[Susan Mulno]

Good morning everyone!

We have an active forum lately. :smile:

Originally the hubby and I were hoping to hit the road yesterday but his medical supplies were shipped to the wrong place and now we need to wait for them to come here before we can leave. Oh well, fortunately we have plenty of time before we need to be at our next job. What's that saying about,"The best laid plans of mice and men"?

I have yet to start my self portrait #3, guess I should get going on it today.

Have a blessed day! :vs-kiss::vs_love:

 

[TerryCurley]

Originally the hubby and I were hoping to hit the road yesterday but his medical supplies were shipped to the wrong place and now we need to wait for them to come here before we can leave. Oh well, fortunately we have plenty of time before we need to be at our next job. What's that saying about,"The best laid plans of mice and men"?
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I like the saying "Nothing makes God laugh more than when man makes plans." Hope those meds show up soon.

Today I need to go to the Vet to pick up some pills for one of my dogs. Then to the bank to steal some money from our household budge. Then it is off to Hobby Lobby to use my 40% off coupon, then to Walmart to get some new clothes for the cruise I'm going on in 3 weeks (God Willing :biggrin.

After that I will be painting the rest of the day. I'm working on a Lily pad pond painting.

Happy April everyone.

 

[Susan Mulno]

I like your quote about God laughing @TerryCurley, when our plans are changed by circumstances I just see it as God fixing our errors in judgment! And I am sure he does laugh about it at times! Other times I see him doing one of these when dealing with me, :fpalm:

Terry, did you say you are stealing from the household budget to go to Hobby Lobby? yndn: you're my hero! :biggrin:
@dickhutchings, thank you for fixing my faux pas! :angel:

 

[dickhutchings]

You mean we're supposed to budget our money and not spend it all on art supplies? Sheesh, I don't get it.

Your welcome Susan. I've been waiting for the date to change like a kid waiting for Christmas. Little things.

 

[TerryCurley]

You mean we're supposed to budget our money and not spend it all on art supplies? Sheesh, I don't get it.

Your welcome Susan. I've been waiting for the date to change like a kid waiting for Christmas. Little things.

After two years I still feel like it's Christmas every time I get art supplies.

This is such a fun thread.

 

[Mel_Robertson]

I been and spent £200 today on acrylic materials and some canvas's I've not worked with acrylics before but I'm okay with watercolors so i'm hoping it's a little the same, doing research it seems acrylics are the least forgiving (dry times) out of oils - watercolors and acrylics!
I think I have everything I need to get started apart from Atelier Interactive Fast Medium/Fixer* which I'll be ordering tonight off ebay

 

[Butterfly88]

Hi all,

Haven't been on but I'm back. Haven't painted lately either. So busy with college. I wish there were more hours in the day.

 

[Susan Mulno]

Hey Butterfly! Welcome back!

We have a new thread, it is called, "1st Art Show Exercise". The first topic is "Self Portrait". You should submit a piece! You have until midnight tomorrow! (Sunday) :biggrin:

We will have a new topic each week.

 

[TerryCurley]

Life keeps interfering painting, it's so annoying. Great to hear from you Butterfly88.

 

[leighann]

Just ordered some new supplies myself :biggrin: I love that Blick and Jerrys both now have $4.95 flat rate shipping. That's a blessing for sure!!

So has it been decided yet what the next exercise is going to be...(she says cringing, because she hates her self portrait) ?? :wink:

Just finished...well, sort of...this mandala. I'm going to make a copy of it, then color the original. I have a faithful follower on Instagram who always says the nicest things about my art, so I'm sending this to him.
I'm still working on my elephant too...may finish everything but color tomorrow.

 

[SuddenLife]

Ohhh that one looks hella rad, Leighann! Love the high amount of detail you put into it!


Speaking of supplies; I got myself some new mechanical pencils and I have positively fallen in love with them. Much sketching has been done already.

 

[Susan Mulno]

That is beautiful Leighann! Has a tribal look to it.

