Year: 2011
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Drawing Class 8: 2b or not 2B
Tonight in Drawing Class I gave a brief explanation of what all those numbers mean on the ends of your pencils, why you would choose one over the other and why it matters. I touched briefly on the concept of surface "tooth" and grain. To illustrate the point, I used one of Boy2's toy cars…
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A Brief Note 26DEC2011
Hello Peoples! I hope everyone had a wonderful ChristmaChanuKwanSaturnalia weekend! Â My family celebrated Christmas in style! Christmas Eve: presents, lasagna, and midnight mass with The Bride’s ancestors. Â Christmas morning: Orange icing biscuits, caramel coffee, and presents under the tree at home. Christmas Day? Fried chicken and presents with my ancestors, as well as a visit…
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Daddy Daughter Breakfast 24DEC2011
Our weekly trip to the cafe to sketch and have breakfast together went by WAY too quick. The fact that we slept until almost 10 AND that it was Christmas Eve meant that we had COMPLETELY avoided any rush at the restaurant. I swear our food was to us in less than 10 minutes. Of…
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The Santa Signal
Every year on Dec. 24th the Santa Signal calls Kris to duty!So a lens fell out of my glasses this week. I'm a cheap frugal sort of fellow and am waiting for my insurance benefits from the day job to renew after January 1st to get new ones. Since I'm on vacation this week, I…
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Painting Class: Popcorn I
Tonight, I demonstrated the horrors of not prepping a surface properly, creating a background underpainting, and began blocking in the shapes for the popcorn forground. [nonmember]This class is no longer available as free content. Â All classes are left free online at Oasis Studio’s Ustream for four weeks after recording. Â You may download and watch at…