Exploding Phantom ...

So let's talk about the best way to make your teenage daughter's head explode

I sort of feel it is our duty to make sure our beloved offspring

have something to discuss with a therapist down the track

so on a regular basis I like to see just how far I can push Phantom Steve

in order to achieve magnificent eye rolling and deep sighs

not to mention a bit of mumbling under her breath

all of which make me ridiculously happy and content in my role as mother

Over the years there have been so many little ways you could achieve this

a bit of food touching used to be enough to send her into fits of mumbles

and any attempt to discuss boys, music, movies or fashion

led to such a satisfying amount of eye rolling that she resembled a slot machine

but over the last few years not only has Phantom become immune to most torture

she has become eerily inscrutable 

and does a great statue impression in the face of most of my shenanigans

not to mention the scary development of her becoming alarmingly adept at retaliation

 which adds up to her having had a quiet time of it lately

That is until yesterday when I asked her to hold a couple of teapots

so I could take some reference photos for these paintings

which I wanted to do for this week's Summer of Colour prompt of grey and soft pink

little did I know that some light hand modelling would lead to such magnificent angst

at the two minute mark she was eye rolling, at five we had sighs

and with just one more measly minute we had not only had mumbling,

but also the introduction on foot tapping

she was so twitchy and gloriously annoyed that for a moment I was so nostalgic for the old days

when just a movement of just one stuffed animal could get me such a response

that I sort of teared up

So in honor of such a rare moment I decided to paint her head exploding

and I have to say this is exactly what I think she would have looked like

if I had of asked her to hold a pot for even five more seconds

As an added bonus it turns out that painting her head exploding was great fun

and even though I had planned the exploding head as my warm up painting

I ended up liking it more than the second one I did, though I really like them both

I am going to be exploring the whole black and white thing with touches of colour more

So I now am sleeping happily knowing that I have a new weapon in my parenting arsenal

which I must say was looking pretty depleted of late

and if any of you have any tips for torture of late teens then I would be grateful

I had sort of forgotten how much fun it can be

Happy Week 4 for SoC and also early PPF 

I apologize for the double link up but still sinus blighted 

so giving myself a bit of extra time to get around to everyone ...xx

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