Happy Easter to everyone who celebrates today! 馃悾
This Easter I didn't have time to decorate the Easter eggs as it is the tradition in our family. I have never been good at that, but it is not the real reason they didn't get painted this year. We went on a trip on Thursday and Friday, and yesterday my son had a concert with the string quartet he plays with. The Easter eggs were just boiled but they stayed naked. 馃榿
However, some rocks got a bit of paint on them.
This afternoon the set of 46 acrylic paint markers arrived, as a perfect Easter gift that the delivery man could bring me. It was perfect to wake me up from the long nap that I took after lunch. (I forgot that we would sleep one hour less and went to sleep quite late so I was really sleepy... the alarm clock had no mercy this morning and reminded me that Sunday morning I have to work even though I slept just four hours).
My sleepiness disappeared when I got this package. The unboxing happened immediately, on the crime scene where I will be practising this activity: Playing with colours and rocks. I say playing, as I am at the level of a 10-year-old kid (or younger hahaha) and this indeed is just an activity that I enjoy like children.
These are the colours that the box contains. There are 6 neon, 8 metallic, 10 pastel, 10 glitter and 12 classic colours. These acrylic paint markers are made with non-toxic and odourless ink, so I think we don't have to worry about chemicals and their possible side effects if I leave a painted rock in a public space or as a gift to someone. Also, it says that the colours would not fade and that are waterproof.
To use them, first you have to shake the marker you want to use and press the tip so it gets soaked in the paint. In the video I recorded you will see that shake - press before I draw something.
About the drawing and painting in this video... As it is Easter I wanted to draw a little chicken coming out from the broken eggshell. The biggest lesson I learned here is that when you draw a line that is not perfect, don't try to correct it as it will get worse!! Much worse! 馃槀
I painted the eggshell and had to leave it to dry. (In the meantime, I was drawing another Happy Easter rock too.) Then I added the chicken and again had to leave it to dry, wrote Happy Easter and messed up everything when I wanted to draw a black line as a contour. 馃槫
It turned out too thick in the end, I don't like it but the good thing is that I don't have to go to work the next week - I have a lot of time to practise. Guess where I will be spending my time hahaha. Yes, on the crime scene where the rocks get their colours and designs.
If you watch this little video you can hear some background sound - those are the birds that were very talkative this afternoon. The video is sped up (8 times) so you don't get too bored. 馃槄
You have greetings from that little Easter Chicken who also has googly eyes, like the ladybug from the other day :))
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