It’s a particularly narrow lane at the moment

Sometimes it’s the little things, like the order in which you paint, the precise shade of yellow, and which side and how far it is from the cool/warm interface 🤨

Nice

I’m now watercolour sketching everything in the house, which to be honest could take a while 🤨
MIL’s rose vase on Moleskine.

Locusts, they’re at least edible.

Are those its eyes?…
ARE THOSE ITS EYES?!?

That is an excellent gouache.

And get yourself an insulating pad to stand on. You can tog up as much as you like over the body but you’ll be shocked how fast you lose heat through the soles of your shoes. A good insulation pad can buy you about 1-2 hours. Any longer and you’ll need to be in a sleeping bag.

Should you ever want to paint watercolour outdoors in weather like this don’t (I could just stop there 🙄) use pure water, they make artists’ alcohol (it’s colourless), add it to the water in direct proportion to how far under 0C you are, it stops yer paint freezing.

Those were the days! When balloons were the sound of the future!