Dreary day for painting.

Now I know we need rain

and yes it's vital for life

but who says it can't only rain at night

or when I don't have time to paint.

It's pouring outside and 

dark and dreary inside.

Yes, I know I could buy a daylight bulb

but hubby won't go for that

and I don't think it would work in my daggy old

ceiling fan anyway.

By the way the ceiling fan gave up the ghost

this summer so I can't use it anyway.

I'm starting to think that my

icky poo, pookack coloured canvas

is causing this icky poo weather.

It all started in my painting class.

It seems that I'm tone blind, as opposed to tone deaf,

which I could be but that's another story.

I can copy a colour as a finished product but I can't 

do layers of the mid tones and darks and lights,

so my teacher made me turn a beautiful pale blue and

 turquoisy lilac canvas into the monstrosity

 you see before you.

Now I have to try and put in the birds colours using their tones

and not just the crazy bright colours that I usually do.

I was forced, kicking and screaming, 

well whinging and whining,

to mix up the yuk greeny yellow for the tail in class

but now I have it at home I've brightened

 up a bit with the wing.

 

Yes I know, the wing should be a browny colour but I just couldn't do it

and since my teacher isn't here, I'm doing it brightish.

Oops, couldn't help myself here,

 probably get in trouble for that.

Not supposed to put all the bits in with paint

 as I'm going to glaze in the tones. 

 So I'll bring it down for the red bits.

Eew, it looks so flat and boring, I know the glaze

 will do all sorts of things to make it better

 but my little brain can't seem to see it.

I have to do the body now. 

Since it's so dark and dreary I may 

have to use much brighter colours. 

 Of course that's just so I can see it

in this light, you understand don't you?

Just to brighten up this day, 

I've finished my other bird.

He's nice and bright!!

The photo was taken yesterday

 when the sun was out (sigh).

I'm calling it "Hanging with my buds"

get it??  I know I'm a sad cookie.

Linking up to Paint Party Friday