What is that?

A beautiful film short. Definitely makes the events of recent days more poignant and more necessary to hold on.

cd cover meme joy :D

I do these on occasion, because they are just fun.

CD album cover!

1 - Go to Wikipedia. Hit “random” or click http://en.wikipedia.org/…ial:Random
The first random Wikipedia article you get is the name of your band.

2 - Go to Quotations Page and select "random quotations" or click http://www.quotationspage.com/…andom.php3
The last four or five words of the very last quote on the page is the title of your first album.

3 - Go to Flickr and click on “explore the last seven days” or click http://www.flickr.com/…ting/7days Third picture, no matter what it is, will be your album cover.

4 - Use Photoshop or similar to put it all together.

5 - Post with this text in the "caption" or "comment" and TAG the friends you want to join in.

Prilanka

Forgive me if I'm spelling this name incorrectly. :) Prilanka is the name of the very lovely young lady who modeled for my drawing group Monday night. Four things occurred to me last night while sketching:

• I hate drawing ears (this is not a new epiphany, but a reoccurring one)
• I really need to remember to bring my camera to these drawing sessions
• I really need to post on these drawing sessions more regularly
• I need to stop missing these sessions

I don't mean to miss them. Too often I get caught up in the minutiae and stresses of a Monday at work that I'll forget to go or feel "too tired" or, worse case scenario, work late and end up not being able to get there on time, so I don't go at all. Its fun to attend; the ladies the run the drawing group are a lot of fun and very willing to teach as well.

Dirty Drawers meets each Monday at the Center for Contemporary Arts. Led by some fine ladies who are either art instructors or professional painters or both. All levels of artists are welcome to join, and enjoy some lively conversation and the opportunity to draw from live models.

In A Crowded Room

Just finished this painting tonight; I've been working on it for about two weeks now. This is the first in piece in the "dammit, I'm determined to paint regularly" resolution. I made that resolution last summer sometime. And managed to squeeze out only a few paintings between then and now. So a support resolution was made back in January; when I get my tax money this year, after I've made some big payments on a few bills, whatever's left of said tax money, I will buy a bunch of canvases and paints and start painting. The goal to ultimately have a dozen or so pieces done by June so that I could have a portfolio to start peddling about town to try to get them shown or to start selling prints online or something professional with my art. Its May now... I have 4 paintings... so... I need to bang out a minimum of 8 more... I've set the bar very high. I promise to not beat myself up emotionally if I don't meet the dozen deadline- as long as I know I've made an honest effort to get myself painting more often. No more sitting around the apartment feeling bored, wondering what to do with myself- I already know what I want to do with myself! Good grief! The eternal battle with procrastination will be won by me if I have to chain myself to my painting table! Moving on to the piece in question. Its titled: In A Crowded Room Acrylic on Canvase This is a diptych. I'm really keen on the idea of doing a few diptychs and triptychs... I actually aspire to eventually do a piece with as many as 7-12 ... er... um... "tychs"? What would you call a seven piece "tych"- a septych? Which sounds like septic... hmm... I'll leave that to mull about in the noggin. I will post close ups of the textures later or tomorrow as the batteries died in the camera and I can't find the ones I know I have lying around here somewhere. :) my blog: spiffyshorts.blogspot.com

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Creepy Happy Family

I found this photo on a stock photo site while searching for ... well, stock photos. Point. I was struck initially by the way 70s/early 80s look of the mom and child. When I clicked the link to view the enlarged version and found that this serene duo were sporting a snake... Frankly, I was completely confused (and a little bit frightened). Still am. I have no clue what kind of ad or what kind of anything I would use this photo for. Maybe a cd album cover for some punk band?



I've stared at this photo off and on all morning. It keeps distracting me- luring me to come back and look at it again. I want to use this in an ad! Maybe a bible study class for one of the local churches... Ah... if only I lived in a town that had a sense of humor...

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