Painting

DH and I exhibited our artistic wares this weekend at an art show 20 minutes down the pike. Mostly DH's photographs, I don't much time to actually create artwork these days. (yeah, what about all this time on the PC?)

On Saturday, a woman parked her van across from the show and got out paints and brushes.


The van already had a good bit painted on it - she told me that it was all started last April. She is a partner in a downtown art studio. She and others were organizing an arts alliance for the downtown, incorporating galleries, restaurants and other businesses interested in promoting the arts and generating traffic and patronage.


So, today I came with my painting pants on and painted a bit myself for about an hour or so.



I painted this green dragon with the orangy background. The paint was weird - it was indeed for painting metal and the van won't need to be clear-coated to protect the images. Andrea had brought the basic primary colors, along with white and black, but it didn't mix well (or like you'd think they should) and I had some trouble getting the colors we needed. And it started to dry quickly, but will actually be very tacky for days, so we had to work pretty wet and quickly.

It's not as finished as I would've liked it, but hey, it was fun and she was happy to get another section filled. If I lived in York I would stop by her place and work some more on it. Maybe next year!