Debris Surfing...

This week has been all abuzz

  we are renovating and redecorating the house

  which of course means it is just one big scary mess

  and of course we aren't doing one room at a time

  nope... bits and pieces, higgledy piggledy, here and there

  is the best way to describe our approach

 We are table-less in the breakfast nook

 which has now been claimed by Phants and Barry as yoga studio/ cat vs paper bag zone

and of course I had commandeered the actual dining room as lino class filming studio

 so meal time has been all about creatively perching amidst boxes 

and debris surfing is now our family sport/ dance/ gymnastic endeavour

we could medal in the Olympics if it were an actual sport

I stick awesome landings I tell you

I am assuming hoping it will all come together in the end like on a mad renovation show 

but in the meantime I am taking every opportunity 

to leave the mess and search out some sun and fresh air

while attempting to avoid the sub arctic winds

and to paint up things like the cakes I am denying myself in an effort to get healthy

it is a sad substitute, but in the long run painting them is quicker than the hours of exercise I would need to endure to work the suckers off

Happily teaching my online class is also there to keep my sanity intact

the Delicious Paint classroom is fizzing and popping 

as 21 new painters joined the fray the last week

it is so inspiring to see the work they are producing and to get to know the newbies

teaching this class is such a joy... seriously

and filming is progressing on my lino class

rather slowly admittedly but progressing none the less

I am a tad distracted half the time as I keep running off to make notes and draw up ideas

I think Phants is about ready to quit as director/ filmmaker because of it

which is rich coming from the one who shot a lovely long bit of the sun reflecting off the greys in my hair which she said it was sparkling like crazy

I suppose it is a step up from her zeroing in one all my chins

but actually filming without mad camera shots and heckling and snorting seems to be beyond my little pumpkin

so when it feels like my brain is going into meltdown

I can't stand the mess a minute longer

or filming has degenerated into a farcical state of duelling hissy fits 

the cuppa with friends project is grounding me

well it means I am keeping my sketching hand in at least

and that is as close as I get to being grounded

happy painting all...xx