hockey

There is one team in our division with a player with 53 points in 18 games, and she’s scored 8 goals on us in the two we’ve played against them. It’s been driving me crazy that she’s just one person, and we haven’t been able to stop her. I was ready for her on our game on Wednesday, but unfortunately she wasn’t there. We ended up winning 2-0, and it was a hard enough game for us (we had a full bench, they were quite shorthanded), but considering they have lost every game without that one player, I hope it tells them something. Often in women’s hockey you will find a player whose skill far outstrips the division they’re in, and that’s usually because of a girlfriend or group of friends they want to play with. I just feel its unsportsmanlike.

Our goalie was outstanding though. She’s quite humble about it too, which really makes up a part of why I’m in love with my team this year. Ok, I’m also loving our new great forwards and the winning and the great team spirit from everyone. But last year we had a troll for a goalie (there’s really no other way to describe her) who quite blatantly blamed any losses (and there were a LOT of them) on the team, derided the D, and we ended up dropping a division and losing all the time there too. It was quite disheartening, and doesn’t say much for finding such a key player via craigslist.

I’ve been working from home for the last few days, which has meant toting all my art supplies from my studio to my house. Fortunately I’m pretty portable these days. I have less space working on the dinner table, and it doesn’t take long before I’m spread out everywhere, especially now that I have 3 different brands of oil pastels I like to use.

I just bought a box of Erengi Art Aspirers having read a few reviews comparing them to my much beloved neopastels.They were on sale and in spite of having to get them shipped from the States were still a pretty good deal. An example of overconsumption though – I did not need to buy more, but now I have a lovely new range of colours to play with!

I’m working on the color images now for the picturebook for Rubicon, and this is the tough part for me. I’ve read a bunch of books on colour and it still pretty much boils down to instinct. They’ll either feel right, or they won’t. Its funny that I’ve been having troubles with skin tones – why is it in nature we never look at someone and say, your complexion completely clashes with the landscape! Wouldn’t that be funny. But my kids were far too orangey in the beginning, and making them a little darker brown sure helped.

Here’s a version I played around with a bit on the computer. Not the final piece, though!

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