….even tho the entries in paintbook were only meant to be background colour guides for a larger, more complicated thing, these met with ooos and aahs in “some quarters” so I thought it wise to do them “properly” as a finished piece….
….wasn’t till after I’d finished that I realised they look like ol’ peggy square throw rugs crochet by “your nan”…..
…(possibly explains their “popularity”)….
…(297 x 420 on reclaimed ply)….
…it’s not so much I’ve bitten off more than I can chew…
…as…
…it’s impolite to talk with your mouth full…
…so I thought to myself…
…what if, instead of the colours radiating out from a point, I just jumbled them up….
…random like….
….hmmm…
…random like….
…it’s one of these….
….came with this bright idea for containing my paints aaaages ago….and have been using a cardboard mock-up of what I had in mind since then….
….finally got it made when a looming project required an up tick in how many colours I need at my finger tips….
…the paint brush hole was a late add in, necessitated by the fact that I’d no longer have space for a paint brush pot on the edge of my work space after adding the new improved paint box….
…(yes I’m still stalling for time on the big secret project)….
…(and may continue to do so for an unspecified length of “awhile”)…
Bored with a record shop. 