At 4:45 am on Tuesday the skunk(s) may have finally broken into the crawlspace ( I refuse to call it a basement- it’s a crawlspace tall enough to stand up in but not accessed by stairs- just a hatch in the closet floor). So we had to call animal removal. It’s not ideal. Unless we have them re-released on the property (which I’m OK with since they only skunk once in awhile. The problem is them getting into under the house) they have to be destroyed :( because of disease. We have to catch them first and then fill their excavation with gravel so the stinky buggers can’t get back in.
MEANWHILE, my painting for this year’s Square Foot Art Show is going well. It’s not what I was hoping for but I think it’ll turn out OK. I wish I was brave enough to actually USE my Turner acrylic gouache… Instead I am using them in only very specific areas and in TINY quantities.
I will need the acrylic gouache for the top details and the flowers and such. I will also need to do some touch up with the black gesso. I did it a bit backwards so I sketched out the drawing, THEN painted the gesso around it. The borders between color and gesso are sort of annoying so, again, fix-ups at the end! The regular acrylics are a naturally shinier then the acrylic gouache so I’m also going to put a coat of gloss medium (or two) on top of the whole thing because I like gloss! And it’ll make the two paints match better. Someday maybe I’ll nerve up to go full acrylic gouache. I keep thinking I will and then I chicken out because they cost SO MUCH money.
In doll news I am done with all my layaways! My Luts Coco on the KDF45 body in on her way and the set of UFDolls are paid. Now I just wait for them. I tried to get in on a group order but it didn’t work out so I just put the entire set of Ten Thousand Escape Plans Series Action Figures on layaway. It was a hefty amount… I’m also waiting on a group order the Cat TV head dolls.
Here is a finished piece. After painting the three Marills I wanted a “do-over” so I used nothing but gouache on this. It’s… meh… I can’t get the smooth solid flat colors I want. But it’s OK. The Marill isn’t great. But I didn’t use a pen! OMG!!! So I guess that’s an accomplishment. It looks better smaller….
Lastly, I leave you all with this little earworm that has been stuck in my head for over a week now. It’s from Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (a show you should all watch, it’s on Netflix, though I watched it when it aired an re-watched it a few years ago).
Enjoy!