Paint, Tea, Paint ...

This cup of tea

it is like the twentieth I have had in the last day or so

which means that I am a touch hopped up on the stuff

but I have had a very very busy few days

 gloriously, wonderfully busy

but being someone who can be a touch distracted

even when I have bugger all on my plate

add a squillion different things

into my mildly chaotic existence

and everything goes into complete meltdown

and the only thing that stops my brain from hyperventilating

is tea

well also chocolate

but I have been almost mainlining the stuff for weeks

so tea seems like a more sensible choice

So busy has been the name of the game

and in amongst all the boring busy

and boy was there a bit of that

there was some fun busy

like getting these two canvases done

to be delivered down to The Collective Store

to replace two that sold last week.

I also  have five more started 

and they are in various stages of progress 

ranging from

not looking too bad, I know where this one is going

to

oh my giddy aunt how do I save this sucker

Which is always a bit frustrating

because they all look very promising at the pencil drawing stage

and I am so excited when I first sit down to get stuck into them

and then they all go through the ugly stage

but I am plowing on regardless 

and just pouring more and more tea into my system

and crossing everything that I get them to where I want them

So the rest of the day will be spent

painting, drinking tea, painting, trying to avoid eating chocolate

painting, drinking tea, 

cursing the diuretic effects of drinking fifty million cups of tea, 

painting, and quite possibly drinking more tea...

and Mushu will keep me company

now he has taken to sitting on my desk

and I kind of think he is licking his lips at the thought

of getting his snout into my Lady Grey

which is his favourite

The minute I find one white hair in my cup 

he is back on the floor in disgrace

I don't care how cute he is 

there are limits...xx