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Post by Xantige on Apr 19, 2012 17:33:24 GMT
I was doing really good there when I painted roughly an hour every night and then for 3 hours at my LGS every week. I got about 6-10 hours in every week, which may not be great but it's progress. However a bunch of stuff has wrecked my reverie of painting an hour before bed.
The problem with painting at home is that I get distracted by family, dogs, friends or myself. It's too easy to just play a video game instead of painting. I've noticed that I paint longer, more pleasurably and with far fewer distractions when I paint outside of my home, like at my LGS. Thing is, I can't make the pilgrimage out to my LGS every day to paint, it's far and it only has painting once a week.
In light of this I've thought about other places close by that I could go to paint. Cafe's (Starbucks in particular) and the Library come to mind first. However, while those places might allow a quick small game, i don't know how keen they'd be on a customer whipping out some brushes, a palette and paints. I'm a shy person, and I'm not sure how to succinctly ask the people in either place without having to explain what a "mini" is or why I'm painting 20 of them.
Has anyone painted in a cafe or some similar place before? Does anyone have any other suggestions? I'm just looking for a place I can walk to to paint for a bit without distraction.
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Post by VoragoTitan on Apr 19, 2012 17:56:43 GMT
if you paint somewhere like a cafe or library, they probably won't be that happy with you
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Post by commandersasha on Apr 19, 2012 19:43:36 GMT
I paint at work; when I'm doing the lights for an event with long static looks, like conferences, or when I'm babysitting a visiting band's engineer.
My advice would be ask the managers of the cafes and other places if they mind; if you're not taking up time and space that other paying customers might want, they may well say yes, once you've got to know them a bit. Go a few times, read a book/use a laptop and get your face known. They will need to be sure you're not a nutter who will start eating the paint or throwing Gaunts at the other customers...
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Post by yoritomo on Apr 19, 2012 21:49:18 GMT
Painting in a cafe isn't any different than reading a book in a cafe. Just be sure you buy drinks or something, these kind of businesses usually don't mind paying customers taking up space. Non-customers are another matter.
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Post by Xantige on Apr 19, 2012 21:56:30 GMT
I paint at work; when I'm doing the lights for an event with long static looks, like conferences, or when I'm babysitting a visiting band's engineer. My advice would be ask the managers of the cafes and other places if they mind; if you're not taking up time and space that other paying customers might want, they may well say yes, once you've got to know them a bit. Go a few times, read a book/use a laptop and get your face known. They will need to be sure you're not a nutter who will start eating the paint or throwing Gaunts at the other customers... That might be a little hard, since both places I have in mind are large operations with different people working there every day. The Starbucks employees don't seem to mind when people come in with computers, books, or even sketchpads. I've even seen someone come in and use their Wi-Fi to have a video chat with someone over seas. For some reason, the introduction of a wet media like paint is what makes this all seem like an awkward affair. if I went into the Library or Starbucks with a sketchpad and pastels, it wouldn't be a big deal, even though pastels are far more messy AND hazardous than little paint pots tend to be. |
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Post by Evex on Apr 20, 2012 0:28:00 GMT
I paint at work; when I'm doing the lights for an event with long static looks, like conferences, or when I'm babysitting a visiting band's engineer. My advice would be ask the managers of the cafes and other places if they mind; if you're not taking up time and space that other paying customers might want, they may well say yes, once you've got to know them a bit. Go a few times, read a book/use a laptop and get your face known. They will need to be sure you're not a nutter who will start eating the paint or throwing Gaunts at the other customers...*mental image of a grown man throwing Gargoyles at people as if they were paper airplanes* I'd definitely ask first, but as long as you don't cause a ruckus, as you buy some food/drinks, I think you could get away with it. |
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Post by captainbirdbum on Apr 21, 2012 19:39:06 GMT
starbucks. you could almost get away with doing anything in there, short of harming people or causing damage
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Post by Hive Carnithrope on Apr 21, 2012 19:57:42 GMT
Meh. You could, but I never would.
People, as in customers, not employees, are a strange breed, and no doubt you will raise stares, laughing and the occasional sarcastic question.
If you can handle that, by all means, I just wouldn't.
