The Pen that Writes Under Whipped Cream
Monday morning and my back feels a little better. I showered carefully, got dressed and went right over to the shop and got a back brace. That made it feel a bit more stable.
Nothing important in the email this morning. It's MLK day so most of the milk-toast businesses are closed for the day.
I've been watching videos on painting the ocean waves, trying to distill the essence down to a followable path for me. I would really like to paint some water scenes just for myself. As the weather modulates, I'm also thinking more about painting outside. Of course, when I get up in the morning and face my painting materials, I am less that enthusiastic about beginning and this is the problem.
I can always find something else to break away and do. For instance, between paragraphs here, I stopped and wrote a check for Anna. This breaks my concentration and makes resuming a bigger problem.
I had many dreams last night but none that I remember as troubling. I didn't sleep well because I took a pain pill for my back. Then when I wake up to go to the bathroom, I'm dizzy and my ears are ringing. But I am able to find a comfortable position for sleep so that is good. This morning I took a Flexeril then put on the brace, so I feel much less discomfort than last night but I'm now logy. I'm going to take a couple ibuprofen in a bit and see if that helps.
Of course, while my back hurts, my right wrist decides to flare up too. So I have it wrapped and kept it wrapped last night. It really helps as long as I don't wrap it too tight.
I want to paint today, maybe try a couple studies. I would like to work on flowers and water. I think both of those would work better in acrylics than oils. I tried to practice painting water waves on Corel Painter but it's not simple. It would be nice to have a place to practice in the front room in the evening.
I should also practice sketching. I need a lot of work in drawing proportions. I should watch some videos on practicing proportions. There's a lot that's missing in what I know how to do.
I just checked Instagram and Trujillo is on and so I've got that on while I finish this blog. He's talking about the art market and how to push your way into it. That's not really very apropos to me so I turned it off and I'll concentrate on this for now.
While it's fine to play with the speech recognition, I need to do the majority of blogging on the keyboard because my hands need the workout. The less I type, the stiffer my hands get. Plus, I just like to type. I don't know why.
I should go now and meditate and then get on with painting or drawing.
More later,
I've been watching videos on painting the ocean waves, trying to distill the essence down to a followable path for me. I would really like to paint some water scenes just for myself. As the weather modulates, I'm also thinking more about painting outside. Of course, when I get up in the morning and face my painting materials, I am less that enthusiastic about beginning and this is the problem.
I can always find something else to break away and do. For instance, between paragraphs here, I stopped and wrote a check for Anna. This breaks my concentration and makes resuming a bigger problem.
I had many dreams last night but none that I remember as troubling. I didn't sleep well because I took a pain pill for my back. Then when I wake up to go to the bathroom, I'm dizzy and my ears are ringing. But I am able to find a comfortable position for sleep so that is good. This morning I took a Flexeril then put on the brace, so I feel much less discomfort than last night but I'm now logy. I'm going to take a couple ibuprofen in a bit and see if that helps.
Of course, while my back hurts, my right wrist decides to flare up too. So I have it wrapped and kept it wrapped last night. It really helps as long as I don't wrap it too tight.
I want to paint today, maybe try a couple studies. I would like to work on flowers and water. I think both of those would work better in acrylics than oils. I tried to practice painting water waves on Corel Painter but it's not simple. It would be nice to have a place to practice in the front room in the evening.
I should also practice sketching. I need a lot of work in drawing proportions. I should watch some videos on practicing proportions. There's a lot that's missing in what I know how to do.
I just checked Instagram and Trujillo is on and so I've got that on while I finish this blog. He's talking about the art market and how to push your way into it. That's not really very apropos to me so I turned it off and I'll concentrate on this for now.
While it's fine to play with the speech recognition, I need to do the majority of blogging on the keyboard because my hands need the workout. The less I type, the stiffer my hands get. Plus, I just like to type. I don't know why.
I should go now and meditate and then get on with painting or drawing.
More later,
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