I’m really not feeling inspired to paint or draw today. Not feeling art at all. The paint isn’t nicely buttery and I’m feeling insecure about my sketching ability.
I guess there’s always landscapes. I might just gesso a canvas tonight, get one ready to see if that smooths the surface and makes it easier to lay down colour more evenly. It shouldn’t take long to coat one before I have to stop to get the furbaby fed and med.
Also I was actually reading one of the op shop art books and it is ok to use your fingers to paint. Of course you need to consider toxicity of the colours and wash your hands well after but it helps spread paint thinly over large areas. Something that may be necessary for grounds, and helpful when you aren’t using thinners or mediums.
Me: stressing about technique, tools, toxicity
Respected traditional fine art book: lol just use ur hands bro 🤙
Hmm… Meta shuts down global accounts linked to abortion advice and queer content. Yep. Going after adult content and age verification was the thin end of the wedge. Depending on how much a certain country’s laws influence ours it might be prudent to make plans regarding reliable long term forms of contraception.
In other news I think I need to change Melbkitty’s flea medicine or be much more consistent with applying it. She managed to get fleas despite being indoor only (prior to being allowed some supervised access to the yard as a treat) so I need to pull up my socks on that.
Exhaustion crash nap yesterday = night crew. Sucks.
I didn’t have much energy to paint plus I need to look at a technique that would work better and get a better natural bristle brush. I hope there’s some good guides on solvent free because my first experience was not very satisfying.
Argh… I’m sorry. Can you have a clear soup with a little cayenne pepper to try and help unblock?
When I had a really bad sinus infection I found it helped the pain and drainage to gently tap above my eyebrows and either side of my nose. Lying on my back with my head slightly tipped back helped drain too.
Raising my head more with pillows made sleeping and breathing more comfortable.
Pseudoephedrine would be good if you can get it but it would be hard to show ID if you can’t go there.
I was sitting out there for so long with Melbcat. Eventually I had to just call it and carry her back inside.
This probably can’t be a regular thing. I’m trying to bring her as much happiness as possible but she can’t stay out there for as long as she wants because it ends up being indefinite, and at some times it’s not smart for us to be out there.
If she goes out again it needs to be on a half hour timer and only when it’s appropriate.
For me personally I would try to avoid going as the vulnerability to missteps are high? But also with some jobs you’re kind of forced to network or they hold it against you, so idk read the room the best you can on that.
Maybe go and subtly stick to a drink that looks like alcohol but isn’t. And probably leave early because as the night goes on things tend to get more messy.
It’s not a fuckup on your part. You’ve been given all of the responsibility and mental load of a caring job that ol’ girl fights against and ol’ boy (or bro) doesn’t assist in.
Some things are too much for any one person. Don’t blame yourself for the outcome when you’re the only person that stepped up.
Melbcat was crying to go outside because the sun hadn’t reached inside yet and I caved. We’re sitting in the hot sun and she’s probably getting new fleas. And now she’s going to keep asking! I just thought I’d ease up a bit, keep her happy.
I just hope other animals don’t bring in parvo and that she doesn’t make a run for it.
Edit: She’s asleep… Still outside. I’ve grabbed the gothasol to shield us both
I’m aware that COPPA applies to American kids (and specifically kids under 13) but Google and YouTube got in huge trouble for collecting kids data… and now to ‘protect kids’ the government has created a situation where these companies are again involved in collecting biometric data from minors.
And I have no idea whether or not it’s stored, but the kids are passing as not being minors so that data may not be treated accordingly.
I tried the oil paints and tested out my ideas for solvent free. Used the tiny canvas and one of the two brushes that were included.
I’d still rather have a studio and be able to do wet on wet but guess what, I don’t have one. Also I think I’m going to struggle to get paint thick enough to behave properly for that unless I mix my own with pigment - and that definitely wants its own space.
Probably, unless they found a way to fix it. Kids in the UK already did that by using some mode in Death Stranding to make the character open his mouth on cue for the camera.
I hate ai but you could probably pull some fake old geezer off google and there might be a few of the same one with different expressions.
I won’t be bothering though. I’m tired. Think I’ll just drop my email or number to a handful of people still on the platforms if that’s still possible, and if they don’t keep in touch then that’s that.
My reliance on social media has been externally forced and using it has started to aggressively suck. Lemmy may be the only social media I bother to try to keep.
Oh, it’s an Aussie slang word referring to a conspiracy theorist, often one that’s engaging in antisocial behaviours or very far down the rabbit hole and imposing it on others.
Think aggressively screaming antivaxers, sovereign citizens, Qanon, you get the picture. Edit: Oh yeah and sometimes they can also be really racist.
I’m really not feeling inspired to paint or draw today. Not feeling art at all. The paint isn’t nicely buttery and I’m feeling insecure about my sketching ability.
I guess there’s always landscapes. I might just gesso a canvas tonight, get one ready to see if that smooths the surface and makes it easier to lay down colour more evenly. It shouldn’t take long to coat one before I have to stop to get the furbaby fed and med.
Also I was actually reading one of the op shop art books and it is ok to use your fingers to paint. Of course you need to consider toxicity of the colours and wash your hands well after but it helps spread paint thinly over large areas. Something that may be necessary for grounds, and helpful when you aren’t using thinners or mediums.
Me: stressing about technique, tools, toxicity
Respected traditional fine art book: lol just use ur hands bro 🤙