Back in Melbs from Tassie and holy crap itβs still so hot. Now for the impossible task of cooling my house thatβs been locked up for 3 days.
this post was submitted on 08 Mar 2024
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Doing a sad song thingy on YouTube
Charles Bradley (RIP) changes is so, so good.
Last night's closing song was Jeff Healey Band's While My Guitar Gently Weeps.
Trying a portrait in charcoal and getting the physical urge to beat my head into the wall. It looks ok but I'm having trouble controlling the charcoal to put marks where my eyes want them. I try instinctively to shade with the side of the point but get it marking a centimeter lower because I'm holding it at the wrong angle. This would be easier if I had the paper vertical at the right height.
Holding it upright in the air with my other hand has given a better angle to control where it goes. But I've noticed myself holding the pencil sideways because then there's not much room to hold it vertically. Sitting/crouching on the bed isn't the best position to be working in. I have that portable easel but I'd have to put things behind the sketchbook to bring it flush with the ledge to avoid catching my hand, and it's still too low so the end of the pencil would hit a surface or a knee.
My eyes can see the shapes and exactly where everything goes but. My. Fucking. Hands.
If I had a proper easel it would be easier. But I'd need an adjustable gaming chair rather than standing and even then would get exhausted sitting for too long and moving the weight of my own arms. Plus I'm going to be tripping over all of it in my flat.
Edit: I think I'm going to sand the nib into a flatter shape, less curved. And put a few sketchbooks behind the current one. Then idk put it on top of a box of the right height. I have a desk but that's being used
Would putting one of those thick framed canvases on the easel and taping paper to that instead of using a book work? Or maybe run a string through the books binding to hang it over the top? You can pick those up cheap at most op shops (either cheap generic prints or random people's art attempts).
I never really liked working with charcoal, too messy and smudgy. But my artistic talents definitely do not lie in the realm of drawing.
Yeah, that's a good idea. I was looking for the masking tape last night but couldn't find it
I've done nothing "productive" today and I look forward to the same tomorrow.
I'm just doing a little.
Me too. Is good
Oh no not the Moomba parade π That and the birdman rally are the only decent things about Moomba.
My daughter of was in the parade a few years back, part of her dance school.
It was fun but like the Royal Melbourne Show, massive money out and rip-off
moomba parade was started to stop people going to labour union marches
Wow. That changes the whole vibe. Thanks for the headsup!
Welp. I spent money and bought things I'm going to have to keep organised. But they're useful (outside of the art stuff which was self indulgent) and I'm hoping to tidy up a bit and declutter before they arrive.
Edit: Feeling a bit guilty because the girl might have to go to the specialist but everything was under $100. Hopefully at least one of those things means I stop tripping over shit in the bathroom or protect bedding/clothing, and I bought a cheap bowl and platter so the wildlife water stays put
Those sound like items that have good quality of life value. No need to feel guilty.
I tend not to spend much on myself these days, it feels unnecessary until something is a big quality of life issue
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