Captain’s Log: Entry 2

I just noticed that it has been 15 DAYS since my FIRST entry. I could make a thousand and one excuses to my inept at my time management skills, bbbbuuuuutttttttt………. I am about 110% sure that you all can see right through it. In all honesty, your Captain isn’t as (for lack of a better way to put it) put together as she was as a Greenhorn in school. Probably has something to do with the rabbit hole of an abyss that I fell down once I left the structure of my schooling. And that is a WHOLE other topic in and of itself. (Please let me know if you want me to write a passage about my struggles after leaving school.) Please note, this has just been a series of some choppy waters, and nothing too serious. I’ll get better and more consistent. Please stick with your Captain.

On a lighter note, I have been doing some art! And before you ask, unfortunately it is not the redo project that I spoke of last time. I got a bit distracted, but it is much better than nothing. My sister has been bugging me to make her a piece for her new place. After weeks of her asking me if I made it yet, I FINALLY DID IT! And it turned out really good!

My phone camera is appalling. I tried to fix it up with Photoshop, but there is just no saving it. I just wanted to make sure everything is visible. But in reality it is like a baby blue color and dry brushed and it has a feeling of movement. (Maybe I’ll get a better picture of it later and post it on my Insta or somewhere.)

My sister and I went to the craft store just to look around for some ideas and maybe a brush or some paint. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA….. Please note: I can never go into a craft store and not feel like buying everything in sight! That conflicts with my dragon side who likes to hoard all my money. It also doesn’t help that my sister loves to shop and enables me in to spending money. The struggle is real. So, we found this cute wooden cut out of a whale’s tail and I had ideas for it. Have any of you guys seen/heard of this new (at least new to me) painting technique where you layer different colors of paint and add a flow medium? It makes the paint react strangely and look like it is breaking apart. It is super cool. And my description is not doing it justice. (I’ll leave some links** at the end for more information.)  It sort of has like a marbling effect. So, I tried it out on this piece of wood and it came out AMAZING! My sister loves it!

Again, my phone’s camera is the absolute worst! The colors are baby pink, white, champagne, gold, and rose gold. The metallic colors have a lovely shine to them. With the reaction to the flow medium it makes the paint act like actual whale’s skin! Someday I’ll have a fancy phone with a decent camera.

In other news, I am still planning to do the redo project. I’ll probably do it this weekend. Sounds like a solid plan, right? I think so. But we shall see come Monday and if I make a new entry then. I just have to relearn how to discipline myself again. I thought I was the master at self discipline and time management. HA, I am completely at like a middle school level again. Please stick with me and all my crazy scheduling until I get better. I promise it won’t be for long.

Before I forget! I reactivated my Instragram! And I now have a Twitch account! I am still doing research for the Twitch platform, so I don’t think I’ll be streaming for a bit. I have to make a new Twitter, due to the fact I don’t remember my password for the life of me and the email address I used to open it is deactivated, and I don’t have a cell number to connect with it for security measures. It might be a bit for the Twitter, but I will get one up again ASAP. I am still up in the air about Facebook. I’ll need more time to think about activating a page on that platform. And if there are any other platforms that you think I should post to/join, please let me know! The more ways I can connect with people the merrier.

One last comment from your Captain! The skys look clear, and the seas calm. There seems to be land on the horizon! Our first quest awaits us! Let’s hope more want to join our adventures and shenanigans! Full sail ahead Crew!

Your Captain,

Suzanna

 

** Links for painting technique:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgb8jW0JzIU

https://wtop.com/arts/2018/02/try-acrylic-pour-painting-and-go-with-the-flow/

(Pretty much, just Google “painting technique with flow medium”. There are just sooooo many good videos and articles about it, we would be here all day!) 🙂