It was a long day. A good day, but a long day. Productivity was high today and as such, when 7pm rolled around, I was downright sleepy. If you know me, you realize how bizarre that statement is since I’m a bonafide night owl.
It’s Thursday.
Thursday is when the Defiance Society of Artists meets to paint and kabitz. It’s always a pure pleasure. I make it as often as possible.
So at 8, I drug my butt off my chair at the desk, threw my paints and a few painting blanks into a big totebag (actually, Joel did that part for my pathetic self), and zipped across town for the art gathering.
My expectations of my artistic contributions were low.
I was surprised by myself and everyone else. It seemed to be a night that everything was aligned JUST RIGHT for creativity.
Rosie had several massive painting break throughs, and kept exclaiming “I really learned a lot tonight”. Her paintings are turning out to be stunning and she’s a newbie, having painted for only a year.
Rich earth tones and odd greens were the flavor of the night for me. Elaine offered me some purple paint. I never use purple. I mix purple, but I don’t use purple out of the tube. I, however, had not grabbed the proper ingredients for purple in my mad dash.
Tonight, a new color palette emerged for me. Cool greens, hot yellows, deep purples, vibrant ultramarine blue. I painted a series of tea lite candle holders and 3 abstracts on reclaimed lumber, my new favorite surface.
Conversation was good, sassy, and occasionally…well…very entertaining. I returned to the studio at midnight re-energized and ready to work. Here are the fruits of my labors. I’m very pleased I didn’t succumb to the soft pile of down comforters and pillows that were singing their siren’s song to me at 7pm.
Music in the studio tonight…Morphine
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