take some photos of your flowers
pick some flowers and put them in a vase
You have created something beautiful. That is art. ššš
and for practice, get some colouring books , itās easy, relaxing and kinda practice
Comment on Discussion Thread š§¶ Monday 1 December 2025
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØhoursā© ago
A few more yellow poppies are out and the vermilion nasturtiums are rioting. They donāt seem to need any help so Iāll leave them be. Boring.
I want to buy some water soluble oils but donāt know how to dispose safely of the wash water, donāt know what to do if cleaning or thinning does require linseed oil, and honestly I donāt think I can shift myself to actually use them.
Depressed as fuck and art blocked to the point I donāt even want to practice š Canāt even pick up a pencil and practice.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØhoursā© ago
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØhoursā© ago
I have adult colouring books but donāt really get anything out of them.
Iāll have to remember to donate them somewhere for Christmas gifts. I have a stack that I donāt use.
Seagoon_@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØhoursā© ago
I find them good for brush painting skills
SaneMartigan@aussie.zone āØ4ā© āØhoursā© ago
Put the manky paints stuff on some kitty litter then bag and bin it?
melbaboutown@aussie.zone āØ3ā© āØhoursā© ago
Thatās actually a really good idea. Maybe I can wait till Iāve binned the used litter and tip the dirty paint water in the bin on top of it.
Just a bit worried because it may contaminate quite a lot of water during the cleaning, too much to absorb without wasting expensive clean litter, as a review said that soap and water cleaning was very inefficient and they ended up eventually resorting to solvent or linseed oil anyway. And the āsolubleā paints didnāt thin well with water.
Safety ramble
I could use a few drops of linseed oil for thinning only and wash brushes with odour free solvent with all the fans going full blast, but thatās like doing traditional oil paints anyway and really does seem like it needs a studio and safety measures I donāt have. If not for me, for my cat. She likes to be right in the thick of things. And the cost of the materialsā¦ Evaporation and disposal of the solids is possible but not practical in a small space and if thereās a lot of liquid. Acrylics are a lot more practical in every way but I just really donāt enjoy working with them. Theyāre so thin and smeary, low quality and streaky.
Ah wellā¦ I do have to learn to draw worth a damn before I begin painting anyway.