 You know, I was just chatting to the camera for like five minutes and it wasn't on 33 and I've already done my daily social media stuff Got some stuff hat down here Ready this week to work on finalizing some artwork for my sister's business and We're headed out to a family function today I'm sort of thinking I should maybe sit at the dining room table and do tonight's daily drawings Now before we leave we have like an hour and a half before we need to leave So I don't know it's time. We're gonna get home. It's probably gonna be late Like 10 o'clock or later. I am not gonna feel like drawing Yeah, I think I'm gonna do them now, so I'll be back just before 8 a.m The stuff to do this morning before lunch cleaning ladies coming at lunch and I've got errands to run Order of blank canvas to pick up my Michaels Etsy orders to fill package and ship not to mention Social media which we're gonna Hopefully take care of social media and Etsy right now I'll be back. It's 846 a.m. And I got social media done. I got the Etsy orders packed and shipped I got some things printed. I need to be needed to be printed some things picked up off the floor that needs to be picked up off the floor Oh In all the video for last week's vlog airdrop to my desktop I'm going to quickly sort laundry before I leave and then we're gonna go run our errands We need to be back here before 1130 so Crush your fingers. So I got the donations dropped off and the mail also that all the Etsy orders I forgot there's a good goodwill drop-off station right next to where I drop off the Etsy orders So I did that and got a receipt and then now we're gonna head over to Michaels And then Fred Meyer. We should be able to get home like by 11. Hopefully Which gives me time to just sit and breathe maybe start a load of laundry before let he comes That's the name of my lady who helps me keep the house clean Yeah, then I've got Stuff to do at the computer. I've got to edit last week's vlog and I've got to edit a bunch of other videotape and so yeah We'll get it done So it's 956 Well, my phone says 957 the car says 956. I don't know. It's just before 10 a.m I'm just leaving Fred Meyer We got it all done. I think unless I've forgotten to do something which Is always possible But yeah, some of the canvases are almost bigger than I am but they're in the back of the car I put the back seat down so they're flat We're gonna go home now and unload the car and start some laundry and All I've had this morning is a banana with my coffee. So I need to have a little bit more to eat And then wait for let he to come Maybe get some video edited while I'm waiting Maybe All right, that's it. I'll be back morning. It's Tuesday morning, April 30th. It's 7 35 a.m Don't get excited. Hello ipad I'm watching shell seas vlog Um, which came out this morning and yeah, pretty interesting listening to her and watching I don't know if I've mentioned before but when I was rearranging the game room and moving some of the books and shelving and stuff upstairs and Helping my husband get furniture upstairs I aggravated my tendonitis in my knee And so yeah, that's a thing. So I'm sitting down here on the couch. I've got my leg propped up on a stool I smell like a combination of bengue and toothpaste because I'm using doTERRA's Deep blue on my knee not sponsored. This video is not sponsored I'm just a lover of doTERRA essential oils and products. So fyi So anyway, so I'll be taking it easy today. I got a lot of steps in yesterday Running around and doing a lot of errands and going up and down the stairs because I was editing video and My knee had started to calm down and then it was aggravated again. So I'll be I have some work to do for my sister's Um logo for her new business So I need to do that but I can do that from downstairs and I have all this stuff down here to do that So I think I'll be downstairs most of the day and just trying to stay off my knee Anyway, that's a thing. All right. I'll be back talking yourself for like two minutes and then realizing the camera's not on It's bad enough. I do what I do and I spend a lot of time talking to a camera It's you know when the camera's not even on and you think it is is another story Anyway, I'm on the sofa. I'm taking it easy on my knee Um, as I said earlier, I did aggravate my knee Kneeling on the tile and moving furniture and stuff around Um, I have tendonitis and all my joints and arthritis. So, you know, it's it's sore It's been a couple days, but it's still sore because I haven't been resting it So not today is like I'm resting the knee I have some black and white line work That's all I can show you um that I'm doing for my sister's business and I have to get that done. So and it's a sit-down job. So I'll just do that while I'm here on the sofa I didn't want to tell you all um, so when I do black and white work Most of us like the uniball signal broad. Um, yes, the uniball signal does come in two tip nib sizes One is referred to as uniball signal broad, which is this one the bigger tip And then there's an angelic, which is a fine tip, which I have and is okay. I prefer this one And this is the japanese one with the gold band Around right here. Um, I'll put a link in the description below. There is something different about the american version versus the japanese version of uniball signal I don't know what the difference in the formula is or