 February 26th, 4.50pm. I almost said February. If you've seen this clip, you've seen the prior clips that we spent the day and we went to the gym this morning. I aerated my knee a little bit despite the quarter zone shot, but it's all good. And then I spent a few hours up in the art room creating the new studio palette for my Daniel Smith watercolor paints collection. I've been collecting for a really long time. I'm not showing you the clip to brag. I frequently from the beginning days would go in and buy one or two tubes at a time. Artist quality watercolors are expensive and Daniel Smith is no exception to that, so I have been collecting my colors for a really long time. That being said, it's a nice decent collection and I wanted to have all the colors in one palette when I'm here working at home. And yes, I'm in the closet. I don't know. It's a quiet place right now. So I have a new studio palette that you've seen. The base for the palette is a plastic palette that was gifted to me by my friend, Peg Robinson. It didn't work out for her for what she wanted, but she said the inserts in it come out so it might work for what you want. And she's not wrong. I took the inserts out and I used some adhesive tack to put half pans in. I can get well over 100 half pans in, which is great because my Daniel Smith collection is not a small one. And even though that being said, there's room to grow in the palette. God forbid I decided I need any more colors because I don't really think I do. Anyway, you never know. I keep saying that. I just bought indigo and burnt sienna, I think yesterday. Yeah, anyway. So I'm gonna let that chill out. I'm doing some chores today. Tomorrow I have a crap ton of video editing to do and I want to play with my watercolor paints. So that's on the agenda tomorrow and the next couple of days editing is a party to get all of February done. So we'll see how far I get. All right, that's it for the moment. I'll be back. It's 9 21 a.m. or so on Monday morning, the 27th, I think it's the 27th. I got the vlog for last week edited and saving and rendering right now. Then I have to do the Chronic Pain vlog for that group that goes right over into that Facebook group and then I have all the February tutorials to film, to film, to edit. Hopefully the filming went well. You have to review the footage and see if I need to re-film anything. I do think that one of them is gonna end up having a part two because I'm already inspired to do something else with what I did in that tutorial. So and it has to do with my creative year and by the way those videos may start being here on YouTube but unlisted and you might only be able to get them through the my creative year Facebook group. So I'm considering that right now. So if you're not a member of the group you might want to join, just saying. There's plenty of stuff for you all that's gonna be here on YouTube. I'm not abandoning you so don't go there. I have more content. Things I've been working off sort of off-camera that I'm thinking I want to film some of that. So you know stuff that'll be coming up anyway. I need to take a shower now and I need to make my bed and I need to get dressed because I need to go take some Etsy orders to the mailbox and I've got to finish finish I've got so much video to edit. So anyway I'm gonna get all that done and I'll be back. Hey guys I'm editing video for February. I'm gonna be doing that all day today and probably most of tomorrow anyway as I'm editing Etsy orders are coming in that I need to fill and I have a new patron over in Patreon and I have a new supporter here on YouTube in the YouTube membership. So Christine Stahl here on YouTube thank you so much for your support and over in Patreon Lisa Swank. Thank you so much for your support. I appreciate both of you very very much and I will strive to bring you what I've promised as far as content is concerned. For you guys it's Tuesday January I don't know. I don't know I think it's after lunch too already. January 28th 109 p.m. I spent the morning getting all of the 11 videos I edited yesterday set to upload to YouTube most of them are done already it's still working though yeah there's still a couple that are working. Getting all the descriptions set getting all the links I promised if I missed anything y'all let me know. I filmed a couple more videos today including here's a sneak peek for something coming up in my creative year. I love the way that turned out I might have to do that on a big piece of canvas next. Anyway it's up there drying and I cleaned out my tray with all my paperclip stuff. I now have a large size priority mailbox. Large size no sorry medium size. You see that box there full of random fabric scraps paper bits, painting papers, there's some markers and crayons in there. I just keep throwing stuff in there. There's little mini pads of paper in there there's all kinds of