Shrove Tuesday, A.K.A Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday), A.K.A Carnival, in exotic places men dress up as women and everyone has a big street party. In Ireland we eat pancakes, some carnival.
Anyway, I decided this year to celebrate Fat Tuesday properly, so I dressed my dog up in his festive green bandana, slicked back my hair with some Dax Short and Neat and we hit the streets.
At this point aliens seem to have hijacked my brain. Next thing I know is I wake up in bed, it's 1:30A.M on Ash Wednesday, I've got a tube of Winsor & Newton Ultramarine Blue oil paint in my pocket and fifteen missed calls on my phone.
Anyway, Ash Wednesday sucks. All the old people go around looking pious with big black crosses on their foreheads like so many elderly, long haired skinheads. They look at you as if your the anti-christ if you so much as smoke a cigarette.
What's with the oil paint? I gave up painting a year ago and gave all my paints and brushes away.
I do like ultramarine blue though...hmm...think I'll get stoned again today, lent or no lent, fuck the begrudgers.
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Ahh. The ultramarine kind of day. ;) My kinda guy. Burnt Sienna is my fav pick. It always seems glossier than any others. I haven't painted in years. And I prefer oil. That's why I don't paint. They say oil painting is too dangerous, and I can't fake liking acrylic.
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ReplyDeleteHi Ann, have a nice monday!
ReplyDeleteI don't like acrylic myself, gouache or watercolour os ok, but oil is king!
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