Artist’s Date 4! I’m impressed with myself.
This week, my inner artist was cranky. She did not want to do anything. Normally, I would feel overwhelmed and think, forget it. I have no idea what to do.
This time I sat down and thought, okay, clearly I don’t want to do more from The New Color Mixing Companion (Affiliate Link). What do I want to do?
My inner artist:
She finally said: “Composition practice.”
I said, “Cool, but I’m pretty sure that book is in the garage and we will both have to go get it.”
I realized that one of the best things in life is when someone let’s me be cranky without taking it personally, so I thought, “You can pout and I’ll look through the art books that are in the house. If anything seems fun, speak up.
My inner artist:
Looking at my Making Color Sing book (Affiliate Link), she perked up a little. I’ve wanted to make a painting with mousy grays and bright compliments for years, but never got around to it. I didn’t have anything to paint today so I decided to grab another template from The New Color Mixing Companion and fill in some diamonds.
I accidentally printed on the back side of the paper and while the color mixing was fun, the paints did not seem to work well together. I am not very invested in the final piece, but it wasn’t supposed to be great. It was just practice. I’m tempted to do something else today, though. I don’t know what.
I also used it to practice more video making. I added a transition at the beginning and end this time. I’m also hoping to add an end screen. I tried last time, but it didn’t work. At least I’m having fun with the videos.
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