A little late in the day, but better late than never.

In fact, so late in the day that I almost backed out of my idea of drawing/painting one picture a day for the month of March. I mean, I hadn’t told anyone I considered doing it, no one would miss it… no one would know I chickened out!

Well, except for me

But somehow I managed to force myself to do something.

All this time in Athens I’ve had withdrawals from the projects I’d started on Paros last month… but I didn’t have any art supplies here. So this morning, while in the city, I visited an art shop for some stuff…

I opted for acrylics, thinking I need practice with them and I didn’t feel like gouache or watercolours.

I’m kicking myself now cause I didn’t pay close attention to the actual paints I bought… ugh. I opted for a box of small tubes since I only need a few things to keep in Athens. I’d been looking at the mini Amsterdam tubes and thought I’d picked up their mini set. Instead, Id picked up some crappy brand. And I mean real crap. This stuff is like the paints that come in big bottles and have absolutely no substance, body or pigment. The kind you give to kindergarten kids. I am so annoyed right now.

With the thin consistency and transparent quality of the paint, it dried way too fast to blend or it would turn to mud if I applied it liberally in an attempt to blend… Still I tried to create something just because I was p’d off.

Here it is. Amazing work.

On the upside, it can only go uphill from here, right? Huh?

On the downside… do any local art shops sell quality watercolours or am I going to have to try pencil work till I get back to Paros?

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