Sketchy Writer

Felt funny at the Yulblog Get Together last night, explaining what my blog was about. You see, I'm a writer who sketches. I rarely let loose with the writing on the blog. Of course, others I know put a lot of attention to composing their entries, thinking of it as part of their work. I usually sit down,have no idea what I'm going to say. I usually edit and check spelling, however.

So, more drawings. All on one page, this time. I bought a little tube of Indigo paint, which is a cool colour, but not reputed to be light-fast. Meaning that in a bunch of years, it will fade. I think it was indigo they were talking about. Interesting too, it was one of the least expensive colours. Watercolours can be $16.00 for a little tube of a certain red or blue. If you don't want to pay top price they sell "hues," which aren't the same kind of pigment. You're paying for the material that makes up the colour, which if traditional, can be some interesting mineral, or ground-up beetles' wings. Indigo's quite an old colour. I think it's made of something vegetable.

There's always the option of looking it up, since this is the internet. But maybe, some other time.*

* Ha ha. It's interesting. [link] Very ancient. Same colour used for blue jeans, and the paint on the warriors in "Braveheart." Pity it's usually synthetic these days. This would make a good "fun fact" for my T.V. show, if I was doing one on the right subject (writers who paint watercolour pictures?)