For watercolor class I had to go sit in front of some art and spend a few minutes jotting down my thoughts.
We’ve got a great museum here in RVA so I was happy to take an hour at the end of my workday to do the assignment.
Had some homework.
ODU dance
Got lucky with a break in the weather and were able to take in a dance number our youngest was in.
It rained so hard all day and then, about an hour before their show time, it stopped.
This was part of the ODU Public Arts Festival, in conjunction with the Barry Art Museum. The theme was Fantastic Planet, which is what that glowing form is on top of the parking deck.
Morning walk.
I think that’s Venus up and to the right of the moon.
Rowtober is on
First regatta of the season is the Head of the Ohio in Pittsburgh, Pa.
It’s also the first regatta I’ve been to, and it’s been fun to see my kid out there doing it.
It’s a terrible spectator sport, btw.
Still watercoloring
Between an iOS update and a WordPress update, image upload’s been broken for me so I’m catching up on some backlog.
Last week’s class was spent “playing” in those ovoid shapes with some different techniques. I wasn’t especially happy with any of them. I’m still too green for going that far out with stuff, IMO.
I had some time at the end of class and made that landscape-ish corner. I used some of the lesson in there, which helped.
3 hours of class after a workday is a lot. I’m usually pretty beat by the time we’re done.
Slight course change for last night
Enjoyed a simple (yet delicious) Cirrus vodka and Fever Tree Mediterranean tonic for last night’s recording session.
It’s a staple of summer and party season.
Watercolor week 1
I started a watercolor studio class last night. I have very little general art experience and zero painting experience, so this is all new to me.
As I’m sure I’ve mentioned, I’m a life-long buyer of art supplies and now I’ve finally screwed up the courage to put media to paper. I’m sure it will be humbling.
That’s a pretty one.
I enjoyed this rather photogenic gin and tonic for podcast recording last night.
It was as tasty as it looked.
Some re-inks
I’ve got a little small-bottle set of those iroshizuku inks. I love the tsuki-yo, which is a nice blue-black, so I reloaded the Vanishing Point with it. I use that pen a lot at the office.
The Metropolitan doesn’t get as much use, so I swapped in the kon-peki, which is a nice medium blue. I’ll find a way to get more use out of it. I love the way it looks.
Of the three pens, the Lamy Safari was the one I didn’t write out of ink. The cartridge just dried out. It’s a drag, but I have more pens than I have writing time. I still have a few of these sweet purple Lamy cartridges, so I just swapped one in.
The fountain pen fire I had at the turn of the year has cooled a good bit. I like the pens I’ve got and I use them often. I’m definitely not hot to grab more of them right now.
Geez (and Teez) Up!
Gin and tonic is simple and delicious.