Blow-By-Blow Tryout

It's been a busy and full day and now I'm faced with painting, tired and worn - which is at least one reason why I'm having a certain hesitation with committing to this 'Painting-A-Day' thing. But we'll see. It may just be a matter of rearranging my priorities a bit; and a little attitude adjustment… Painting strikes me as tiring at the moment and I'd rather be crawling into bed and indulging in a bit of video valium, i.e. pointing my eyes at tv and just vegging out. Butta iffin I'm gonna jump one way or the other with both feet into Painting-A-Day, (or not), ah figures ah should sample it in it's full flavor, tired an' all. (There'll be plenty of times I'll be tired and'd rather not do it.)

Time to fire-up the webcam. (For those unfamiliar with the StudioCAM, you can get there from here. Just click on the StudioCAM link at the far right of the screen.)

Okay, so these times are real CDT tmes, not Blogger times.

10:05 p.m. I laid out the cash for a week's worth of small, 6x6 and 5x7 inch canvases. What you're seeing is all those little buggers getting gessoed. BRB.

10:25 Now to put the background in on that little canvas.

10:44 Cool. First coat on. Now to let it dry.

10:49 Second coat on. Chose a raw umber right out of the tube. Now will add a bit of black to suggest shadow and add interest to the background.

11:13 The fun's begun. Got the basic shapes down and now adding highlights.
The trouble with acrylics is that if you brush over a spot that's not quite dry, the paint lifts instead of mixing with the paint you're applying leaving a blank spot. So now we'll have to wait AGAIN. Pfft.

Midnight. Okay then. :) Almost finished... The Artist's Apple.

12:25 a.m. Signature on. Fin.

Hey, that wasn't so bad! It actually looks like an apple too. (Why am I always so surprised when my paintings look good?)

Okay folks, now I get to eat my subject :)

That's a wrap.

Laters.