This week I went waaaay beyond my creative comfort zone. To the place that has rulz.
Rulz? Really??? Mwahahahahaha…YES!!!
I kid you not!
I stayed within the lines. Gasp! Did not drip on the floor. Ohhhhhhhh… No Springsteen, no air guitar, no jumping around with fully charged brush in my hands. WHAT??? And no scribbling. Oh nooooo, say it ain’t sooooo!!!
I was BORED out of my ever lovin’ mind. It was torture. Every minute of it was nothing less than fingernails on the chalkboard painful. It was the ultimate stick-a-fork-in-the–eye experience.
But…and this is a BIG but, a HUGE but…the walls of my bedroom are now painted. YAY!!! They’re clean. And fresh. And some flavor of khaki. Yes, I think you could call it khaki. Sort of.
Even tho the photo looks yellow. Trust me, it’s a more earthy color with a slight gray note. Khaki. Definitely.
Which brings me to my next point…picking the color was whack me upside the head crazy making H.A.R.D. After hours of swatches and samples and indecisive color wheel impotence, I took three paint chips up to the counter and asked the kid behind the register which one he liked best. He looked at them for–oh hell, I don’t think he even looked at them at all, he just pointed to one.
And I said great, I’ll take a couple gallons of that. Even tho it was my LEAST FAVORITE of the three. I took his advice because I went to art school and I can’t pick WALL paint to save my ass.
And I like it just fine. Because now it’s all done I can crank up the music, bounce around the studio and and go back to painting like this.
And make things like this.
Ahhhh…. And I know the perfect wall to hang this on, until the next show, that is.
LOVE IT! You got us all in with the title on this one I am sure! Had to laugh at your highly scientific colour choice selection process! Happy to hear you are back painting again.
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It was a VERY HIGHLY SCIENTIFIC process, Suzi. Deliberation. Meditation. Throwing my hands up and giving it over to the universe…or in this case an 18 year old kid who had no attachment to the outcome. 🙂
Ah, your self-discipline is astounding. You followed da rulz for all 4 (I’m assuming) khaki walls? I hope the colour grew on you because that beautiful, smaller, out of the lines, music induced piece sure deserves a complimentary backdrop to do it justice…it’s just beautiful.
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Way more than 4 walls, Michelle. The room has two distinct areas, lots of angles, a couple of curves. About a dozen different surfaces. It’s a painter’s nightmare or dream, depending on the level of machismo involved. 🙂
You got the job done! Awesome. Love the angles and curvature of the walls in your bedroom. Good for you for painting walls also. It’s a not a job that I attempt. Picking colours is almost as painful around here. Enjoy your new refreshed space.
Suzanne McRae recently posted..Bloom True: my first completed painting
Painting walls is right up there with involved dental procedures on my fun o’meter, Suzanne. So wise of you not to attempt! 🙂
you’re hilarious:)
love the curve in your wall….that is awesomeness!
glad you can get back to what makes your heart sing.
i so get that.
-Jennifer
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That awesomeness curve makes furniture placement interesting, Jennifer! 🙂
Wow, beautiful job! What a fabulous room – now it looks deserving of wearing/displaying one of your masterpieces! And I bet something gleaned from this experience will show up somehow in your more freely creative pieces. 🙂
I’ve been known to paint with leftover house paint, Bonnie. In fact when used with acrylic isolation glazes it takes on the sheen of an oil. 🙂