Oh man, everyone. This week’s drawing was a DOOZY.
I was super excited about this one, because I had decided to draw a picture of spaghetti trees, based on that April Fool’s hoax about the Swiss Spaghetti Harvest (if you haven’t read about it already, check out this week’s theme post HERE). So, I sketched out a picture last week. Last week! I was so excited about it.
I figured I was way ahead of the game. I got it inked in on Saturday night. Things were going really well.
But then everything started going wrong. Last night when I started painting it in, it started to be really hard to see the spaghetti.
And the spaghetti was really the whole point! And so I tinkered here, I scribbled there, I added more lines, and more paint, and more and more and more and more until it was a whole DAY later and I was supposed to have this post up first thing this morning and I am only getting to it now, at 3:21, when I am supposed to be going to pick the kids up from school (thanks, Dad!).
I think it turned out well, though I know now I should have added way more spaghetti from the start, and I should have left more spots for bright areas (everything got way too dark). But it’s good to know that even though you might despair in the middle of the night when everything is going wrong, sometimes if you just keep going, things will improve, even if they don’t turn out exactly as you’d like them to. That’s probably a good lesson to learn no matter what you’re talking about. Even more important things than stupid spaghetti trees.
Anyway, today is April Fool’s Day and there was no joking or tricks or hilarity in this post at all. Sorry about that. APRIL FOOL’S!! I’m not actually sorry at all. (That wasn’t a very gratifying April Fool’s Joke, was it?)
So, I don’t have a coloring page for you today, because my drawing changed so much while I was drawing it that I don’t have a black and white version to post for you. BUT – if you read this week’s theme post, you know that in Europe they celebrate April Fool’s Day by secretly sticking a cut-out fish onto people’s backs without them knowing.
So, here’s a fish for you to color in and cut out (you can download it HERE):
and, hopefully, tape to someone’s back and yell “POISSON D’AVRIL!!!” or “PESCE D’APRILE!!”. Take a photo and enter it into the comments below (or instagram it using #bobbledyaprilfools) – but make sure the person you took the picture of is okay with it first!! OR – if you’re in the drawing mood, draw your own fish to stick on people’s backs! Or, draw your April Fool’s prank and post it in the comments.
If you’re interested, you can bid on my Spaghetti Forest drawing over on eBay HERE.
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