stuff so anyway at some point when the box is full I'm gonna seal it up and send it to somebody. Don't know who yet so if you're interested let me know. It's all kinds of random bits that most people would be garbage of a task. Mixed media artists are interesting. Anyway what else? That's it for the moment I really really need to go eat some lunch and then I want to work on Mike Deacon's Mission Inspiration for January which I still haven't done yet and I want to do some watercoloring. I might try to combine the two we'll see and I also have a YouTube video from a kid that I was watching. I'll try to link his channel below or the video below if I can. Fascinating video and I want to try that so yeah I want to work on that too and work on my Gene Haynes book so mostly though I'm just getting ready for a day of physical therapy and errands and picking my dad up at the airport tomorrow so trying to get stuff done today in case I feel like crap tomorrow. Alright that's it for the moment I'll be back. Hey guys so it's what time is it 3.44? I got all of the videos loaded to YouTube that I did yesterday and two more are loading right now that I made this morning so jazzed with the little painting that I did for my creative year. It turned out so well it's expressive it's abstracted it's I really I really like it so yeah anyway to see what it looks like you're gonna have to go over there. You need to be a member of my creative year. Good morning people it is Wednesday morning January 29th I think. It's 7 11 a.m. it is dark outside I'm gonna do what I can to lighten up the video here in the video editor so hopefully you don't see that but if the lighting is weird just so you know it's dark outside. Anyway I am upright and early because I am headed to my first physical therapy appointment for my knee. I'm not looking forward to chill for a bit check on social media and all that stuff maybe get some art done and then I've got to be back out of the house and go pick my dad up at the airport at just before two o'clock his flight supposed to get in just before two so it's gonna be a busy busy day I have to go to the grocery store I don't necessarily have to do it today I could do it tomorrow but in the next 24 hours or so I need to go to the grocery store so that's on my agenda to get past physical therapy first. In one. I started off very early this morning with no shower and barely any coffee and then went to physical therapy I was clean at all people but you know I didn't have much time to take a shower before I went and I was gonna get sweaty anyway then I came home a shower chatted with friends for maybe an hour ended up doing some more art supply purging and I've got some stuff in the back of the car I think I'm gonna drop some of it by the family center that we went to before and Tiger they have an art room there in a classroom then a neighbor texted me she was having problems with her new Apple iPhone. Do you know what technology? Don't you? So I went over and helped her for a bit. The kids lost out on another bit on another house today unfortunately it's house number five so I'm still looking now I'm over at Portland International Airport headed to the self-aware area because I need to pick my dad up at the airport on a Wednesday which is not a great day to have to be at the airport because it's the PDX hub day and everybody for work is flying in and or out and the airport is crazy busy like every single Wednesday plus it's raining out because you know I live in the land of much water many bridges and no direct route to anywhere and right now we're experiencing much water so that's a thing. Can't wait to go home and just be able to put my feet on the couch. It'll be nice. I'll be back. It's on the internet for people to hear. My career depends on it. Although the colors of the painting are very complimentary to the decor you have up there already. I told you I could get up there for you. I don't see her. I mean dad asks me about that I'm I'm blaming you. I'm not taking the fall for that. Did you paint them when they were all side-by-side like this? Yes. Okay I was like wow that tree lines up so nicely. Let's get the other one out before I dig up every single pole in the house. Another real question is do you think dad or Polly is are gonna notice that you did this? Because they're boys and boys aren't generally very observant. I have a vlog on YouTube. You all tell me if we're wrong but men are generally not super observant human beings. Some aren't. Ours aren't. Now that I've said that they'll probably both notice the second they come home. We'll keep you posted. Yeah. If anybody's wondering why I have this pole, I have a really big house and it's the only way to reach the ceiling frame to dust that shit over there. At least if you were digging that ceiling dad's not gonna notice that. He'd never see something that was dinged up that