i had this grand idea of photographing the moon as i saw it rose from behind one of the far buildings. but then as i was preparing the camera, i could hear a very light but insistent tapping. i turned off fan and dehumidifier just to make sure i was not the one making the noise. i am paranoid that one day i will find a weird animal or someone else's pet in my unit. so i checked the radiator and the tapping was louder. when i lifted the curtain, whoa! there was a giant bee outside that kept on banging on the window. i don't know how it got to be so up high but i suppose when you have wings why fly low? that was reason enough to abandon the idea of shooting the moon.
so i had to shoot this thing instead. this thing was what occupied me the whole day. early morning, i had to glue the bottle caps on to a canvas. then i had to go to michaels to pick up a set of acrylic paints i had reserved. i was rather pissed that when i got there they didn't have when the person i talked to yesterday, checked her computer and said they had it at the store. so they offered me something else. i said i didn't mind if it costs more as long as the primary colours are included. well, what do you know, there was no yellow. the package of four says primary colours but there was no yellow. the sales clerk told me told me i could make yellow by mixing green and orange. horrors! what's wrong with the world? then when i inspected the package, the blue was not true blue but something like "copenhagen blue" and it was grayish blue.
good thing there was a dollar store nearby. i was able to get a true red and true yellow but the blue was "navy" blue but it was the same colour as michaels' copenhagen blue. needs must, i bought the red, yellow, purple, green and the cerulean blue which is almost the same as the navy blue. i think that as we older people are dying, the younger generation's learning is also going to the grave. imagine a world without true blue.
i mixed my orange which turned out fine. meanwhile, the blue was off, the purple looked like indigo and the problem was the violet. it took me so many tries to get the violet but once painted on the bottle caps, it looked so dark, in the photo it looked like black. thus, my roygbiv is terribly not roygbiv. no matter.
one revelation today was that i couldn't hold the brush with my right hand. i'm ambidextrous but mainly right handed. but it felt weird holding the brush on the right and i was terribly making a mess. i thought i was having some kind of seizure but when i held the brush with my left hand, it felt comfy and natural. so now my brain is screwed up. okay, so it's always been screwed up, but even more so today.
Oh! Those are the kind of days that I surrender! I admire your stick-to-it-ivness! I would have found a good book and an adult beverage well before the painting started! You are determined! Kudos to you!
Wow, what an ordeal you went through just to get this photo. Well, rest assured it was all worth it. Just one question, which one is the Copenhagen blue and which is the cerulean blue?? See, I read the whole thing!
What a day - you had the inspiration but the making of it was too difficult. I would have thrown the idea into the garbage! But you didn't and look what has arrived. Truely inspirational! fav
Great funny story and I commend you for your perseverance, like several above I would have well and truly given up. I think you did a great job in the end
Kudos to you for persevering. I'm normally a patient person but I think I would have been heading for a meltdown had I been having your day. Anyhow you do have a lovely bright rainbow to cheer you up.
I can only echo all the above! I did read it all and found it rather amusing. In your case I would have put some champers in those glasses, it might have made you feel better. Lovely rainbow btw :-)
LOL! I am so impressed with your tenacity! I would have given up after my shop to Michael’s! I cannot imagine spending an entire day trying to set up for a photo. Maybe that’s what’s wrong with my pictures. In truth I would have waited until that blasted bee was gone and shot the moon. I am not going to comment about the brain thing but let you make your own assumptions from your research. We have paid great attention to detail in this photo and it shows. The ribbons show the rainbow perfectly as do the bottle caps. Well done girlfriend!
@30pics4jackiesdiamond - i've been meaning to make it for the office. one of my lawyer friends is head of the global lgbt committee for norton rose and intended to put it in his office as a surprise. but because of the pandemic, we are instead going to have a pride parade online. so i will make a video of this along with photos of my aunts and friends who are lgbt's. i will probably put it on facebook, too. my straight friends will be very surprised i'm doing this.
mixing green and orange to get yellow - really? That is the realm of light not paint. Your persistence is truly admirable. I am devoid of ideas for making video but sure you will come up with something very inventive - as you have with the rainbow.
June 9th, 2020
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