My honey's meds have not arrived yet, so not leaving before Tuesday.

Everyone's getting new supplies! How exciting! There is a Dick Blick store on our route to Indiana. I have never been in one so we plan to stop. I will get some more Sofft tools and a couple more PanPastels colors to round off my supply.

I hope you get time to paint Terry! :wink:

I hope to finish my gulls today.

Can't wait for the new topic for our "art challenge"! :biggrin:

 

[dickhutchings]

How about seascapes with focus on a sailboat or two for the new art challenge?

 

[dickhutchings]

I been and spent £200 today on acrylic materials and some canvas's I've not worked with acrylics before but I'm okay with watercolors so i'm hoping it's a little the same, doing research it seems acrylics are the least forgiving (dry times) out of oils - watercolors and acrylics!
I think I have everything I need to get started apart from Atelier Interactive Fast Medium/Fixer* which I'll be ordering tonight off ebay

@meli, why the fast fixer? I don't have any but I am going to get the binder instead. After using this paint for a while, I think binder is much more important. The paint dries fast enough on it's own for me and I want to be able to reopen some parts of the painting. I would like my background to be permanent.

 

[TerryCurley]

Happy Sunday everyone. I got up around 7am and here it is 11am and I still haven't gotten out of bed except to get coffee. :biggrin:

Ingre enjoy your new mechanical pencils.

Just finished...well, sort of...this mandala. I'm going to make a copy of it, then color the original. I have a faithful follower on Instagram who always says the nicest things about my art, so I'm sending this to him.
I'm still working on my elephant too...may finish everything but color tomorrow.

LeighAnn your work keeps getting more and more intricate. I hope you find a way to get money coming in from it. It is so marvelous and so professional it's a shame you are giving it away.

I hope to finish my gulls today.

You too keep getting better and better Susan. Can't wait to see these finished.

How about seascapes with focus on a sailboat or two for the new art challenge?

YES, YES, YES, YES, YES. This I can do. I hope it's OK to take more than just a few hours. I want to make it a real project, something I can sell. Would that not be appropriate for the quick challenge? I mean if I can do it in a week, would it not still be OK? Hope we all decided soon whether it is going to be a seascape with or without a sailboat. It is suppose to start today, right?

@meli, why the fast fixer? I don't have any but I am going to get the binder instead. After using this paint for a while, I think binder is much more important. The paint dries fast enough on it's own for me and I want to be able to reopen some parts of the painting. I would like my background to be permanent.

Amazing...I don't have a clue what you are talking about and I did acylics for a whole year. :lol:

 

[dickhutchings]

Most artists even the ones at Dick Blicks are on aware of this paint though they sell it online. It's the best of both worlds. Paints like oil because you can alway rewet with water or unlocking formula and get perfect blending.

 

[Mel_Robertson]

because dick it's a safety net.... watch

so I wont be using it to speed up the dry time of the paints ill be using it to save sections of the painting as I go that I don't want to lose.. you can also paint over it!
fantastic

 

[TerryCurley]

I just finished what I was working on -- well finished except for the tweaking that always happens after I say I'm finished.

So I have two more in process. An underwater surreal painting of my own composition and a painting of a lion in a tree from an online photo. I can let those two slide and work on the challenge as soon as it is decided what it is going to be.

Since today is the day of decision can we take a vote on your idea Dick or can you just say this is what it is and open a thread? Does anyone else have a suggestion for a challenge topic?

 

[Susan Mulno]

Three of us agree on the topic. From what I see the sticky wicket is Dick is unsure how to start a new sticky notes thread. How about just re-naming the existing one @dickhutchings? Would that work?

 

[TerryCurley]

Heck I believe all there is to creating a sticky is to create a regular thread and then the moderator uses his 'thread tools' to declare it a sticky (moderator's have different tools than us). Actually there isn't any need for it to be a sticky is there? We don't need to have the thread always on top. Just as long as it is closed at the end of the week.