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Category: Art
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Bright and Early
Well, it’s early, anyway. There are clouds hiding the sun, and it’s chilly out there in Southern Ohio today. I have been sitting here for a half-hour trying to think about what to blog on this morning. So far, it would either be me musing on what makes an adult, or how to deal with…
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Art: Taking the next step
This last semester I took a drawing class and enjoyed it immensely. I know that in addition to giving me some sanity time where I could create and switch from science brain to art brain, I did improve my drawing skills. Drawing 1 would more correctly have been called Observational Drawing, and it was a…
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Drawing, photos, and other artistic endeavours
Drawing class is going well. We’re working on tonal qualities, and charcoal, things that I haven’t really put too much thought into previously. Turns out that using powdered charcoal and reductive methods is difficult, gloriously messy, and not something I’m likely to master anytime soon. I’ll stick to graphite as being easier and more accessible.…
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Pollinators
I’ve been taking pictures of bees, butterflies, wasps, beetles, and more for years now. What do they all have in common? They are pollinators of flowers large and small. Many of my photos are of honeybees, but pollinators are a diverse group.
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Half Eclipsed
#lunareclipse2015 I was out shooting the moon this morning, in my pyjamas in the backyard. Funny how these things go. Shot with the Canon EOS Rebel T5
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Review: Girly Stuff
I ordinarily only review books on the blog, although I’ve done a few other things as well. Today, I’m doing something that’s odd for me – I’ve tried out a very girly thing. I’m wearing pretty fingernails. This isn’t the old-school acrylic talons, which I have attempted precisely once and swore never again. I can’t…
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Artists Have Layers
Like onions, or parfaits. I was thinking about this last night as I downloaded my camera for the first time since last week, and realized that as an artist, I sort of have a split personality. Or maybe it’s just that I’m a butterfly who won’t stay on one subject for more than about 10…
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Graphite on Paper
At the beginning of this drawing class, we learned that drawing is making marks on paper. The marks we were making in this first half of the semester were specifically graphite on paper. Tomorrow I turn in my portfolio and receive a critique of the work I’ve been doing. I have no idea how that…
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Food Photography Challenges
I’ve been challenging myself with food photography this winter, while the weather is too miserable to get out and find my favorite subjects: bugs and flowers. Taking pictures of food presents a couple of challenges. The first is lighting. Natural light, as I’ve captured in the top photo of berries in sunlight from my kitchen…
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Snowflake Photography
I have been attempting to photograph snowflakes this winter, with the result that it has only snowed a couple of times since I began my efforts. However, in this endeavour, I have learned something very interesting. I knew that a digital camera made life much easier than the film 35mm I once owned. I knew…