tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post8728619206076824088..comments2024-03-27T11:18:59.924+00:00Comments on Sun Dried Sparrows: PaintboxChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-79704214873893741302019-08-26T00:16:44.721+01:002019-08-26T00:16:44.721+01:00Oooh . . . now that sounds really intriguing and n...Oooh . . . now that sounds really intriguing and not scary at all! I'm going to give it a go. Thanks again, C!<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-49644932265824758882019-08-25T19:13:32.302+01:002019-08-25T19:13:32.302+01:00Sounds good, Marie, I'm sure it will yield exc...Sounds good, Marie, I'm sure it will yield excellent results! I have difficulty with "rules"!<br /><br />For loosening up, I can also recommend drawing (if just from the imagination) with your eyes closed. Honestly! Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-62451341928720090452019-08-25T18:19:04.585+01:002019-08-25T18:19:04.585+01:00Just what I needed to hear, I think.
It's pro...Just what I needed to hear, I think.<br /><br />It's probably more beneficial to respond instinctively to the whole process of watercolour painting, rather than to cling to a lot of arbitrary (and often contradictory) "rules."<br /><br />Thanks for your help, C. I'll try to take your advice and loosen up.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-78270883768396918722019-08-25T17:19:29.041+01:002019-08-25T17:19:29.041+01:00No problem, Marie, just been having a more restful...No problem, Marie, just been having a more restful afternoon so timing fine! Hope you enjoy your watercolour course, I'm sure you will. It can be hard to loosen up when painting, but with watercolour being such a loose medium, I think it lends itself well to a bit of spontaneity and experimentation, so cast aside any concerns and let your hair down! :-) <br /><br />I must be honest, I'm purely instinctive when it comes to mixing colours and depending on the job/subject in hand (in spite of art college background I've never been taught how to actually paint, I'm probably doing it all wrong!) so all trial and error really... Colours I wouldn't be without,though, are Cerulean Blue, Raw Sienna, Burnt Umber and Sap Green - and I love (but only recently discovered) the perfectly titled 'Neutral'. I'm thinking it may be a very individual thing, I don't know?<br /> Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-81325486126065231192019-08-25T16:43:29.532+01:002019-08-25T16:43:29.532+01:00Removed, but shifted up to where it belongs under ...Removed, but shifted up to where it belongs under the original comment and your reply, C.Ms. VS (MARIE)noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-56517758352776668102019-08-25T16:07:56.643+01:002019-08-25T16:07:56.643+01:00Thanks for responding, C. I love your old palette ...Thanks for responding, C. I love your old palette and, strange as it might sound, it's what I aspire to with mine. I want to break away from my tendency to crave order and the pristine - it can be very limiting and make one rather timid about bursting out impetuously on the paper.<br /><br />I've registered for a Fall watercolour course and, in addition to the colours I already had and have recently purchased, a couple of my watercolourist friends have also donated more colours than I know what to do with. I now have 66 in my palette and think I'll be too embarrassed to take that one to class. Instead, I'll opt for a small, folding travel palette that holds about 18.<br /><br />Would you mind me asking which are your go-to "primary" mixing colours? (If you're too busy to answer, just ignore me.) ;-)<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-9122188622081512622019-08-25T15:49:21.126+01:002019-08-25T15:49:21.126+01:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-3202847597389767742019-08-25T15:31:25.483+01:002019-08-25T15:31:25.483+01:00Hi - yes I realise it must look odd to be so full ...Hi - yes I realise it must look odd to be so full of pans that the box can't be closed! It was just a cheap set originally, that's the lid, and I've ended up using it for all the new individual paints I've accumulated over the years to keep everything together. I mix up my paints elsewhere - I re-use old margarine tubs, plastic food trays, container lids etc., anything suitable once it's been washed out - what you might call upcycling! (They're great for acrylics too as you can put the original ids on them and keep them live for a while.)<br />I think I'm too messy to keep a nice palette ;-)Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-72674399765389389882019-08-25T15:22:49.282+01:002019-08-25T15:22:49.282+01:00C,
I have a question about your original palette. ...C,<br />I have a question about your original palette. Was the bottom half originally the mixing surface? Once you filled that area with additional pans, what mixing surface did you end up using to mix your colours on instead? (Sorry, but I'm fascinated!)<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-40546639544054659892019-08-24T10:44:27.802+01:002019-08-24T10:44:27.802+01:00Interesting that the smell thing is so prevalent h...Interesting that the smell thing is so prevalent here. I used to think it was one of those less important senses but it can do so much more than just serve a functional purpose - the power to evoke.<br />And for some reason I feel a very strong urge to go make myself a coffee now...:-)Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-41725470454409738422019-08-24T10:39:31.736+01:002019-08-24T10:39:31.736+01:00These things properly feed the senses, don't t...These things properly feed the senses, don't they... the smell of pages, the static, the feel of thick paper... I know that's why I don't want to live too much of my life on-line!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-69806202005405645212019-08-24T10:37:18.047+01:002019-08-24T10:37:18.047+01:00Thanks Chris. I know what you mean about receivin...Thanks Chris. I know what you mean about receiving your favourite interest mags in the post too. There were a couple I remember subscribing to which had that effect on me, one as a very young child and one as a twenty-something, and when they came through the letterbox it was as if they had been created especially for me. Somehow it imbued with more than if I had just picked a copy up from a pile at a newsagents.