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Post by captainbirdbum on Apr 23, 2012 0:09:42 GMT
that's what headphones are for. so you can't here people.
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Post by Bot on Apr 23, 2012 1:09:52 GMT
that's what headphones are for. so you can't here people. This ^ Also, Hive Carnithrope... There's no reason to hide from the world that there exist Wargamers.  |
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Post by Xantige on Apr 23, 2012 1:31:09 GMT
Meh. You could, but I never would. People, as in customers, not employees, are a strange breed, and no doubt you will raise stares, laughing and the occasional sarcastic question. If you can handle that, by all means, I just wouldn't. I would be surprised if that happened, most people make sure you can't hear or see them when they mock you, it's just common courtesy . If anything I think I'd have people walking up to me and shyly asking what I'm doing. I mean, if you're doing something artistic in a cafe that sells overpriced Lattes, you're usually going to be revered as an artist. Especially if you wear a fedora or a similar artsy hat. No -- really, the hat makes a difference. |
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Post by Evan Quinn on Apr 23, 2012 2:02:52 GMT
Hi Xantige!
My personal Experience:
I generally Carry a small setup of primary paints and what not (GW makes one which kind of works, did some work on it to make it better) when i go over to friends houses and such so I can always be painting. I've painted at a starbucks and at a local coffee shops. Its actually something I tend not to do this because there are to many people trying to chat you up when your painting. "What are you painting", "O, Ive heard of this, whats it called", " Man thats interesting wth is it?",ect ect ect.. Ive found that i actually get less done when at friends houses or at a Coffee Shop due to all of the interruptions that come along with the environment because some one wants to spark up a conversation... Luckily at home when i shut the door people get the point instantly that its personal time.
Just my experience in the matter, Never asked any of the shops if I could paint but I always at least purchased a Muffin and a Hot Coco.
Enjoy!
Evan~
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Post by cookies on Apr 23, 2012 4:22:20 GMT
Meh. You could, but I never would. People, as in customers, not employees, are a strange breed, and no doubt you will raise stares, laughing and the occasional sarcastic question. If you can handle that, by all means, I just wouldn't. I would be surprised if that happened, most people make sure you can't hear or see them when they mock you, it's just common courtesy . If anything I think I'd have people walking up to me and shyly asking what I'm doing. I mean, if you're doing something artistic in a cafe that sells overpriced Lattes, you're usually going to be revered as an artist. Especially if you wear a fedora or a similar artsy hat. No -- really, the hat makes a difference. Would the hat be anything like the one on your "bling nods"? Its quite an awesome hat, even in purple. As for the distractions of your home, I would suggest instead of finding a new place entirely, just change your current one. If you start to leave clear signs you do not want to be disturbed (such as a "do not disturb" sign) for about a week, those in your house will be in to orient themselves to your schedule, and will know what time to stay away. As for pets, I find if you have at least two doors between you and them, they aren't much of a distraction. |
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Post by andy089 on Apr 23, 2012 6:33:55 GMT
=D Did you ever paint a librarian?
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Post by Xantige on Apr 23, 2012 18:54:06 GMT
cookies - Sadly no, I don't have a Purple Pimp hat, but I do have a rocking Black Fedora and an awesome Ball cap with dragons on it! @evan Quinn - It's nice to hear that they didn't kick you out for painting in a Starbucks! Hopefully they won't boot me out for it either. @everyone - True, I could change up my space and tell everyone to not bother me, but the bigger issue is me. At home I have a short attention span and halfway through painting a model I will suddenly remember that I wanted to clean the balcony today, and off I'll go to do that. Or I may spontaneously decide to check up a painting technique on the web, and next thing you know I'm watching Minecraft videos and 3 hours have passed. Other times I'll simply opt to play games, read, draw or even do chores instead of painting. However, boot me out of the house with a messenger bag of mini's, brushes and paint and send me off to my local Club for 3 hours and I'll return home with more progress than I made in that entire week! When I'm out of the house with only one thing along for the ride, I have no choice but to work on that thing. There's no one to ask me to do anything and no distractions. As for people talking to me as I paint and work, I actually find it quite enjoyable. Having people to talk to breaks up the monotony of painting.
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