Thumb painting?

Posted on February 22, 2025 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, detergent, dried, Fine Art, Oil, Oil paint, Paint, Painting, stains, Thumb, turpentine2 Comments

Squeezing a tube of paint for today’s picture and the top of the tube was blocked. I tried to gouge the piece of card stuck to it and paint squirted out all over my hand! I cleaned most of it off but then thought it would be interesting to take picture of my thumb….

It’s an occupational hazard, that and getting paint on my clothes too. I managed to get blue paint on my top. Most of the paint I use is waterbased, like acrylic, but if you don’t wash it off quickly it can dry and form a skin of plastic on your clothes. In the case of oil paints, they stay wet for longer and can be cleaned by wiping off the excess with a cloth or paper towel, then using synthetic turpentine to dissolve the oil paint and wash it out with detergent.

Oh my toes!

Posted on February 24, 2023 Posted in UncategorizedTagged big toes, Feet, Foot, gout, Insomnia, Ouch, Sleeping, Thinking, Thumb, Tired, ToesLeave a comment

I’ve noticed my big toes are hurting again. They really are sore and when I try and sleep at night I have to pull the covers off them because the pressure of the duvet on them hurts and keeps me awake. Then I have to try and cover them up a bit because they get cold!

I was diagnosed with gout in my feet, then thumb a couple of years ago but I forgot. I’ve got quite a few things wrong with me and I don’t always remember all of them. I just keep taking the tablets. I hope I don’t moan about things too much, but sometimes things are maddening. But insomnia is debilitating, anything that can help me get to sleep and stay asleep would be good. Sometimes meditation takes my mind off things, perhaps I will try that tonight…

Clunky thumb?

Posted on December 30, 2022 Posted in UncategorizedTagged affected, Annoying, arthropathy?, click, clunk, joint space, Movement, right hand, Thumb2 Comments

Over the last few days I have been annoyed by my right thumb! It is clunking or clicking when I bend it, it gets to a certain position and then I can feel the moddle joint space click as it goes past a point as it bends inwards. I’m trying to keep it mobile. But is it because I type with my thumb on my phone, or could it be to do with the bug I’ve had? I have had post viral arthropathy (a swelling of the joints) a few years ago after a virus and I wonder if it’s that. I just hope it settles down and doesn’t affect my painting.

Blue Thumb

Posted on October 18, 2022 Posted in Fine Art, UncategorizedTagged Acrylic, Art, Blue, experience, Fine Art, Oils, Painting, Paints, Plastic, stable, stains, thinners, ThumbLeave a comment

One of the hazards of painting is getting covered in paint! I stuck my thumb in my pallette and splodge, all over my thumb. Luckily I didn’t get any on my clothes! I can wash acrylic off my hands, but once it’s dried it’s impossible to get out of your top or trousers. Oil paint can sometimes be removed as it’s slow drying and you can use thinners to remove it, but once acrylic is dry it’s solid like plastic. You might be able to peel a bit off but it gets in between the fibers and sticks. Anyway, I love this colour blue. Ultramarine? Not sure….

Gout?

Posted on November 17, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Art, diagnosis, Doctor, Drawing, Finger, gout, Hand, Health, Pain, Puns, Thumb, treatment, Waiting, wrist10 Comments

My friend sent me this information about gout (I’ve not been diagnosed yet). I have a face to face appointment tomorrow. I hope it will sort out what’s causing me pain in my joints. So fingers crossed (ouch!)

When you are dependent on using your hands to be creative its a real pain (pun intended) to have to stop. I will be really grateful if this can be sorted out. I’m hoping for a positive outcome on this. So it’s a thumbs up (lol) from me. X

My writings awful

Posted on November 12, 2021 Posted in UncategorizedTagged crossword, Healing, Hurt, Illness, Life, Pain, Photo, Thinking, Thumb, Time, wrist, Writing2 Comments

I am struggling to write since I hurt my wrist. If I hold a pen I get sharp pains shooting down from my thumb. The pressure I have to press down with is also making it hurt.

I’ve tried getting in the doctors but can’t get an appointment. I will try again. I looked the symptoms up on the Internet (not a good idea), I have an idea what might be causing it, but self diagnosis is not a good thing. I might be minimising or catastrophising…. Life is strange and interesting and can be confusing.

Sore

Posted on November 8, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged Art, Drawing, Hand, injury, Life, Ouch, Painful, Sketching, Sore, Thumb, wrist4 Comments

I am going to try and keep doing things but over the weekend I have hurt my wrist and thumb somehow. I’m taking painkillers and have it strapped up. I will try and get in the doctors today. I don’t want to stop but I can’t draw well. The sketch was done on my tablet with a stylus and just holding that was a pain. I’m typing by holding my hand still and moving the phone round underneath it. Ouch

Hurt again

Posted on November 7, 2021 Posted in Sketching, UncategorizedTagged #bandofsketchers, Art, bandage, Diary, Digital drawing, Drawing, Hand, Prompt, Sketching, Thumb4 Comments

I’ve hurt my wrist and I’ve had to put a bandage on it. Today’s #bandofsketchers prompt was healing. I’m hoping this heals quickly. I have already got a doctors appointment tomorrow so I will ask if they can work out what I’ve done. So frustrating. This is a digital drawing using a tablet.

Thumbs up

Posted on November 5, 2019 Posted in UncategorizedTagged Hand, Life, Signal, Thinking, Thumb, Thumbs up2 Comments

Silly drawing, but where does the phrase come from….? People use this symbol to mean they agree with you, or to ‘thumb a lift’ when they are hitch hiking… Thumbs have been raised for decades. There was a TV programme in the seventies where the main character would put his thumbs up to show he was happy. Even Facebook uses it as their like symbol. So where does it spring from? Anyone know?

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