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02/24/2008
Painting
Ok so I got home at roughly 4pm yesterday... and I went to bed at roughly 11:30 (ish ish ish).... I took 30 minutes out for food... so I spent about 7 hours painting. That is on top of the 90 minutes of so I spent that afternoon finishing off a card. This morning... I just scraped off about 10-15cm^3 area of paint because I decided it was slightly too thick and contained too much water and was therefore liable to crack. Indeed some of it already had.
It has been great fun - and the most ambitious painting I have ever attempted - but fraught. Seriously, I probably shouldn't ever paint for that long because the adrenolin rush alone is enough to make me incredibly restless. And yet you must maintain and inordinate level of calm and patience. I suppose it is like pushing away all impatience and nerves and just getting on with things (loosing yourself in your work so to speak) and then when you *get back* all that energy is still there.
I do need to remember to stop when I start to feel nervous or edgy... that is when I make mistakes.
Anyway, it has been good fun. Debating whether to stay home, sleep, do some music and finish the picture ... or go gaming. The former is more preferable. I am still exhausted, but I do seem to be sleeping effectively again which is a good thing. Still bouncing around about next week which is also good. Still simultaneously 2 weeks ahead and 2 weeks behind all my work. Still got to get up and get to school chapel in 30 mins! (oops)
I'd better run.
xXx
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