HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020!
I had higher hopes for these and not. I really can't see the difference between my computer display at home and when I get to the library. Some touches in finishing are not there (?) You have to cut stuff down to get in here and after that with a cheap cell phone (it’s not an iphone because I have a big main camera) when you cut down it loses. Also I have a couple of faux pas in composition (the cloud bank needs some indent and another. The ink lines was pretty at home. These were taken on my cell phone to draw and I have and they are really good for that but seeing them on screen, I hoped I could put some thru filters and come up with something. It was a beautiful fall. It looks like I am flying. Taking is a kind of work flying, but processing is more work. There is more coming. I hope to get some insect pics in too. I don’t know about next spring. I’ve got so much processing and drawing to do. I might drop taking anymore pics this upcoming summer. Don’t know if it’s a good idea. I could store on cards I bought because the year after this, will I be able to cover as much ground as I am now? I don’t know. But these were fun and I’m telling you, I wish I had an iphone to see what the camera has to go with it and aps. And by the time I got one that will have all disappeared. I do have some independent filters and they are really nice, but I still don’t think I have found the perfect filters for me. But it was all fun and you should see all the chaff sitting on my computer from this that has to be deleted. Ga Ga! I have another but a lot of what I take gets demoded some. And the fisheye filter I am taking them through. It's different than my big fisheye. It doesn't push the scene away from you as much. I don't know what it is called (I don't have the time to find out) but I'm sure all of these options in cell phones (if other phones have them or aps for them will be stopped. I don't know why then don't sell expensive fisheye lens that express the scene in this way? Maybe somewhere there is one. Maybe they can't get as refined resolution with this makeup. I don't know. But it sure takes a cute picture.
Again I wanted to say my idea on artistic talent. I think that today we each possess a bit of the total makeup of artists in the past. Meaning an artist in the past possessed all the kinds of talent together. And today this talent fragments and we each tave an outstanding measure of that past talent. Everyone has a measure, but not fully all. So each artist and want-to-be artist today is talented and should be counted equal. And also there must be a palce for artists that want a hierarcy too. It is just my idea. I see people that wish they were so much. Too much and this much wishing naturally crosses over into actually being an artist. Part time artists also. Just my idea on this. I don't like talking about art and putting it up here like I am a unique "artist." I don't feel I am.
I few days before Christmas I wrote this: Coffee, orangejuice, chocolate! Wanted to try further mixed media toward painting. I just need to start one work because I have all the basic notes. But my back is not 100% and time has been sliced. So last few times I have fit in more comfortable drawings which is my main evolving. It should be fun! I wish someone would stand up for graphite drawing. I'm the only one I know. Is anyone else out there who loves to work in graphite? I'm also trying to review materials I don't have. They put so many out there! They put so many sets out there. Acyrlic, oil paint, pastel, colored pencil, I wish they would put together samplier boxes of all art materials in general. Great school tool. And so many are taking up mixed media now. I used to get hands on knowledge at art stores, they had displays you could try etc.... Now most is sealed in plastic and the sample displays are gone. The most I see are sample paper with many shoppers marks on it. Rare now to find concerns that will send out samples either. But I'm not aquainted will all stores. Some aspects of art are easier. For instance. The art tool box. Maybe some can get by with a medium box, but I just go ahead and buy workman wrench and hammer tool boxes and they work just fine. And they can be bigger! It's the painting supplies, if your into painting and mediums that cost keeps adding up depending on how much artwork you do. Watercolor paper! I keep thinking of how Vincent Van Gogh's brother gave Vincent money for supplies and I think part of his keep. They must have loved one another deeply and are buried together, side by side today. Today you have online videos which I think are A Number One Great for learning anything. The frozen still pictures in art instruction books showing how to work a tecnique where discriptive, if you were lucky, but there is NOTHING like seeing it done in a video. (Books showing still photos of artist's work were and are GREAT.) But for how to work in a art media, I think video takes the prise. Only better would be hands on in a class. Yes, I have been ready to fit this mixed media thing in but need a strong time to start it. I have everything.
I must get this from my mother. Been drinking but sober, sitting on the stool talking to her sister. She said “I WANT TO BE A BIRD……………………………………..a dirty bird so I can fly around and shit on some people!" So funny! She was never like this, and was the most loving person. She only had to walk into a room and everyone would like her. So I must get this cartoon side from her.
And cartoonsim can be serious fine art. Mine are not! HA!
