I snuck away to No Man’s Sky on Sunday, landing on a string of uninspiring planets until I finally parked my ship on a mushroomy little island on Jasmodus Gamma, a “Vermillion Globe.”
Like my favorite nail polish; pale turquoise and pink flash. I though yeah, I’d paint that, and took a look around.
Next week: The mushroom forests of Jasmodus Gamma, now in Technicolor.
I landed here before I logged off last time and expected that I’d move on before painting, but there were some pretty, grassy valleys and flowering meadows, so I hitched a ride on a big turtle dog and roamed around until I found a nice view.
I especially love the mullein-type plants on this planet. I see different variations on that form popping up here and there and I think they’re so striking. I always select a mullein or five and let them stand in my own wild front garden, and they get a lot of attention. Much of it is even positive.
I’ve got quite a bit more of this system to explore. I haven’t scanned any of the planets, so I’m not sure what’s out there, yet. Hopefully something tropical. I’m partial to something tropical.
I’m playing catch-up today, so here’s one from two years ago, from my No Man’s Sky travel journal. I picked a system with six planets and did one painting from each of them over the course of a week; this was number six.
I remember I put this planet off for last because it was the one I was least excited to paint. The others had lush hills and active volcanoes and . . . well, I won’t spoil it.
As you can probably tell, I am once again experimenting with stippling. Results have been mixed, both because I don’t really know what I’m doing and because it’s very hard to concentrate while a puppy is crying and trying to climb onto the table. Hence, these drawings and last week’s window swap were done under duress.
Painting window swaps in my travel journal while I spend some time close to home this year.
Can you tell I’m trying to learn stippling?
And also blogging?
I’m kind of circling a post format I like, so bear with me, I’m very new to blogging. Is it a blogging faux pas to say you’re new to blogging? If it is I wouldn’t know because I’m very new to blogging.
Maybe the most my life has ever changed over the course of one month.
Stay tuned for more everyday adventures.
I believe I mentioned I got a scanner for Christmas? Well it’s magical. I spent all Christmas Day scanning my paintings.
I did all the No Man’s Sky landscapes, the No Man’s Sky travel journal, the real world travel journal, and the everyday ink journal. They range from psychedelic interstellar landscapes to my sister’s magical backyard. Stay tuned.
New year, new adventure.
Google search of the day:
“best toys for dog who loves to shred fabric???”
Buckle up.
It was chilly last night, 17 F with a biting wind, and the puppy and I went out at 4 am. I stared up into the moon and the dark shapes of trees against a cloudy sky while she pounced on dry plants sticking up from the hard shell of snow.
Suddenly, hundreds of crows flew over the house, so low I could hear their beating wings. For a moment, the puppy and I stood frozen, watching. The crows called to each other. They filled the entire sky above our little yard. And I would’ve missed this if it weren’t for her.
So good riddance to sleep, I’d rather be outside, nose numb, barking my head off at the crow-dark sky.
I got a trio of POSCA markers with extra fine tips; white, and a metallic gold and silver. I wish you could see this in person; how the stars shine, and how the breaking sunlight is catching on Triangle Head and her cat.
The sunrise is coming along. I enjoyed laying the clouds in. They came out almost as I intended. I’m in love with this combo of volcano violet and indigo for the clouds. I added some cadmium red hue around the sun on the second page, and I think I’ll use it to show where the light is falling before I add the next layers.
We’ll get to that next time. All the blades upon blades of grass. The shadowy stone monolith and lush orange-guava ferns and two tall trees, down by the water.
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