Thursday, January 19, 2012
Sunday, April 17, 2011
4 On The Floor - I'm Drunk On Tuesdays.flv
these guys were cool and great live at Codfish Hollow Barnstormer (basement)!
Thursday, April 7, 2011
Deutsche Kammerphilharmonie, Beethoven 5 - Part 3 (4th mov)
I don't think I've ever seen a conductor so expressive and animated.
Monday, March 28, 2011
Portrait Painting step four - George
Had not touched the painting in awhile, so everything was dry. After mixing up a new batch of black, I took some on the side and thinned it with mineral spirits. This was brushed over all the dark areas and more depth happened as a happy accident. Mars Black was then used for the darkest areas to create more definition. For fur "highlights" mixed white, black mixture, and burnt umber.
Ultimately, just a lot of tiny brush strokes and readjustment of shapes.
Ultimately, just a lot of tiny brush strokes and readjustment of shapes.
Now today, everything else gets finished!
Saturday, March 26, 2011
It's all about LOVE
I like this song a lot and one of very very few that I can actually remember most of the lyrics to (besides baby got back).
Portrait Painting step three - George
Now this is a "rough" step where I'm attempting to block in the correct values and mainly trying to get the forms accurate. As you can see it can be a tedious process of layering and reworking.
Going over the (pointless) acrylic underpainting with oil, painting the darkest values first.
Thinning the paint causing it to be slightly translucent and going over the highlighted dark areas. I do not want to hide my previously established shapes, conversely I want to keep building upon each layer.
Much give-take is involved.
Brushes gradually get smaller as I keep working down to smaller and finer blocks. And this is the final step in the rough stage.
Now it goes to fourth step, which is the finishing details on the portrait; the fifth step is completing the background. All of this equals a finished portrait!
Going over the (pointless) acrylic underpainting with oil, painting the darkest values first.
Thinning the paint causing it to be slightly translucent and going over the highlighted dark areas. I do not want to hide my previously established shapes, conversely I want to keep building upon each layer.
Much give-take is involved.
Brushes gradually get smaller as I keep working down to smaller and finer blocks. And this is the final step in the rough stage.
Now it goes to fourth step, which is the finishing details on the portrait; the fifth step is completing the background. All of this equals a finished portrait!
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Getting Saucy
Red Sauce
Cook assorted vegetables in 1/4 cup water or broth, 1/4 - 1/3 cup lemon juice, 1-2 tablespoon Mrs. Renfro's habanero salsa, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/4 teaspoon marjoram, sea salt and vegetable pepper. Set vegetables aside, drain juice off, add 1-2 teaspoons sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cumin, 1/8 teaspoon majoram, dash of oregano leaves, 4 oz. can tomato sauce, salt and pepper, reduce to nice thickness.
...Pretty tasty
Optional, coat vegetables in sauce and top with grated smoked cheddar cheese.
Up there accidentally typed "nasty" instead of "tasty" which made laugh and consider what if on a cooking show the host shows for half an hour how to make the whole meal and then taste testers eagerly come up and after one bit spit it out because it tastes terrible. Oh, only happens in my personal mental musings, wish it would come true in real life though.
Cook assorted vegetables in 1/4 cup water or broth, 1/4 - 1/3 cup lemon juice, 1-2 tablespoon Mrs. Renfro's habanero salsa, 1/2 teaspoon cumin, 1/4 teaspoon marjoram, sea salt and vegetable pepper. Set vegetables aside, drain juice off, add 1-2 teaspoons sugar, 1/4 teaspoon cumin, 1/8 teaspoon majoram, dash of oregano leaves, 4 oz. can tomato sauce, salt and pepper, reduce to nice thickness.
...Pretty tasty
Optional, coat vegetables in sauce and top with grated smoked cheddar cheese.
Up there accidentally typed "nasty" instead of "tasty" which made laugh and consider what if on a cooking show the host shows for half an hour how to make the whole meal and then taste testers eagerly come up and after one bit spit it out because it tastes terrible. Oh, only happens in my personal mental musings, wish it would come true in real life though.
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