Probably should have chopped more off of this or nipped in a spot - can never tell how it will look on other displays. Maybe I'll change it, look great on my display at home. I had it cropped and chose this. I've been under the weather. I've been cleaning inside the house to a room that really needs it. I've been drawing and wondering how or where to put extra art materials. I'm running out of space in my room. I would like to be able to just quickly get my surface and materials I want to use and I can't do that now. I can't even work too well because I have no room to put my stuff as I am working. I've been working on indexing my photos. I can't get anywhere now because I am faced with two things that must get done for backup if I am going to go on. That is why I am seriously thinking of not Taking so many pictures this spring/summer. I should get more caught up. I afraid something will go wrong with my computer or application that will set me back. And it will. I face having to buy a new machine with a new operating system among others. I'm considering axing some programs I don't use, if it happens,to make it all easier. After these two things get finished I will feel much safer. I got a new pillow, bowl and snow shovel. I needed clothes after years of neglect and still need some things. Bras don't fit me today. I'm on my third that isn't working. Lonely at home and hope I can get more connections which will bring more friendships. All appliances are still holding. This time inside without yard work is all too short. :) So which one? It all depends on how I feel that day?
WE ARE HAVING BAD AIR FROM THE HEAT. BEEN SLEEPING AS WELL AS, OUTSIDE TO BREATHE AIR. I’M VERY TIRED. ALMOST FELL ASLEEP AT LIBRARY. I HAVE AN ONLINE ART CLASS AND GOT SUPPLIES. I’M TRYING TO CLEAN WALLS IN A ROOM IN THE HOUSE. I GOT THIS STARTED AND NEED TO DO ANOTHER INSTALLMENT, GOD IT LOOKS BETTER. IT LOOKS LIKE A BRAND NEW ROOM. MY MONEY JOB IS OKAY BUT CAN’T WAIT TO GET HOME. MY ART & PHOTO JOBS ARE EASY TO WORK THE DAY THROUGH AND INTO THE NIGHT AND STILL BE RELAXED AND NOT STRESSED. AND NOT WANT TO GET AWAY FROM IT UNTIL I’M TIRED. HOW IS EVERYONE? STILL TRYING TO GET FLOWERS & OTHER PICS UP HERE IF I FIND THE TIME! think lips smaller - too tired
Joined my first online art class and scared stiff. Downloading it so I can look at home. It has a Facebook side that I know even less about. But I am hoping the experience will lead me on or establish more about a working place in art. With more work and shifting. Working in pencil since I started, I tend to outline and fill it. Never became looser. Now I want to walk into there. But in college I passed by charcoal. I did a few pictures and saved my charcoal. Sweet to see my original ivory box of vine charcoal for $1.19. still nestled down in the case. Now who says ever that adults can not have adventure like when they were kids! Fun!
I backed away in the online class exercise to erasing and will have to follow all in the main exercise. I must jump in and swim or not. I don’t have problems with doing, it is what it looks like after. I am so buzzing and wiry by my bodies build that it comes off blocky or overdone. I often have to remove half of a picture to get it to set right. And I think this will compound in charcoal and paint. But you can’t find out where you are unless your body does it. And you can’t faint away when ugliness is before you afterwards. And the snow and my job intervened. So I may be a follower. But I just love doing this at home and being able to go back and review what was just done. Just in an Open Modeling Session a year ago and that was fine. Really great and I could openly draw bigger subject matter. I could do that, but when handling something new like this, being home and alone is wonderful. It is just what is needed. You can forge things. I really like online classes! Really!
I did a second drawing and got about half way thru and then had to stop and try and make that my drawing. So I again left that and thought about it and am going in again (with a Bristol because my paper supply is limited) and try the full layers in a third!! I’m still processing my art order. For first time I have two things to go back. They have tinges of color I don’t want. This is a quandary because for the money to send back I could drive to farther off stores and look for myself. Some things I want are more sensitive than others. But it was a big order and everything was okay. All this took time and it’s 4:20 pm with time left to perform the drawing again. Boy do I need a place I can set up. Love the sun.
So I got thru the second video and had a face. Still learning to maneuver the charcoal and yes my willow stick is kind of brown and it’s blending in. I have even used my charcoal powder. Still learning tips like squint or blur the reference photo. Will try a second time again with this one. This time after I put the hair on I could not lose this picture. The hair was done with vine charcoal and put on “kind of fast” and heavy. The sprinkles of charcoal fell down. I knew to tap, but thought they really made a great addition with the picture. The work has been propped up in the bathroom for two days, I tip toe around it because now I really have a problem. Charcoal tracks can not be moved or jarred or they move. I’m trying to take a photo. This probably needs fix because glassine sheets, which I have will touch it. Which fix? Need to ask. This may only live in a photo. Next time I will start from the blurry reference photo or squint. I can’t take a photo because I’m too tired. There has bad air in the house for a full week from my heating. It is not my appliance. I’m probably sleeping in the car. All this upheaval and sickness wears me out. But I did get a picture done. Probably fall behind in lessons. Next Monday is coming up. Would rather try this one again but I work on weekends. I like working bigger. Of course the cost goes up. I’m not using as much charcoal as I thought I would. I’ve got my vine and willow pieces in two little boxes. I would really like the small brush, because I have nothing like it, and it is cool tool with charcoal. Got to go for now. Keep trying and sometime I believe I will reach all levels!
