do you use Crayons or pencils?
I use pencils - I have a Crayola pencil set that has something like 24 colors? I like it. I'd love a fancier set, but they work fine.
I'm taking next week off and I think I should dedicate one day to just coloring.
I just think you're freakin' out 'cause you have to fight someone prettier than you.
Dawn ,'The Killer In Me'
Natter 74: Ready or Not
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, butt kicking, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
SuziQ - Sep 03, 2015 10:31:21 am PDT #4722 of 30003
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Toddson - Sep 03, 2015 10:39:45 am PDT #4723 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I've tried pencils, but they never seem to get the depth of color I want. In the past I've done better with watercolors.
Maria - Sep 03, 2015 10:43:10 am PDT #4724 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
I'm trying really hard to not be tone deaf, and I feel like I'm failing.
Oh, BLM is Black Lives Matter, not Bureau of Land Management.
I'm working on something for the Bureau of Land Management right now, and I have to be super careful when I'm multi-tasking.
meara - Sep 03, 2015 10:48:07 am PDT #4725 of 30003
What kind of watercolords, Toddson? I got some fancy pencils, but am not in love with them. I also recently got an app on my ipad where I can take a picture of the coloring book page, and then paint on top of that, which is kinda neat.
Fist bump to you, amyth. Just talked to my boss, and she hears my frustrations (and is also disappointed) and said they're trying to at least get a contractor to help, if not someone already with the company, but I know that'll take a few weeks to get going even once they actually GET someone, so...ugh.
Maria, I can think of lots of ways "allies" can be unhelpful, though the way she put it is kinda awful sounding. Certainly when "allies" end up making it all about themselves, that could make you go "not helpful, please remember you need to be a SMALL role, and not talking over folks or taking over or focusing on your own stuff", but...:(
Maria - Sep 03, 2015 10:55:34 am PDT #4726 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
To clarify, my friend is white. This is what she was reading from the group. I get that allies can be unhelpful, but the awful way it was put doesn't make anyone any more sympathetic to the cause.
I'm glad they're trying to help you out in whatever way they can meara. I wish the work stress would disappear for all of us.
Connie Neil - Sep 03, 2015 10:57:17 am PDT #4727 of 30003
brillig
I haven't worked in watercolors since I was a kid. I like the ideas of pencils because there's so little fuss.
Maria - Sep 03, 2015 10:59:01 am PDT #4728 of 30003
Not so nice is that I'm about to ruin a Friday morning for a bunch of people because of a series of unfortunate events and an upset foreign government. - shrift
Healing~ma for your mom, DC.
-t - Sep 03, 2015 11:23:45 am PDT #4729 of 30003
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
My mom was just telling me about an exhibit she saw recently that included watercolours that look sharp and clear like photographs (painted in the 19th - early 20th century, I believe). I can't even picture that.
Toddson - Sep 03, 2015 11:25:04 am PDT #4730 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
The watercolors were ... well, the little cakes in compartments in a metal container. I had one that was the watercolor equivaent of the 64 color crayon box - lots of non-standard colors - so I could get some lovely combinations.
And, off topic, news from Australia (news in that it's something that won't try to kill you ... probably).
Toddson - Sep 03, 2015 12:07:32 pm PDT #4731 of 30003
Friends don't let friends read "Atlas Shrugged"
I'm about to start screaming at people in my office. The guy who sits next to me has started an office fantasy football thing. So for the past FOUR DAYS it's been all football, all day, all at full volume. The woman who sits on the other side of him yells - her normal tone of voice - usually with her mouth full of food. Between the constant distraction - and yesterday my boss was standing at my desk trying to talk to me and I COULDN'T HEAR HIM TALKING - and the fact that I don't like football to start with, I am ready to start screaming.