Month: December 2011
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Drawing Class: Cones & Zirconia
Tonight we looked at the basic structure and shading of cones. Â Using a spraypainted party hat as a model, I demonstrate the basic shape and shading of a cone. Â We briefly discussed applying that to other triangles and cones in diamonds, bottles, and even the negative spaces in plants. [nonmember]This class is no longer available…
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A Brief Note 18DEC2011
Hello Peoples! Wholly Crap has ANOTHER week passed ALREADY?!? Â All I really managed to accomplish this week was to get four new canvases primered and sweep up the sitting area in the studio. Of course, spending all day playing with Girl2 at The Hobby Lobby and The Home Depot didn’t help to get things done,…
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Art Journal Holiday Diets
Diets are freaking POINTLESS during the holidays. People will for just OUT OF THE BLUE bring a spiced bread or home made fudge or bag of candy coated chocolate covered cherries… So I journaled about it. :) The Ustream blew a breaker 20 minutes in, so there is a part I (http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/19170588) and a part…
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New Stuffs!
So, since I was SO incredibly happy with my waterbrush filled with ink, I decided to try it with a whole series of pigmented inks. I bought the primaries and secondaries of Dr. Ph Martin's Bomby pigmented India inks (http://www.cheapjoes.com/cat/5670/) Of course, before I can do anything else with them, I have to experiment to…
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Daddy-Daughter Breakfast 17DEC2011
Girl2 and I have simplified breakfast into sharing whatever whoever decides first wants. For instance, if I wake up knowing I want eggs, we share eggs. If she wants pancakes first, that's what we get. Then we sketch while we wait on the food. This week, she wanted me to sketch her. So I did….