OK - so i finished the painting of Melissa (see last entry) on the second try. first i attempted to do her up in all reds but is was too much, on the second one i was working the three primaries - but that ended up too flat, finally in a fit i went in with a brush dripping with dioxanine purple and purpled it all over. i'm still not totally happy ( Read more... )

been painting like crazy - last four weeks I've painted three new portraits: Lilly (Dawn's pug), Tigana (a child from May in the Meadows Faire in AZ, from 2006), and Wayne Beeman (little Katie's dad from over at Greenwood). I'm not totally satisfied with the portrait of Wayne, but it is done - and I am not fucking with it anymore, I'm going to ( Read more... )

ok, so i got new windows in the house last week and now i had insulation blown in the walls yesterday. it does feel warmer in the house this morning but i'll have to check it over time to see how much warmer ( Read more... )

the layoffs hit yesterday. i understand the 4 or 5 people were let go, but the only one i know for certain was gina. i guess i will have to eat my lunch by myself ( Read more... )

well, it looks like no-one got laid off. lets hope it stays that way ( Read more... )

ok, so its been a long time since i posted with any regularity - i've been busy. remodled the library room and i am just entering the finishing stages of that, started a new entertainment business @ www.knightsofthenewworld.com, got new windows in the house, getting a bid for painting the outside of the house, had an art show, did an art walk last ( Read more... )

well phil & i have had two good weeks of performances with the knights of the new world and the archery booth has continued to be a financial boon to us. it looks like i will make more money over this three week period working for myself than i ever have in any three given years working for the other group of knights. on the other hand dameon is ( Read more... )

we just did our first 4 performances as Knights of the New World (phil & me) at washington ren & fantasy faire and it was well received. plus we ran an archery booth plus we both helped out with the jousting troupe that was there (phil jousted and rode in the games & i came out on the field and did one fight with phil. it was good, and we are ( Read more... )

damn greenwood hurts. dave dropped a sword on my head so i bled all over. that idiot karl tackled me AFTER i shot him, dameon shot him, and i slapped him upside the head with the pole-ax. that boy was seriously juiced. and then kyle lept on me and tried to monkey tackle me, which didnt work but left me with gigantic bruises on my thighs ( Read more... )

well all - it's time to go to greenwood once again. we actually got a script outline this year, but only because we (me, kat, gina & nicole) went ahead and wrote one up while dameon was at a horse archery clinic in montana ( Read more... )