Baaaad Approach to Painting.

(Image from Pinterest)

 I don't like sheep.

Well, it's not that I don't like them,

I just don't know them well.

Let me explain:

There is one down-side to being a painter:

people like to utilize it.

It's nice of them really,

to find things to paint for them

so when it comes to Christmas or their birthday,

I don't have to wonder what they'd like.

And that they have that kind of confidence in my ability
is humbling.

And a bit fear-instilling.

My sister-in-law gave me a metal bucket with a lid a couple years back,

maybe a few more years than that,

and told me I could paint her something on it for Christmas.

Well, this Christmas, I decided the bucket needed to go,

so I kicked it.

Just kidding.

I'm still here.

I couldn't resist.

 Okay, so I base-coated the area I decided to paint with slate colored

Annie Sloan Chalk Paint.

 

 (You can tell by my paint cans that I am a very neat person).

I mixed up some colors for sky:

brown, red, white, and yellow,...

and painted it on loosely,

letting the center area be slightly lighter

and the top and bottom skyline be a bit darker.

I added the ground, too.

Then I was stuck.

I thought about letting the bucket sit for another season...

Rrrrrr.

Nope.

 My sister-in-law raises Icelandic sheep.

I don't like painting sheep.

You'd think they're just cotton balls on legs, 

toothpicks for legs would do;

but that is a very wrong misconception.

They actually have a skeletal structure under that mass of woolly mess,

and some facial features as well.

I found a nice image on the Graphic's Fairy blog

 

 Graphicsfairy.blogspot.com

and one I liked on Pinterest:

Pinterest

I roughly drew and then base-coated them in.

Roughly.

And then the time came that I just kept stalling...

trying out different paint-brushes,...

"I don't like sheep."

checking on,

and then consuming,

more hot chocolate;...

trying to find a decent movie or something worth watching

on one of the two channels we get;

checking to see if my shirt was dry so I could iron it for the next day.

Finally, I stopped to ad background


 

and pieces of sheep,

as I felt ready to conquer these frustrating creatures.

It's surprising I didn't wake up this one

with my random,

"I hate sheep!"

exclamations.

But he was coming down with the flu at the time,

so he was gone.

Poor man.

Finally,

I had something that resembled sheep.

These guys, I think, are better viewed at a distance.

A true shepherd might laugh at their cartoonish appearance.

Still, the deed was done

and the gift given.

 

 Please,

no more expectations of sheep.

I might just glue on cotton balls with toothpicks.

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