Boardwalk Days part 44

 Time to finish this color test and move on.   Some began at home, putting down some color for the birds based on the print already done of seagulls, hanging on the wall of the dining room at home.  At first I tried putting them directly on the print itself, paints on my table, but it was too much holding and twisting, so I decided to just draw and color some in my sketchbook, and color the print itself in the Studio later.  Everything else would wait until I got there.

For music I decided to bring my home burned disc of the Gin Blossoms, only written about once before (in December of 2022), so I guess I don't listen to it that often.  My main reason for wanting to hear it today was that a song of theirs was running through my head since last night.  Took out all my coloring stuff once I got there, and got to work.  Finished the gulls of course, then went on to redo that patio of pavers in the foreground, and also added some colors to some other bits around the print.  This included some black watercolors to fill in some of the areas that didn't take enough ink in the printing, always a danger with such heavy paper.  A lot of detail did not print in this version, but it was good enough to test colors, which was the point of this piece.  

That first disc ended, so I followed it up with something I don't seem to have written about so far, a Breeders album called Title TK, a bit of industry jargon for title yet to come on an upcoming new release. It was sent to me by Dave, a fun-pak that had come west to east, and it sat there in the Studio for a while now.  I had heard it before, recognizing some songs. Sounded more like the band's first album more than those that came later, and make up the bulk of the Breeders disc I listen to more often.   Meanwhile, I continued adding color to my proof.  Unlike all that I had done before, none of these were based on actual colors of things depicted, but rather random colors chosen because they would look good next to what was already on the paper.  I don't know if any of these are the final versions, especially the stand-ins for colors I have yet to order, but there is nothing more I can do with this one.  I even went ahead and pinned it to my tack board, so I could get a good photo of it:

While I was there, I also checked my paper supply, since I can get more when I order more paints.  And next time I go in, it will probably be to print, whether it be a new copy of this image (I looked at the one I had there in the rack, and while it is better than this one on heavy paper I have been coloring, it's not perfect, and I know I can do better) or the better/more complete copies of the Robert Johnson prints that Tom says he now can use in a few months in New York.   I think I am good on the western paper, but I could probably use more of the Japanese paper.  And maybe a new brush or two.