Not In The Mood

I woke up this morning with a splitting headache and still pretty grumpy, and I really did not feel like painting, drawing, anything.  So I wrote in my journal, then sat at my studio desk and thumbed through a Jerry's Art-a-Rama catalog and made a wish list of oil and watercolor paints, paper, painting knives... I didn't tally it up but I'm sure it's something like $200. 

And then (heave big sigh) I got a canvas on which I've sketched my dog and intend to paint in oil.  Nah.  The Squire's castle painting is still not 100% dry (whew).  Random henna design?  Nothing inspired me.  Invent new henna designs?   Blah.  Ultimately I just finished what I started yesterday.  The two underripe berries suck and if this wasn't just an exercise out of a book I'd try to fix them, but it is and I'm not.  It's that kind of day.

The good thing is, I didn't feel like it, but I painted.  And it wasn't THAT painful.  Well, the painting wasn't, the headache still is.

The Snozzberries

Not done with this. It's another exercise from Step by Step Guide to Painting Realistic Watercolors. Yesterday's oil was not dry so I couldn't mess with it anymore, and I was in a watercolor mood.

Russ was pretty unhappy with the idea of me leaving for a weekend to go to Carrie's workshop... :(   I am hoping I can make another one, but I'm pretty much on my own with watercolor for now. So, I'm working my way through this book. Do my Snozzberries look like Snozzberries?

This is just the first layer but I don't have time for more today. I kind of rushed the leaves, too, which is how I know it's time to quit for the day. That, and I'm grouchy.  Chocolate cake didn't even help much.