The last few days, I was working on the larger gouache painting of my brother—the one with all the eyes. Part of me thinks it’s done, but another part focuses on the areas I don’t like. My intention was to make it look a bit like a paint-by-numbers, but that didn’t exactly happen. Hannah says that the parts that scream out won’t feel the same to anyone else but me. Maybe that’s true, but I don’t know.
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Chop Chop Chop
Even though I’m not supposed to work right now, I’ve still been managing to chop away at my To-do list for my show. I mean, it’s little by little because I haven’t been working past 1:00 PM most of these days, if at all. And, I’ve been waking up later than usual, at 5:00 AM. I also take a nap around 1:30 PM or 2:00 PM.
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Well, I’m kinda back to work. I worked on a watercolor all day, but like always, I’m not sure I liked how it turned out. It didn’t quite capture my intentions. I also can’t piece it together when scanning it. I’m usually really good at that, but I can’t seem to do it today. Probably because I’m out of it, tired, and dizzy. I should be resting.
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I’ve been home from the hospital for a couple of days now. I didn’t think I’d be this tired, but I did just have brain surgery after all. It’s a great excuse to keep going back to bed, right?
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This week, I didn’t get enough painting time. When I did, I went as slow as molasses falling out of the jar upside down.
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