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April 05, 2005
Decisions decisions
Oh, it’s a good break, you think. It’ll be good to get into something purely practical. There are four panels and they each need five coats of white primer. The five coats of white primer is just pushing paint. It’ll be good not to have so many decisions to make.
But it ain’t that simple…
Do I lay the primer on with energetic random strokes?
Do I find a rhythm, and so risk a pattern?
Do I go up and down?
Or side to side?
Do I follow the grain?
Or go against it?
Should it be smooth and even?
Or rough and ready?
Do I sand down between coats?
Or not?
Do I leave that bit sticking up?
Hell, I’m only on the primer and I’m exhausted.
Answers: yes, no, both [lay it on against the grain, lay it off with the grain], no, rough and ready, no, yes.
Posted by john at April 5, 2005 03:20 PM
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