom of one of my drawing pencils) and started to carve into the board. The idea of the branch happened first. It just sort of flowed out of my hands and became my all too familiar choice of image. But I love vines, branches, trees, leaves, flowers, and rocks… And butterflies, birds, turtles, and bees… Anyway, once that presented itself I set in the watercolor paint which gave a little transparency to the image… Reminding me of stained glass… It wasn’t soft really, so, it chipped a little but actually that made for a cool effect.
Better
The days have been better since the last entry. And tonight I panted my mudroom with some very interesting paint. Keep you all posted!
Maybe
Maybe it was the hot weather drawing us to stay indoors… Maybe it was lack of interesting food choices in the cupboard… Maybe it was the lack of social interaction… Maybe it was the heartache of never being the person I should or could be… Maybe it was the lack of interest in doing anything worthwhile… Maybe it was stillness of our house… Maybe it was the little mites that are living on all of our windowsills… Maybe it was because I seem to fail more than I succeed… Maybe it was the stop sign I neglected to obey… Maybe it was the ticket that came next…