#59 3/15/19 Coffee Pot

Today I got paint all over my shirt.  It's long sleeve and kind of bulky.  I folded up the sleeves, but still, rotating this painting around to get at everything, I got so absorbed that I didn't notice where my arm was.  Before I started this one, the first in my "Technology" series, I watched some you-tube videos on painting metallic objects.  Walcott Fine Art walked me through, and low and behold he's OK with black paint!  Good thing I had some on hand!  Walcott also had a great tip: only use the teeniest tiniest bit of Phthalo Blue, wow, he was right!  I also found that I'm missing Burnt Umber from his list, as well as Quinacridone Magenta.

Dave is reaching the end of his probation period in his (relatively) new job working for the county.  His office is bare, leaving his workmates to speculate that he doesn't plan to stay.  He had joked that when his probation is over and they haven't walked him to the door, THEN he'll put some stuff on the walls.  I have, of course, offered to give him some "personalized" "original" artwork.  After I finished this one, I thought, "hey, the abstract stuff won't suit his office near as nicely as the coffee pot, if I can paint a few more "techno" gadgets, it will be sort of punny - the guy working in the techno department has techno gadget paintings on his wall."  We'll see if he's game.