something, but this is the better pen You can get them at amazon. I'll put the link below I also when I'm doing a project like this, which is all line work And I know it's going to be scanned later. Not all black ink is equal and there are different colors of black ink So when I'm doing a project like this, I like to use a pen That um, this is all the same brand with the same color ink, but it comes in different nib sizes So my preference is the orthographic liners I get them from jet pens generally Um, I usually use the 10 and the 05 which I have in my hand, which I've been using this morning Um, they also have a 01 and 03 which I have And I have out just in case That's my preference and fun fact all of the first designs for my rubber stamp line Um, we're all done with these pens On paper and scanned Um, these days they're usually done in some kind of drawing app um Not always um, but usually Um, but every now and then it's nice to get back to just pen and paper, you know So I'm going to be working on that this morning and getting that done so she can get um That on the road she needs to have the artwork for her website and Um business cards and all of that stuff so Anyway, I better get my button gear. I'll be back guys. It is wednesday may 1st. It is after lunch already I don't know what time it is Yeah, I don't know But I know it's after lunch or around lunch. Um I spent the morning Doing the social media thing and catching up on bookkeeping I hadn't done um our business book since january so Yeah I had to do some year Uh lifetime expenses stuff on the new house, which I did catching up that spreadsheet and then I got another coat of resin on a tumbler. I'm working on and Chatted with some friends while I was doing all of that and then I told them, you know, I gotta go I gotta run some errands. My knee is still kind of bothering me a little bit. I'm putting some doTERRA on it continually It's feeling better. I'm taking it easy on it Um, I do have a walking stick or cane if I need it At the house, but right now I'm out running errands. I'm going to pick up a couple things. I think a dollar tree I need to set up something in the art room so I can work on large canvas and short of setting up something in the garage or Setting up something in one of the spare rooms. I think I might have found a solution Maybe if I can find the right parts It works in my head. Anyway, that doesn't mean it's going to work in reality, but we'll find out I also need to pick up a few things at target Um or walmart or something. So we're going to do all that today and I'll be back. Anyway, can you see that behind me? Those are three big canvases. They're 36 inches across by 48 inches high That's just a base coat of paint. I'm going to paint all three of them as a triptych Um Inspired by the class I took from Pauline Agnew um the Expressive seascapes class I'm going to do sort of an expressive. I think landscape Um, I think I'm going to be inspired by this one here that I did a smaller painting I think we're going to do something larger this again. This is just a background Um color and it might have at the end nothing to do with the finished piece I have no idea. We'll see where I go But I have a big space that I want to put these three canvases on and I'll show you that's my living room TV And we have this big wall It is a big wall big empty space. It does have two outlets. I'm thinking the old owners had art or something displayed there um They were hunters and I have A horrible suspicion. They maybe had some of their animal trophies up there. We have had the house Blast and cleared thank goodness because that's not really okay with me But anyway, that all being said, I think it is a great spot to hang These three big canvases um up here. I'll have to hire somebody to hang them because Yeah, I'm not getting up there. I'm not having my husband do that either Um, but anyway, I'm going to paint them to go up there I want to use some of the greens so that they go with what the colors in the room We also have some sort of you see, I don't know if you can see that down there Oceany blue colors And then of course that browns from the stone in the wood And the floor the furniture so we are going to get those three done and over the next Um few uh weeks you will see me. Hopefully working on those Um, I don't want to take too long to do them because those canvases are going to be completely Completely, but I like my solution of having a temporary painting station right here At least for the moment that will work. I don't generally work on canvas that big and if I end up doing a lot of these That's not going to be a permanent solution. We'll have to find something else Um, but for right now it works just fine. Um, I have some resin drying. I'm working on another tumbler It's spinning. I did take some of the leftover resin and I made I used one of my little new molds from Value village and made some little sort of glitter resin cubes. I don't know what I'm going to do with them, but we'll figure it out and um, yeah I'm going to go downstairs and rest my knee now and um Take it easy Have some water watch my soap opera. I haven't done that yet and yeah I'll be back Thursday May 2nd just before 10 a.m I only know that because I've been at the computer for a while and working on some resin stuff and Putting the last coat on the glitter tumbler. I'm