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-77569493427493628812019-08-24T10:34:15.534+01:002019-08-24T10:34:15.534+01:00Ah, you've taken me right back. Yes, I totall...Ah, you've taken me right back. Yes, I totally get that. The whole thing of putting together a tape comp, the fold-out inlay with its tiny space to write on, the little label on the cassette itself waiting for a creative title, and then tucking it all up in the case. Simple pleasures!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-47549676763992316082019-08-24T10:31:12.044+01:002019-08-24T10:31:12.044+01:00So true... and it's that thing, isn't it: ...So true... and it's that thing, isn't it: sometimes, in order to create, you must destroy.<br />I also love the aesthetics of delapidation, it has an appeal all of its own.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-80654207619065680232019-08-24T10:26:52.597+01:002019-08-24T10:26:52.597+01:00Ah yes, new lipstick, that's a good one! So pe...Ah yes, new lipstick, that's a good one! So perfectly sculpted to start with and then they end up so stubby and sometimes even slightly concave (I'm not sure how that happens?!) <br />With biscuits, it's the individually wrapped type that thrill me more than any other, e.g. a lovely new packet of orange Clubs. I think it's the paper labels, actually not that different to the watercolour paints I've just bought! Maybe there's a correlation...<br /><br />But yes, all meant to be used and enjoyed for what they are (I will try to resist eating my paints!)Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-15695343221460958072019-08-24T10:20:50.426+01:002019-08-24T10:20:50.426+01:00We take our pleasures however we can! The smell o...We take our pleasures however we can! The smell of coffee beans and vinyl? - must be some scope there for a new perfume line!Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-30889628801234840572019-08-23T22:06:29.927+01:002019-08-23T22:06:29.927+01:00I understand fetishising objects like this, as a l...I understand fetishising objects like this, as a lifelong collector... albeit one who's had to downsize or digitize most of his collections in recent years.<br /><br />Those paints do look special, but I like the used ones too.<br /><br />As to what does it for me these days... best I can come up with is opening a new bag of coffee. Snipping the bag and breathing in that first whiff...Rolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02103804480646939038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-25337573140368004812019-08-23T11:28:09.947+01:002019-08-23T11:28:09.947+01:00Oh God, where to start? New paperbacks, the smell ...Oh God, where to start? New paperbacks, the smell of the pages. Vinyl obvs especially when you get that slight crackle of static when you take a new album out of the inner sleeve for the first time. Magazines especially with heavy, quality pages. I get the thing about paint tubes too. Swiss Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13119322217065850020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-26641579372594527022019-08-23T09:22:18.169+01:002019-08-23T09:22:18.169+01:00You beat me to it Martin. It was all getting a bit...You beat me to it Martin. It was all getting a bit steamy there!<br />Cracking open and grinding a fresh bag of coffee beans does it for me these days, although I always used to amuse friends by my habit of smelling newly purchased LP sleeves! I still love buying them, but haven't taken the nose of one for a long time - I guess I just got out of the habit when CDs came along. Perhaps I'll pull an LP off the shelf and give it a sniff to see if it still works for me.....The Swedehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13237251779370596904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-85349728279019828642019-08-23T08:39:09.113+01:002019-08-23T08:39:09.113+01:00Enjoy your new paintbox! As a life-long movie fan...Enjoy your new paintbox! As a life-long movie fan, I used to read film magazines and TV-guides (in print) and got a kick out of receiving those in the mail. Now I read online but I still sometimes get a thrill when sites updateChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09395044055566348346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-39467083355511003452019-08-23T01:42:59.251+01:002019-08-23T01:42:59.251+01:00I would often stare at new shrink-wrapped TDK C90 ...I would often stare at new shrink-wrapped TDK C90 cassettes; for hours, seemingly, before breaking the seal with my thumbnail and embarking on the latest compilation tape adventure.John Meddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547777949324509522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-49349230386143318132019-08-22T23:42:00.981+01:002019-08-22T23:42:00.981+01:00It really is beautiful. Once the first smudge appe...It really is beautiful. Once the first smudge appears, though, all bets are off. Then it needs to be dirtied up. There is something about your well used paintbox that's more interesting. Lots of stories to be told there. Brianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04321051045499549249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-73603365916273892102019-08-22T23:30:57.917+01:002019-08-22T23:30:57.917+01:00They do look just too good to open don’t they but ...They do look just too good to open don’t they but I’m sure great things will come from them. <br /><br />We discussed this before around here but I’m sure your Man Hunt lipstick looked beautifully pristine before its first application! A brand new make-up set looks perfect but all too soon there are smudges and rounded edges. As for the lipstick tester rack in Boots et al, they can get really messy - shame. <br /><br />Also biscuits - A new pack in a new tin, pristine. But then the pack is opened and there are crumbs and broken ones and ripped wrapping and....<br /><br />But we are supposed to use things, and in your case create beautiful new things, so the very nature of it all. Enjoy your new set of paints.Alysonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15671033552961486737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-57731310232281920102019-08-22T22:37:57.230+01:002019-08-22T22:37:57.230+01:00Definitely! And don't even get me started on ...Definitely! And don't even get me started on pencils.Chttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02423624920558505937noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6075393268513251879.post-57669171932003522332019-08-22T20:53:42.925+01:002019-08-22T20:53:42.925+01:00Paint porn?!Paint porn?!Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05267504526414194713noreply@blogger.com