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Where to find SPQR Blues going forward
spqrblues.dreamwidth.org: I hope you'll consider setting up an account there! I like what I've read so far about how they operate the site, both technically and philosophically. I've posted the latest comics there.
spqrblues.com: The old standby.
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@spqrblues: Some news and updates, lots of ancient-world-related RTs, a lot of blathering ( Read more... ) -
Where to find SPQR Blues
With the confusing new LJ user agreement situation and some confusing concerns about restrictions on LJ content, I had decided to update the comic only on spqrblues.com and Pateon going forward. Some folks suggested transferring everything over to Dreamwidth, so I'm working on that even as I type. (This has definitely been a bonanza for Dreamwidth ( Read more... ) -
Do art wrong: Cu, Hg, As, Pb
At some point, I seem to have decided that learning about and using authentically ancient paint pigments and other art materials is more interesting than, say, not poisoning myself so as to have a long, non-Van Gogh-style life. I reason: I won't ever have any children to raise and I don't have to worry about them licking my paint; I won't be able ( Read more... ) -
Sketch of the day: balancing books
At this rate I'll actually fill a sketchbook. It's been a while since I've done that.
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Sketch of the day: slightly foreshortened
I'm making my way through the pages of that Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook and, y'know, I don't hate it. It's ok. One good thing about it has been that, because it's been such a challenge to see whether it can live up to its hype, I've been filling the pages with test pieces, instead of being too timid to "ruin" the book by doing art wrong ( Read more... ) -
Sketch of the day: Antikythera guy
Today's warmup sketch is based on the "Antikythera youth" statue that was found in the same shipwreck site as the Antikythera mechanism. On Fluid cold-press paper; pencil, ancient palette watercolours, no subligaculum.
I'm sure I'll find all sorts of things to nitpick about the drawing in the morning, as I always do :)
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Sketch of the day: warmup doodle
Yesterday's warmup: An ATC-size mini-painting using the ancient pigments. This particular paper (Strathmore cold press watercolor artist cards) started feathering at the underpainting, so I didn't try too much layering or detail, but I'm getting better at understanding how each individual pigment wants to be coddled.
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