Exploration and Experimentation

{It's kind of odd because when I am thinking about what I want to say for this post I always have all of these ideas and I have this great article all planned out in my head but every time I actually sit down to write it I can no longer remember any of the things I was originally going to say. So with that being said, hopefully if I just starting winging it, at least most of it will come back to me, also fun fact about all of the posts on this blog, after I write them the first time I search for little errors like spelling or missing words but I don't actually re-read through it before I post it. }

I've come to a point in my life where there's a lot of things I want to do and try and write about but I always feel like, maybe they don't match with one another or maybe that is different from what I have been doing and it's kept me from doing a lot of things, I've also noticed that I can't necessarily decide on what I want to do anyway so putting those things off are kind of dumb, the point being, I've decided that I am going to try all of it, for a lack of better words at the moment, because why not, nothing is holding me back. For the next few forevers, (I don't know exactly how this journey if you will, will last) I am going to try new things, reestablish and just enjoy my life, and I am going to record it all, on all of my various connected platforms, while doing so, finding my voice in all of the things I do because right now it's a confused jumbled mess. 

With all of that being said, I want to hear from you on all of it, things you do like, things you definitely don't, I want to know what is working and what isn't so I can keep making the content you guys are enjoying and start cutting out the stuff you don't. The posts are most likely going to be all over the place and a mess, they will also not have any other explanation other than this heads up, so you know now what is going on when you see all of them. I'm very excited to start this sort of project and I hope you guys enjoy this as much as I already am. To kick things off - here is a poorly done, out of focus, speed-painting, water color video I did earlier this week. 

Ready to set sail (and hopefully make sense in all of this),

                                                      Ms. Sinking Ship

DIY Color Block Clipboard

                    

I have loved color blocking and I have for a while now, I've been wanting to do a tutorial on it for almost a year now and I finally found something to do it with finally! 

This clip board has been through all kinds of disastrous remodeling (you should have seen the 80's stickers from my mom that I had to scrape off of the back) and it is once again time for a change, and this time one for better not worse. 

To do this I used:

• My clipboard (obliviously)
• Something to put my paint on
• Paint
• A paint brush (the bigger the better because it covers more space and makes more evenly distributed)
• I didn't use anything for this but if you need help making a straight line or are using another color on the other side, some type of tape to tape off the edge.

          

This is what the clipboard looks like before I did anything to it, it was covered in duct tape from that put duct tape absolutely everything you own then from a few years ago.

If you have anything on the clip board (or surface if you are just using this as a basic color blocking tutorial)  you are redoing make sure to remove it.

       

Then take your paint and put it on your plate/palette/or anything you decided to use to put paint on and then get plenty of the paint on your brush

                              

This is the part where if you need to tape down to keep your line straight you do so, then make a line half way across the tape half way on your clipboard. 

If you aren't using tape to make a straight line draw a line straight across where you want the line of color to be everything below that line will be filled in. Then you fill it in. You may have to do multiple layers of the paint to get the color you want, if you o say make sure to wait until the paint is completely dry before you paint another layer or you will just end up rubbing paint around and making the overall painting very spotty. 

                                                       

I ended up doing multiple coats but this is the first finished layer I did, I did the back as well where the checkered ductile was as well however it is not on here because I had to scrub Hannah Montana and other varies sticker collages off the back before I could paint it, but I follow the same process on the back if you plan to do so as well. I hopes this helps in any of your color blocking endeavors, again I;'m exciting to be back writing again!

Ready to Set Sail (and do stuff that is soon to be revealed!),

                                                                                 Ms. Sinking Ship

 

What I Wore Today : 1/6/15,

Today I wore a Sheer Collared shirt, with a floral sheer striped skirt, and ripped tights. I also wore a long Salmon colored cardigan as an over coat but it is not in the drawing.

I wanted to start this on the 1st but I had a few set-backs, no worries now though because it's finally up after a week of trying. I plan to have this segment every day if everything runs smoothly along with the over posts that will be added normally. 

Ready to set sail (and get the new year full of new outfits started),

Ms. Sinking Ship

What I Wore Today 1.1.15,

So This is going to be a little segment for the artistic side or for the fashionable side, or both maybe.  Usually there will be an artsy type picture, wether a drawing, a painting, etc. of the outfit I wore that day and it was supposed to start today but do to an overly large turn of events I could not get the picture done. So I hope you enjoy this little notice and the new look of the page instead because it took a ridiculous four days.
                        Ready to set sail, (and start this segment)
                                                                  Ms. Sinking Ship
               

Finding Inspiration Every Where You Go,

  This weekend I took a trip to Tulsa and while I  was in the city I went on a few mansion tours and to the aquarium, photographing anything I thought might provide even the slightest of inspiration, and some of it did. The usage of the space provided even in mansions was incredible, and the color palettes I found in the aquariums were very influential in a few ideas I have for items I hope to be posting soon.
                             Inspiration is every where, you just have to look for it.
                                               Ready to set sail (and put this inspiration to work),
                                                                                  Ms. Sinking Ship

A quick thought to jot,

I've been thinking a lot into trying to paint on some extra squares of crochet I have. If all works right it'll seem together to create enigmatic (word of the day) colors, though I'm afraid of the mess it might create, (I'm good at creating not so much cleaning) I plan to try tonight and if all goes well pictures will be up soon. 

    Ready to set sail and paint the sky,

             Ms. Sinking Ship