I had
this crazy idea, that I would like to do some painting, basically to
fill the empty walls of my new home. I bought the canvas set in
Lidl, don't know how good they are, but they didn't go quick, so am
thinking that they are not so good, for the professionals anyway. The
fact that they sell tiny tubes of paint made me really laugh out loud
in the shop....... wondering how many you would need of them to fill
a canvas and would it even do the small one? What would I know
anyway, I've never in my life painted on canvas........ they really
should teach you that in school too.
Next step
was finding paints that were affordable (after all, this is a first
attempt). Who'd have thought getting the basic ones would be so
hard. Black, White, Blue, Green, Red and Yellow. I couldn't find the
yellow anywhere?? Turns out the white was totally crap (cheapo
brand) and transparent when painted, I ended up taking the pot of
ceiling paint from the shed and using that instead.......... so the
next trip to town is going to be in search of some white and yellow,
plus maybe a few other colours for the 'coughs'
next one.
I wanted to paint a cow, and wanted to do a different style from my
norm (when I have the urge to paint that is), it was supposed to be
simple blocks of colour and fun. Nothing fancy.
I can say, it didn't turn out like I wanted and in the end I decided
to just stop what I was doing and leave it as it is, before I made a
complete mess.... I'm still trying to decide whether to like it or
not, perhaps it will grow on me, as I have to look at it daily.
I suppose if this was something I wanted to branch out into, I would have to invest serious money into good brushes and Daler Rowney paints (I'm sure there's a reason Easons don't diplay the price).
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