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mistressofmuses) wrote2022-02-22 08:02 pm
mistressofmuses) wrote2022-02-22 08:02 pm
Twos-day (2/22/22)
I actually had a pretty productive day (by some measures) today! I didn't sleep very well, so I woke up pretty early, but both read some and played a game for a while, which was better than dicking around on my phone.
It was miserably bitterly horribly cold today (I guess the high was 9°, though for a while it was 2°, on Tuesday, 2/22/22. Ha.
Despite the temps, we had a couple brief errands to run, so we did that. We'd considered going to a movie, but decided we didn't really want to be out any more than we had to be.
And I finally got to start on my NaMoPaiMo model. Only... right before the deadline, ha. Maybe I can get it done by the 28th.
Some progress pics:
Finally got a coat of primer! (It could maybe have used another, but there's no color underneath that's going to give me problems, since most of it will be either purple or black.)
My design idea this year was to do a stained glass pattern, based on various wisteria designs.
So I sketched that on in pencil.
This is the first time I've ever attempted to draw a "stained glass" type pattern, so I was pretty happy with it! I referenced a couple different art pieces I'd seen pictures of, including the famous wisteria Tiffany lamp, but mostly looked at a picture of an actual wisteria tree.
(Angled view because I like the way the "branches" look along the back.)
Having decided on the pattern, I painted over my pencil design with a dark grey-black to simulate the lead borders between the glass pieces. That's way too many tiny small shapes, and way frustrating to try and fine-line that using crummy craft paint, but I did it! Why did I do this to myself!
(Extra frustration: the box of "my" art supplies - the brushes I usually use, a few paints, a plastic palette, toothpicks for mixing paints - has somehow gotten lost, a victim of one of the cleaning sweeps through the apartment. Alex had stuff I could use, but it wasn't ideal. :P My stuff will turn up somewhere... just not sure where it could be.)
Now hopefully I can try to devote a little bit of time after work each day to getting color on. Two shades of green for the leaves, four shades of purple for the flowers, and then black for everything below the pattern. I think I may do the mane and tail in the same color as the "lead". (Maybe the horn and hooves as well.) At least I'm trying!
Not sure if my back is screaming because I sat on the floor to paint, or because of the cold, or something else...
It was miserably bitterly horribly cold today (I guess the high was 9°, though for a while it was 2°, on Tuesday, 2/22/22. Ha.
Despite the temps, we had a couple brief errands to run, so we did that. We'd considered going to a movie, but decided we didn't really want to be out any more than we had to be.
And I finally got to start on my NaMoPaiMo model. Only... right before the deadline, ha. Maybe I can get it done by the 28th.
Some progress pics:
Finally got a coat of primer! (It could maybe have used another, but there's no color underneath that's going to give me problems, since most of it will be either purple or black.)
My design idea this year was to do a stained glass pattern, based on various wisteria designs.
So I sketched that on in pencil.
This is the first time I've ever attempted to draw a "stained glass" type pattern, so I was pretty happy with it! I referenced a couple different art pieces I'd seen pictures of, including the famous wisteria Tiffany lamp, but mostly looked at a picture of an actual wisteria tree.
(Angled view because I like the way the "branches" look along the back.)
Having decided on the pattern, I painted over my pencil design with a dark grey-black to simulate the lead borders between the glass pieces. That's way too many tiny small shapes, and way frustrating to try and fine-line that using crummy craft paint, but I did it! Why did I do this to myself!
(Extra frustration: the box of "my" art supplies - the brushes I usually use, a few paints, a plastic palette, toothpicks for mixing paints - has somehow gotten lost, a victim of one of the cleaning sweeps through the apartment. Alex had stuff I could use, but it wasn't ideal. :P My stuff will turn up somewhere... just not sure where it could be.)
Now hopefully I can try to devote a little bit of time after work each day to getting color on. Two shades of green for the leaves, four shades of purple for the flowers, and then black for everything below the pattern. I think I may do the mane and tail in the same color as the "lead". (Maybe the horn and hooves as well.) At least I'm trying!
Not sure if my back is screaming because I sat on the floor to paint, or because of the cold, or something else...
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The answer for why is a pretty silly one... I'd already decided I wanted to go an unrealistic "decorator" route, because I've done realistic colors the last three years to so-so result, but I couldn't quite decide *what* I wanted to do. Then I was scrolling through tumblr for a while and saw some very pretty stained-glass-inspired... cookies. Lol. I thought they looked really neat, and because I'd *been* thinking about what to try and do for NaMo, the thoughts collided.