Dimples Paint.

I went out with a co-worker (who is 20) the other night and we being frustrated working part-time at a retail shop decided to go out and, well... whine like babies.  When I (35) should be getting off my ass and getting more film work I was swearing a lot about suffering through this retail job.  Like every other word.  I am proud of it, yes I am because it's better for me than that quiet thing called holding it in, or even meditating, which isn't really an outlet.  The difference that day was we were sitting next to a family in "Not your Average Joe's" and well... we were trying to clean it up with code word "dimples."

So "DIMPLES" get to the DIMPLES point already, Paintdimplesventure.

This week my main focus has been the detailed task of cleaning up my shaping, perspective lines, coloring, and my language.

my coffee went cold you can tell because it's the map from harry potter on the cup when it's hot.

I am having perspective issues with the cheese and cracker board.   It's been a little hard to imagine the vanishing line for me.  So feel free to steal the photo and draw over it in PS if you can see what it should be.  The "Ah HAH" moment has been lost on me.

Dimples Grapes and Dimples Sunflowers.

Dimples Highlights and Dimples Shading

Dimples Blurry Dimples Trees in window and Dimples more refined bricks in the Dimples wall.

There it is.  I hope to work more on the dramatic lighting this week but needed it to dry a bit before I went ahead and did some wash over the background wall.  I'm getting way more detailed than I have to, since the style is more like the reference photos in the background that I think my Aunt is looking for... but this is what happens when I paint.  I do whatever happens for a long while and then I go in and change it.  It's like it has to reach a certain Jess-style point before I can let it go and make it someone else's.  It's been happening since... I picked up a brush and dipped it in paint.

   It becomes more matchy of Aunt Val's Kitchen colors every time it's worked on, but for some reason, it's easier to have bright base colors to tone out with grays and tans later to create the sages and wine colors she likes so much... it takes a little mixing and not straight from the tube to get the subtle color with these water mixable oils since they only come in a few numbers of colors.  I'm getting there I swear with a lot of help from my color wheel :)  And all the other painter's say "DUH" but I must remember... this is the first time I'm using oils and now that I know it is a challenge to pull out the intensity of color in oil... I will be, you know... using it a lot more for my own work.  :)

This guy is way faster.  Watch :)

PAINTER'S BLOCK

    Having a bit of I-am-just-not-in-the-right-creative-head-space to work on the Wine and Cheese and Landscape painting these past few weeks.  I have been staring at it.  It has been staring right back at me.  No one has blinked yet.

    I work weekends as a part-time "Activities Specialist/Classroom Coordinator" at a craft store.   I'm paid to "inspire" customers to craft.  I made this for the store about this time maybe last year and no one has the heart to take down or "refresh" the KONG!  It's completely not in an area that we sell these products anymore, but it's just so awesome and a huge hit with the kids that KONG LIVES!

This is some inspiration for the canvas bag display.

"S" for Superman.

Tie Dye Favorites

What else to do with a $1 placemat? Make it into a quick bag.

Chevrons are taking over the world

Glass Block lights and fun to put in your window

    Inspiration for the Open Stock Scrapbook papers Aisle.  This I thought about my Mom the whole time and how this little girl looks like her, and well everything just seemed like my Mom so I had a great time making this one, and it has become one of my "Bells of Mindfulness" at work, if you know what that means.  If not look up http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/9074.Thich_Nhat_Hanh and you will feel peaceful.

    That's it for this week.  I'm going to blink now. Let the painting win for this round. I need a coffee.