Melbourne

Scrap cardboard might be good to practice paint on. I just have to cut a piece, clear somewhere to work, start learning to mix, not get any on the cat... collapses onto face

Annoyingly I'm interested but just weirdly stuck

Edit: Also I walked in the kitchen and got a tiny piece of broken glass to the heel. Wtf. I haven't broken anything in a very long time and vacuumed recently so it must have been tracked in from outside.

Edit 2: I've done a quick vacuum of the area to make sure Melbcat doesn't step on any glass splinters. She's still hiding in the dark bathroom. I'll let her rest.

::: spoiler Art rambles I've cut a flap of cardboard from a box headed for recycling, torn a piece of printer paper into small strips to swatch paint comparisons onto, and grabbed a paper bowl and a wooden spoon to use as a 'palette' and 'palette knife'. (Sorry. I'm just kind of in a major pinch for energy/physical ability - I am at least trying to avoid plastics.) I wish I had some newspaper or a drop sheet but I'll do it on the table beside my bed and be very careful.

That's the prep. If I stop now and pile them onto the cleared side table I'll at least be ready for next time.

The cardboard is light brown but that's ok. It's actually good because it gives a starting midtone. A little light but it could work when making desaturated 'dusty' yellows, greens and greys for Australian bushland. And because it desaturated there'll be a lot of mixing of the same colours into each other, so that creates a colour harmony?

I don't know. I'm just copying the artist I watch on Youtube. :::