My Latest Painting, Coke Zero and Chris Pine

So what does Chris Pine have to do with my latest painting you ask? Absolutely nothing. But I have been pining for him for over a decade, so just thought that I would put that out there to the one, or two, or zero persons reading my blog. I am also a Coke Zero addict. Yet another useless fact that you didn't really need to know about me.

So I painted this one a few weeks ago and have been meaning to post it, but I have been extra busy with my real life job, so I haven't really done anything art related after that...Well unless you count looking at other people's art. Oh, and I took a few selfies and uploaded them to the Prisma Art app. That counts right? I know, I know, very sad, Risa. But also they look so cool that I decided to continue with my current streak of oversharing today and I am going to post one up at the end of the blog entry. :D

And before I lose you with my feeble attempt at humour, what did I actually I learnt from painting this? I learnt that you can use fan brushes to make trees and grass! Except please don't buy horrible the cheap brush that I bought. The bristles kept sticking together and kept making my painting super messy. Invest in one with sturdy, thick bristles, so that they don't amount to nothing when you get it wet. I am making all the mistakes so that you don't have to. Story of my life. Also, if you think my jokes here are bad, you should read my food blog; they get a whole lot worse.

Thank you again Cinnamon for your art lessons. And as promised, my latest painting:

Here are pics I uploaded to the Prisma Art App. I actually want to try to paint the second one of myself and my friends when I get a little better at this whole art thing.

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