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.
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 wanted to share a little piece of writing from this time last year, when the cat and I were only eight weeks into our acquaintance, and just embarking on our outdoor adventure together. The photos are both from our walk a few days ago, ft. the garden’s lovely final show of the season. Stay tuned for how it started, how it’s going.
If you tuned in last time you already know that I’ve been making some upgrades to my travel paint kit after discovering Art Toolkit, which has apparently been there all along while I did years of fruitless searching. I was really excited to finally find something that could fit my full range of tube paints and take up almost no room in my bag.
After I filled the pans and let them dry down overnight I found that a few colors needed another layer, so today I thought I’d boot up No Man’s Sky and do some painting while I finish my new palette.
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