We tried to get out of Austin at approximately 12:00, but the arrival time to the painting site ended up being 5:00!
Our trip was kind of bizarre. Between my painting friends and I, we call this trip "Harold and Kumar III: Escape from Llano, Texas"
The highlights are trying to find coffee in Llano. The first coffee shop we encountered was out of business, and the second one had a box labeled "FREE VEGETABLES" filled with what looked like wilted grass sittin right outside the store. That shoulda been the first sign. Inside, we were met with an empty shop except for two guys rocking on a rocking chair in their bedroom slippers with an old man with a cowboy hat behind the counter. (Cue banjo music from Deliverance)
We asked for coffee. The old man said in a nice heavy Texan accent, "Sorry we aren't serving coffee right now but if you come back in an hour, we're giving away free hamburgers". We walked out puzzled. A coffee shop that doesn't serve coffee, but free hamburgers instead. Bizarre.
We went to a gas station. All the coffee was old. I conclude that there is actually no drinkable coffee in Llano to speak of.
Then, as we approached the park we had to wait for cows to cross the road in single file. It was cute actually. They actually looked both ways before crossing the street. Well trained cows :)
When I started painting, I realized that I forgot to bring a damn pencil. No one else brought one because they're all oil painters. Also, I forgot to bring my #8 brush, the brush with which I normally do 99% of my paintings with.. I only had a small #6. So I had to paint carefully without having pencil guides underneath, with a small brush. It was a challenge. I will never forget my materials again. DOH!!!!!!!!! Anyway, that was a long and exhausting twilight-zone of a trip.
Tiff
11 comments:
Sooo, did you go back a get a free hamburger? ;-)
And, as usual, your painting is lovely!
Joane
beautiful water colors and your character work is great! Love the blog!
Beautiful landscape, congratulations. :D
You know, there's always the Travel Channel. Why go anywhere?
Hey, I really laughed at the guy saying we dont have any coffee but come back in an hour for free hamburgers. What a silly comeback. That really got me. He obviously didnt understand that theres no subsitute for coffee to a coffee drinker.
Nice watercolour pieces, Tiffanny :D
Did you sketch the coffee shop proprietors? cause I'd like to see that, lol.
Hahaha! The cows crack me up! I have the same with ducks here. They make a funny sound when they waddle around too ^_^.
I totally know what you mean when you forget your fave brushes & pencil! Aaarrgh!! But hey, what you painted looks very very cool :D.
Ciao Xx
Joane - hehehe, no, we got started painting so late, there was no time for hamburgers! But it sucked painting without coffee!
Thanks Justin, Julio :)
Ted - Know what you mean. Hauling your painting crap up a hill is no fun.
Thanks Charles, I'm happy you came to visit :D
Urchinator - I'm tempted to go back and try :D
TJ - Ha!! Cute. Do they look both ways too??
Simplesmente linda a sua paisagem!
Simply beautiful in your landscape!
SIMPLESMENTE LINDA ESSA PAISAGEM!
preciosas tus acuarelas..
very nice
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