I gave it the good college try tonight.  I was low on paint in a few important colors, so I tried my hand at mixing…and pretty much what I came up with, is that brown, no matter how much of any color I might mix with it, is still different shades of brown.  I ended up with some interesting, kinda woodsy paintings…but in the end, nothing that I could really grab ahold of, nothing that I really loved.  On a certain level, it’s a bummer, but then again, it felt so GOOD to paint again.  I remember that the last time I painted, I thought that to really get in to it again, I needed more paint colors, but I just haven’t had money to put towards getting more.  Since then, things have settled down, money-wise (thank you Uncle Sam) enough so that I can think about replenishing.  I know it’s not Christmas, but ’tis the season!  Spring HAS sprung!