Catfacehorse

On Saturday, I put aside the day to paint while Owen went out on a photo walk (a walk to take photos). I had the house to myself, some new art materials and nothing to distract me. Only problem was, I had nothing new to paint.

On the way back from a delicious brekkie at Gingerlee on Lygon St I spotted a garage sale. I had a good look through for something interesting to draw, when out popped a selection of tools. Gorgeous, rusty metal tools. (I had no idea what these tools were called.) Of course I felt like a complete idiot when I asked how much the, um, …tools were. Especially when I discovered that with only 60 cents in my wallet, the princely sum of $4 for all four tools was out of my price range. I went to the ATM and came back to purchase my treasures. I painted all day, and even had a play with some new acrylic paints. I had to buy brushes specially, as I discovered the hard way that acrylic paint destroys sable brushes. (Though I lost only one, and it was pretty old). Hopefully I can make it a bit of a weekend habit - it is so much easier to focus with a few hours up your sleeve.