Does anyone else do this, or is it just me?

After doing a bit of shopping yesterday I returned home, pleased with my clothing purchases.  I'd found three tops in the sales that I liked - two of which are more "arty" in that they are highly patterned and brightly coloured.  I particularly liked one of them as it has various shades of pinks and blues in it,  and plan to wear it for my talk at Burton Library in a few weeks time.

But the third top was a bright turquoise, a plain turquoise, and a colour I adore.

I hung it in the wardrobe without thinking, and turned away....

Then turned back.

No, that's not right.

I've gotta move it.

It couldn't hang there, where it was.

I moved it along to another setting, and studied its new place.

Then quickly moved other tops on hangers around too.

That's better!

Much better.

They're all in the right place now.

You see I'd put the turquoise one next to a red one, which was next to a pale green one, which was next to an orange one, which was next to a blue one.

And that wasn't right.

But by the time I'd finished........ they were in this order

Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, violet...........

With the turquoise one between the greens and blues, where it belonged!

Is it just me, as an artist, who has to put colours in rainbow order for me to feel more at ease with them? LOL

Competition answers

Thankyou for the interest in this little competition - both here as comments and privately by email.

Right then, here they are the answers to the competition of the erotic abstract that looks like an abstract:


1. How many people are in the picture?     Three

2. How many men are in the picture?     One

3. How many women are in the picture?     Two

4. How many hands are in the picture?    Three

5. How many breasts are in the picture?    One

6. How many fannies are in the picture?   None, but there is just part of one visible
7. How many cocks are in the picture?     One

8. How many bums are in the picture?     Two

9. What is the red shape at the top left hand side?   the man's arm and wrist

10. What is the red shape directly in the middle of the picture?   The shadow under one woman's arm and the shadow of the other woman's knees.




So it looks like I get to keep my painting of "Kiss" then, since no one guessed correctly!

And I bet you're now looking at it again and thinking .................er....... how? what? where?

I'll explain all soon, but in the meantime it will help you to know that there aren't any full heads in the picture (although parts of two are visible) and no feet.

Does that help? Probably not!!!! LOL

Competition - spot the naughtiness!

Right then, here it is - the erotic abstract I've been working on, unveiled at last.

It looks like an abstract. That's because it IS an abstract. Tee hee....
But, it is an erotic abstract. So that means that there's more to look at. Far more.
I have purposefully hidden the erotic aspect so that those who don't know, will only look at it and see brightly coloured shapes. But there are still a lot of the original lines and shapes within the picture that are showing the true image. I think I've made a good job of hiding the image, but I'd like to put it to the test. So, I will have a little bet with you, a little wager, to see if I am right.

All you have to do is answer these 10 little questions here:

1. How many people are in the picture?
2. How many men are in the picture?
3. How many women are in the picture?
4. How many hands are in the picture?
5. How many breasts are in the picture?
6. How many fannies are in the picture?
7. How many cocks are in the picture?
8. How many bums are in the picture?
9. What is the red shape at the top left hand side?
10. What is the red shape directly in the middle of the picture?

The prize is one of my paintings. It's this one here - and is entitled "Kiss" - It's 15 x 11 inches on block canvas and it is valued at £320. Everyone I know who's seen it loves this painting, as it's fun and sexy, but you can hang it on your wall and its acceptably erotic so even your granny wouldn't be upset by it! And it will go to the first person who can correctly answer the above questions, either by an email directly to me at jackieadshead@btinternet.com or as a blog comment below. The competition deadline is midnight Sunday 6th February 2011. So, you've got a few days to study it.......

And just to get you started off, because I'm kind, one of the answers is given in a previous blog post earlier this year........