working on and yeah, that sort of thing. I have my grocery shopping list I have to go back to the store because evidently I forgot some stuff yesterday And we're having people over Tomorrow and sunday, which I didn't know we were barbecuing until last night and so yeah, I didn't get any meat to barbecue So that's a thing So I'm gonna head back to the store I think I better change my clothes first though because I'm still in my pajamas. That won't work All right, I'll be back. Okay. It's about 10 30 and I obviously just got out of the shower. I'm dressed. We're gonna head out to the store I've got to pick up a couple things at michael's and then do grocery shopping again Two days in a row is just not fair Um, anyway, hopefully we can get it all Been and done And be back by lunchtime. Maybe I don't know. We'll try I'll be back an interesting start to the morning um The resin tumbler I was working on is done and so we'll be getting an address to send that off To our friend and we're expecting my mom and dad to come up I'm sorry come down because they're live north of us And dad's going to be helping bob with some diy bob took the day off of work and mom Needs me to go help her get some fabric um at joey and's for a project for our um her great-grandchild the great-grandson that's going to be born in september my Great-nephew nephew I'm his I'm her his mom's aunt so I'll be his great aunt Something anyway, I can't get it straight. Anyway, he'll be born in september. So she wants my help getting the fabric for him and um We have concrete contractors coming by today to look at the concrete and give us some ideas of what can be done I think we finally found a couple That can help us and are willing to Well, of course, we'll pay them but you know Um, and the work on the outside of the house with the painting and electrical starts tomorrow So it's going to be a busy busy weekend. Um, we are barbecuing with my parents later today and before they go home And then the kids are of course coming over sunday with their friend gunjan And we're going to be barbecuing with them again and um They'll be watching game of thrones. I don't really get game of thrones, but okay Uh, anyway, that's all that's going on for the moment I am going to need to make a trip to the art supply store because I'm going to need more Slow dry medium. I'm going to need A couple of other colors in acrylic paint in large sizes for these big huge canvases I'm working on I was able to with a coupon pick up these huge containers of Liquitex basics Um, which is a brand of paint. I like working with I like Liquitex basics and I like of course golden acrylics These are my two favorite brands I do have some Amsterdam acrylics, which I also like certain colors of their paint. So um, but I'm going to need, you know Those canvases are big and one tube like this is not going to go far That being said, I'm going to be using up some of the older paints that I have here It's not going to be enough to do these big canvases. So We're going to need more things like this So I'll need be needing to make a trip to Blick at some point soon. I also need a paint tube Opener there's something made by golden called a golden gripper and it's for opening paint tube caps Which I have a difficult time with especially the golden ones. Hello. Um You've got to get out the pliers sometimes and a rag and yeah You all know if you've tried to open them or worse yet the little watercolor tube caps Y'all know what I mean But golden evidently makes a cap opener thing tool So I'm going to see if blik has one first in stock at the store before I order it, but I'm hoping they do I will link it in the description below for you all. Um, cheap joes does have them in stock Jerry's argorama doesn't have them in stock until june. So But I'll link I'll put some links in the description below That's it for the moment. I'll be back Good morning. It is Saturday morning April no may fourth holy cow may fourth the computer says it's 7 59 a.m And evidently I forgot my password. Let's see there we go. Um Yesterday uh friday my parents came down They live about two two and a half hours away Bob had the day off. So bob and my dad Did a few small diy projects around the house and also Dad went with bob and got some new patio furniture for the backyard We don't have a truck, but my dad has a huge truck. So, um, they had to go to a couple different Stores to get all the pieces that we needed because no one store, of course had everything in stock But anyway, that's done today Supposedly construction starts on the outside of the house. We're going to be replacing the light fixtures outside and There's some carpentry involved with that. We're having the house repainted and there is some Uh, raw natural wood on the outside of the house on the trim and we're having that um cleaned and and resealed And uh, yeah, we've got a few other projects lined up with the contractor who's doing that. So um, I Don't know if bob's talking to him about those today or not And then we got an estimate yesterday on concrete refinishing and recoloring the concrete, which is all black So our house outside is Got a black driveway black back patio the house is um A very story but cottagey and decor, but the body of the house is painted. This is super dark blue gray color And the trim on the house is black And the front door is red, which I