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A Quiet Sunday

It’s a quiet Sunday. I usually wait for inspiration and post to the blog on Monday. As I have said before, Monday is a favorite day. Unlike other people, I love Monday. I know, we won’t go there.

Today was kind of like a Monday because everyone was out of the house for a few hours. To me that is bliss. Since I’ve been having alot of fun painting for just 20 minutes I decided to get my little things done around here and then paint! After all, what’s 20 minutes?

The great thing about this little travel set is that it’s right in my path, along with these things I keep painting. I never get tired of the rocks and the shells! I guess they remind me of the summer and the beach. I painted this at around 3PM with plenty of north light from the dining room window.

The teeny travel brush in this photo is my favorite brush! It holds just enough water and has a great point, but it’s not an expensive brush. I might have to investigate some regular size brushes that match the way this one works. And I’m going to need another one of these spiral watercolor pads. For now it does the trick, but I have only two pages left of this one.

I can’t wait to shop for art supplies! With 20 minutes of painting so often I might need more supplies than I plan to get. Fun!

Shell with Seaweed (c)DST 7×10 Watercolor

Don’t Paint in the Dark

Where do the days go? It seems I’m awake at dawn and suddenly it’s time to sleep again. What happened in the middle? It’s dark too early now, too.

My days with the Princess are done for this week. As I have some things to do on alternate Thursdays, she’ll be visiting her other grandmother tomorrow. I will definitely miss having her with me. She’s such a comfortable baby, not a complainer at all so she is wonderful to watch her. And she smells really good!

Monday and Friday I have off from sitting with her so those days I try to get my own stuff done. When will I try to have an Artist’s Date? Who knows. Some where in those off days if I plan it right.

Since I’ve been trying to keep up with The Twenty Minute Challenge I think that’s the way to go for now. So while the Princess takes a quick nap, I run to do 20 minutes of watercolor painting.

Yesterday was a day that she was awake for a long while. We looked at dots, which she is fascinated by, talked to each other, had some tummy time, and had lunch together, sort of. Wide awake and alert, there wasn’t much time for me to paint most of the day. After Gorgeous came to take the Princess back home I ran some water in a tub and took out the paints. Just arranged the same items that are hanging around and started painting. Mind you, it was already 4PM! By the time I got going the sun was on it’s way down and I tried to work quickly.

Oh well, I did what I could in the twenty minutes I allotted for painting. Too much water and not enough dry surface so the paints ran. It’s fine. I told myself that it’s the process that counts.

The Princess has left for the day and I decided to return to this painting. Now that it’s dry I tried to clean it up, make it neat, and worth showing. Next time I need to paint earlier in the day because painting in the dark isn’t much fun.

Shaking up the Week-Friday Photos and More

After I posted to this blog on Wednesday I decided to try to upload these photos once more before I hung it up. Voila! One of the photos of the painting I did popped up. Go figure. The second wouldn’t upload again. Maybe by the end of this post it will work. So I’m writing this Friday Photos post to take advantage of the uploading.

Can you tell I’m painting on the dining room table? Yes, that’s been the spot for the 20 minutes paintings. The light is good from the large window and casts great shadows on the subjects. And it’s close to the kitchen! I’ve been getting to the painting late in the afternoon which cuts into cooking time. People around here need to eat!

The studio in the basement is okay, but the hydrangea painting is down there and I just don’t want to look at it for a while. My large watercolor palette is there too, but I’m having too much fun with the travel set, even though it’s supposed to be for painting on the go. Good thing I purchased plenty of half pans of Windsor & Newton paints on sale because I’m going to run out soon. The large palette is filled with the MaimeriBlu paints. Something about the colors with those paints, but if I really should use them. Next time.