far. Oh did she want to go outside? Okay we'll be back. I mean it's very noticeable. It is very or not? No it is. Very noticeable. I mean the guys will notice it that's for sure. I mean they definitely need to be centered. That's right they need to go that way. Yeah, like a lot. Yeah. I'm trying to read this instead of letting her climb on the shelf because I'm afraid of heights and I'm a paranoid mom. Ask her someday about how I never let her climb a tree. It's a touchy subject. I was deprived as a child. Again I would have to climb there. Pretty soon your house is gonna be like a museum to your artwork. I don't know we had more photographs up at the old house. Keep going. Keep going. I mean on the bright side they need to just come over a little bit more. Keep going. That might be okay. What on the clean dog bed? Yeah I know Letty just cleaned. Nobody in YouTube land tell Letty. Our lady who helps us keep this giant house clean that I just messed up her clean. Letty laid on the dog bed. Letty had a freshly vacuumed dog bed. I know and we love her Letty. She's great. She might fire me as a client and she finds out I just messed up her clean. Oh mom. I think maybe we should leave them. I mean I think they could be pushed over like a hair or more but I think this is pretty good. The center one's just about a center with the TV. So why don't you come down and take a look. Distance blank space between this wall and that wall. Yeah I think they're just about all over that freshly vacuumed dog bed. Poor Lily. So much abuse. I'm just kidding. Just kidding. Oh I think that's good. Yeah. If you don't look at the doorway and you look at the little knee wall. The railing. I think that's good. I mean if anything maybe you can come over for this way. I'm not doing that. I'm not pushing them back to them. It's not happening. I have to get up there. I'm afraid of heights. FYI. Yeah I like that. Cool. Looks good. Bring some color to that empty crazy weird spot. Alright. Do we need to move the little ball over? Yeah. The little metal things? Yeah. They look kind of squashed. I need the grapper thing. Well let's try the stick. I got the stick in my hand. Let's see where the dog is at. I left her outside. What is she doing? She's walking around. There we go. You all better watching because I'm running out of places today. Becca you need to find a house. I need extra gallery space. Nope. Dang it. You're no fun. I already have one of your paintings. I don't need more. Okay. Well go visit etsy.com. Slip forward slash Cheetah errands. Hashtag shameless promo. The spiky thing over just a little bit. Over towards me is the paintings. The paintings. This one? Yeah. The spike. There we go. Is that good? Should these two be reversed? No we're good. Okay. Here we go. Now let's see if anybody notices when they get home. Lily did you notice? Look at that wagging tail. Look at that tail. Lily! People love Lily. Well there we go. Lily sit. Can you do a trick for everyone? That's not a trick. Sit. Down. Not lay down. Okay. Roll over. Come on. Roll over. Dog. Roll over. Come on. Roll over. There we go. Good job Lily. Good job. Hey guys. So what do you think of those paintings and the video my daughter shot for me? I think they look pretty good there. I did get another one. Hung up. Let's go down the stairs a few steps. Hung up. It's not hung up. It's leaning. Right there. See the corner of it? There we are. Some more of it. I'll go down a few more steps so the light fixture is not in the way. So it's right there on that ledge. I think it looks pretty good there. There. So I think that looks pretty good. Yes, my house is starting to look like an art gallery. But you know, I am a painter so you know. Anyway, I spent the morning in between people doing stuff around the house for me. The gardener was here. The cleaning lady was here. Not capable physically of keeping this whole big huge house clean by myself. And I have so many allergies gardening. So the question not to mention I hate gardening. So we have people here doing that for us periodically. And when they are, I don't really get a whole bunch of stuff done generally, but I did get some new product packaged in the Etsy store this morning. I've been switching over the stencils from being wrapped in plastic. I think I have one here. I'm trying to eliminate as much plastic out of my life in my Etsy store as is humanly possible. Plastic is not good for the environment. So anyway, I was wrapping the stencils in glycine bags, but the Amazon seller I used to get them from no longer has that particular size. So I went to Paper Mart and they have this white paper bag, which is probably better because it's not wax coated. And I encourage everyone who buys anything from my store to reuse even the plastic. It's something in plastic or the glossy card stock or something. I'm not ordering custom product inserts anymore either. I'm