like, but it's like a blood red Yeah, so We're repainting and coloring the house. It's going to be a light sandy color with a green a light sort of a medium green trim The front front door and the back doors will still be red, but they're going to be a warmer More on the Yellowy orangey side of red red And we're replacing the light fixtures, which are just not my taste and don't look like anything else in the neighborhood so We're replacing all of those too and one of the light fixtures anyway has a cracked piece of glass anyway, so It's going to need to be replaced at some point. So we're doing all of that Busy busy busy right now. I am just trying to get on my computer so I can do the social media thing I might do some more work on the big canvases behind me Today, I do have a color of paint. I want to mix up and I'm Doing a lot of mixing my own colors using what I have when I have to buy more paint because these canvases are really big I'm going to be buying basic colors and mixing what I want from the basics So meaning um, I'll be buying of course black and white um ultra marine blue a yellow and a red And going from there and mixing what I want from there And using up some of the older art paints that I have that have been sitting for a while. I have an old original tube of cobalt teal from golden That they stopped making for a while. So this is before they stopped making it. I understand they have it back now, but anyway I'm going to use that up well before it dries up in the tube I do think I'm going to go to Blick next week. I'm going to need to Get some more slow dry medium and I was only able to get like blue and black and white at um Michaels Anyway, that's it for the moment. I need to finish my coffee Before the contractors get here and I guess As long as we're not going to be in their way. We're taking patio furniture around to the backyard and Putting that together today, maybe I don't think I can get out of helping with that so Anyway, I'll be back I want to say to you all out there who are trying to or want to join my facebook group a life of art and self expression You're welcome to join You do need to answer the admission questions If you don't answer the amiss admission questions You probably aren't going to get in Not unless we have some other groups or people in common So Answer the questions please All right, I'll be back the house is painted So we did that I got some more painting done on the big canvases. We were babysitting or babysitting puppy sitting lily. I don't know what I mean And uh, so anyway, it's been a crazy day. We met with the contractors To go over things work starts on monday. We're having stuff done outside I've got Stuff in here that needs to be mailed out. I've got this packet of Hang on the tv's on I've got this packet of family paperwork and photos that evidently Landed at one of my niece's houses from my mom and my mom doesn't want it back And that's a whole other conversation. I don't I don't know but Oh my god, you guys so I know I've said before whether anybody was listening. I don't know but I grew up Um in a roman catholic household. I went to catholic school uh resurrection school in sunny veil california and Here you go There's me, uh, there's nothing on the back of it, but I'd guess about second grade It may be first grade So yeah, there's a bunch of interesting things like that in there. So I'm gonna have to sort through it and find something a little better to keep it in than this and it'll go in the Game room with the other family photos and stuff And uh, yeah, so anyway, it's been a fun albeit busy week And uh next week will be more of the same. That's all right. I like to be busy I hope you've had a great week. Um, we've had a good week and um Yeah, I wish everybody all the best. There's a lot of people out there I know friends and family who are struggling with different issues some health issues some financial issues Some things are really really bad and I my thoughts are with all of you Um, I'm not going to say more than that. So please don't ask. Um, but I will say that there's a lot of um You know craziness out there in the world. So let's try to just be kind when we can I've got a lot of comments in the last two weeks as has my husband and my parents. I guess On my merch shirt be a decent human We all get funny crack ups remarks about the other one that says don't be an asshole But the be a decent human we've got a lot of interesting comments about Um, and just in the last week more than normal and we're not wearing the shirts more than we normally do. So I Says something about the state of the world at the moment, maybe. Um Anyway, if you're interested in merch or following me on social media Um supporting the free content here on youtube and over on facebook Um joining my art group a life of art and A life of art and self-expression or the teaching group my creative year that I do with my friends Um, are any of that stuff you can click on my link tree list of links And you'll find all the links to all that stuff there. Um, my happy mail address is in the description below Don't forget to like share and subscribe if you will And I will put any relevant links in the description below And that's about it this week. I think don't forget to go out and have a great day Do something nice for yourself because you deserve it and I'll see you later. Bye guys