CORONAVIRUS AMPLIFIEDVery important to be aware of cleaning around you! I know this will not stop some infection, but it could prevent infection from spreading to you or your family.
Just think around you, where you work, where you live, how you interact with others. Don’t go about with anymore people than you have to. Stay at home…lucky people can work at home and go to school at home. But around home?! Think surfaces and clean them! Get some killing cleaner. Wash your hands a lot and have everyone else do it to. Hand sanitizer and clothes, towels, washcloths, sponges. Have everyone have hand sanitizer with them, also in the house.
So CLEAN…. light switches and around them, both doorknobs at every door… and around, window surfaces where you open them, space heater handles & switches, refrigerator door handles and around, faucets, heating thermostat and air conditioning controls, MICROWAVE! Oven handles, stove dials, MOUSE and computer (clean with computer cleaner, not kitchen or bathroom cleaner! Check computer manual for cleaning. Use computer screen cleaner for screen. Goes for DESKTOP - LAPTOP - I PAD - CELLPHONE! YOUR CELL PHONE COVER - contact company for cleaning that or online. How many people are twisting off caps to liter bottles of pop in the refrigerator and putting bottle back in? How about your cars? (handles [inside & out], buttons, steering wheel, safety belts, radio) Everywhere fingers and hands touch. Can openers, lids off, and coffee makers. Dishwashing machines, and if you wash dishes yourself make sure you get the handles. Like for cup, mugs, and silverware. TV remotes. In bathroom I would up the number of times you clean the stool and get a stiff cleaner and how old is your brush? Clean the rest too. Don’t forget the flushing handle, seat, under seat, top and sides, and what is holding your toilet paper? Does anyone sit on the lid or lid covering…wash it. Of course the tub. How is your shower head and shower stall, clean them. You may need lime scale cleaner too. And get any handles. You can clean any plastic chairs etc… but check what it can be cleaned with. Do a spot test on a very small that can’t be seen.
What is the inside state of your refrigerator? Maybe that needs to be cleaned out and old food thrown out. (But best to keep old food in there until the day the trashman comes.) Keep trash emptied and in a plastic bag if you can. Clean eyeglasses, sunglasses, jewelry and clothing. Wash cloths, bath towels, anything that touches you. And let some fresh air in the house - then close it back up if it’s cold out and reheat the fresh air, not stagnate carbon dioxide. Clean purse handles.
Avoid public bathrooms. If you have to - flush before you go, and after. Do not use the first few squares of the toilet paper. Wash you hands big time after you go. Don’t use the auto dryers or touch them. And after opening the bathroom door to get out, your hands are again covered with every germ imaginable from the handle. Carry hand sanitizer and use it. Or use toilet paper or a clean hand wipe towel to open the public bathrrom door and then throw it away. Your grocery cart handle - take something for that to wipe it off with or sometimes they have wipes to use for the handle. Get one for your hands afterwards too. Pick an off time to shop. At night! Gas up at night.
Where you work. Is it ventilated? Ask if that can be made better. Make sure your lunch pail, sack, or thermos is clean and don’t leave old food in there overnight. Wash what you carry your lunch in everyday. Don’t eat bad food. Keep your work space clean. Don’t group for lunch or breaks. Go out, go to your car. For the office… Do others use your office or not? Even if your unaware? Clean touched surfaces everyday. If in a cubical, could you clean the panels that surround you, windows by you? Inquire, and what is safe to clean them with? Another spot test. Your keyboard and mouse. Cleaning a mouse and cell phone is easier than a keyboard, but you must know what to clean them with. Wash your fingers after typing or at the end of the day. THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT. DO NOT TOUCH ANY PART OF YOUR HANDS TO YOUR MOUTH WITHOUT WASHING THEM A LOT, AND AFTER GOING TO THE BATHROOM. Sanitizing wipes at desk. Your companies telephone, phone handle? What to clean it with? Chair arms. Coffee maker and cups or mugs right at your desk? Does your office have a kitchenette? Is it clean? Like the refrigerator door handle. There is not rotten food inside? How about the handle, buttons, and inside state of the microwave? I wouldn’t even use it if it is always dirty. Same goes for the refrigerator. Do you have a vending machine? How clean are it’s buttons? This is all where you pick up stuff, or can. How about the office ventilation? How clean are their bathrooms? Flush first! Faucet handles. Hand sanitizer. The outside door handle and light switch.
What do your kids keep in their backpacks, rooms, bathrooms etc… Keep your kitchen clean, and it’s floor. Handles and unused food and dishes. I feel like I wish someone would fill in the things I missed. And I’m sure I missed a lot. These are a few things I can think about for cross contamination. Cooking times meats etc…
ANYWHERE HANDS TOUCH KEEP IT CLEAN AND DON’T GO OUT! Just some cautions for the coronavirus.