putting in a scrap of right now scrapbooking paper because I have a ton of it and let's use it somehow. So we're using it in the Etsy shop and then you get one of my business cards inside. And it's sealed with washi tape, which I'm also using up. And then it's all things that you all can reuse in your art journals and your art as like a bonus little gift for buying the stencil. So that works. We also got some more stencil waste in the store. The bags are a little bit bigger now. So that's good. Stencil waste is the, for those that don't know is the bits that they cut out of the plastic to create the stencil, all those little shaped bits. So my manufacturer saves them for me. And by the way, my manufacturer does custom orders and she does resin tumblers and a bunch of other stuff. I will link her store Etsy store in the description below. And I did get a journal page done for Mike Deacon's Mission Inspiration. I don't need to give you all any nausea or anything about turning so fast. Sorry about that. So his prompts this month for Mission Inspiration were colors of clay, amber and sunset. Words were safari, jungle, explore, journey and wildlife. And the quote was animals of the world. So I took all that I decided to do sort of a mixed media thing. Technically it's mixed media. I was getting tired. Technically it's mixed media because it's pen, pencil, ink and watercolor. And I did a lion. Oops, things are falling out. There we go. So that was good. I'm going to do another watercolor here right now. Now that we've got the painting situation straightened up, the house is clean, laundry is done. I'm going to do some more painting. All right, I have physical therapy in the morning and then I need to run errands. I'll probably bring you with me, but we'll see. All right, I'll be back. The grocery store and all that jazz. So I'm going to go try to get a bunch of stuff done. Stop watching videos about the coronavirus because that's not helping my anxiety at all. Did some new exercises. They pushed around on it. Had me do some new things to strengthen, you know, the other parts of the knee that are not damaged. And you know, it's a good thing but it hurts. So anyway, yeah, that's a thing. So I'm all done with that. I'm going to head over to the grocery store and then go home and have some lunch and put my knee up. I would like to like head right upstairs and get some artwork done, but I think I'm going to just stay off of it for a bit. And yeah, that's a thing. Maybe put some of the deep blue rub on it. So anyway, let's go see if we can get the grocery shopping done in a timely manner, shall we? Good afternoon. It is Saturday, February 1st, and it's about 2 30 bent the morning. Well, Bob and Rebecca went to the gym. I stayed home because my knee was a little sore after physical therapy yesterday, but I got some stuff done upstairs. If you're watching this, you've seen a little short clip of that anyway. Then we went to the grocery store and we went to the thrift store. I've got another arm load of kids books. We're going to walk them over to the little book house, try to get a few steps in. My knee is still sore, but it's maybe a two or three out of 10. It's not too bad. I can live with it. And when we get back, I'll put ice on it. So it'll be good. All right. Yeah, the stuff that smells like Ben gay. He calls it my old lady perfume. So anyway. All right. That's it for the moment. I'll be back. I do want to say two things. One funny thing that happened this week is there's no, Rebecca, our daughter cannot deny anymore that she looks like me. Her face opened my cell phone. Anybody who has a phone that has facial recognition knows exactly what I mean. So yeah, that was fun. And then we got home from the grocery store and Bob said, let's go walking tonight. I said, let's go walking now while it's still light out. Because last night we went in the dark and I stepped in dog poop. So let's not have a repeat of that, shall we? We did our good deed. We'd love to encourage children and the young people to read. And it looks like I've inflicted my, I don't know, fixation about that on our daughter. Because she and I both purchased some books at the thrift store and I just dropped them all off in the book house. So we didn't quite fill it up. It has a lot of empty spaces right now, but that's okay. And I should let y'all know I don't live in the community where the book house is. We're down the road, different community. I like to contribute. It doesn't matter to me. So anyway, we're going to limp home, put some ice on my knee. Maybe make a cup of tea and relax. It's been an interesting week, but you know, any, any day or week on the right side of the dirt is a good day or week, right? All right. Don't forget to like share and subscribe. I'll leave any relevant links in the description below. 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