Totally done

Well, I spent the entire weekend trying to bust out a bunch of these goddamn paintings for Christmas presents (and perhaps some kaaaching action), and I must have gone through over a dozen yards of canvas and gold spray paint in failed attempts because I could never get the background colors just right. I seriously stayed up till 6 in the morning trying to get this shit done. I thought you were only supposed to stay up that late if you were like, making a movie or something. And what did I get for my over ambitiousness? Very little sleep, an achy back, a maxed out Happy Hydra Christmas American Express Rewards Card (dollars are called points), and a lesson learned: patience and planning. Namely: swatches, swatches, swatches. I learned the hard way that colors do indeed look different in varying lighting conditions. And of course there's always the wet/dry factor, the nature of the surface you're painting on, the viscosity of the paint, blah, black, blah. Man, I thought that once I finally got those dang stencils done (I don't even want to get into that) all I would have to do is lay them down and do a little pssssh spray business, and presto! Tsk, tsk. In the end I got so fed up that I tossed all my stencils. No more wataaah for you, Bruce. So in the end all I got was this meh orange one. And this red one which flipping sweet. See those golden rays? I painted them onto the canvas before stretching (yes, I stretch my own canvases, thank you very much). Those rays, they wrap around the frame. Does that totally blow your mind or what? Too bad I already promised that one to a friend. I honestly would never go through this much trouble just for myself. Sigh. Now I'm going to sit in front of the TV and veg out for a cou zzzzz...