Month: June 2009
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Site Admin!
Monday night, my lovely bride and I wandered out of Wal*mart with two new laptops. This was just in time as her desktop crashed tonight. It was the ‘puter that hosted our wireless network so there was a bit of cussing and discussing while I sorted that out. Anyway, after I mowed the lawn and…
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Figure Drawing 09JUN2009
Last week, after having been unable to attend for so many weeks, I excitedly rushed to Figure Drawing group with the Oklahoma Artists Guild. Except for being late, I had a blast. When I walk in to figure drawing late, I feel like I am offending the model. It’s like saying that her time is…
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Big Boys and Small Cars
My son, Boy1, is 6′ 6″ or 7′ or even possibly 8′. I’m only 5′ 7″ so from down here he just blots out the sun. He drives a little Chevrolet …sonoma? I’m not sure, but it’s one of those miniature pickup trucks.  The thought of him getting in and out of it fit well…
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Experimentation Part II
And welcome to week 2 of my playing around with a glue moistener bottle to make a tree sponge. When I saw these bottles on the rack at Wal*Mart a week or so ago, I immediately began wondering if they could be used in watercolors, specifically if they could be modified to make trees. What…
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Relay for Life
Friday, Jun 12th, 2009 We went to the Relay for Life at the Bricktown Ballpark in Oklahoma City. There were close to a thousand people on hand for the ceremony. There were tears, laughter and dancing. It is a great celebration of the life of lost loved ones, and the life of cancersurvivors. My Mother…