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Category: Art
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Art and Research
I’ve compiled a bunch of links to free online images, books, and miscellany relating to both art and history. It wasn’t a concious decision, it’s one of those things that float through my vision as I’m diving into the ‘net and I grab links. For one thing, as an artist, studying art is like… eating,…
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Watercolored Snow
I’m still much more comfortable painting on skin, but I’m pleased with how this one came out. For one thing, I had an image in my head, and I got really darn close to reproducing it on paper. Which is strangely fulfilling. For another, this is an upwelling of missing my walks in the woods,…
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Happy New Year!
Whoops! I looked up and realized it was late, and I hadn’t posted. Well, I was out late last night. Working, not celebrating, I’m afraid, although a party was involved. This morning I got out of bed, and then right back in it. I don’t do well on short sleep. Once I finally got up…
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The Door Into Summer
The dog and I are both looking for it, today. Heinlein’s classic tale of time travel, the hard way, inspired me to create a piece of art for a friend a while back, and I thought I would share today. The dragons are obviously not part of the story, but his dog – now ours…
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Finished work
I wound up painting two Hello Kitty Sugar Skulls for the presentation today. I wrote a short story a while back, about a young chicana girl who is confronted with what it will take to keep her job in a terrible economy, and I’m using it as my class presentation for Latin Literature in the…
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Beautiful America: Pulp Fiction
I love used book stores. I have never really been attracted to new book stores, for a couple of reasons. As a child and teen, I couldn’t afford to pay cover price for a book. I think the only books I ever had brand new was the complete LM Montgomery set in paperback that was…
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Back Covers
I’m not sure if this qualifies as a nuts-and-bolts post, or a “what I have been up to this morning!” I spent a good part of my morning formatting and uploading files for Pixie Noir, hoping to hit the proposed publication date in a more-or-less timely fashion. I am working with Createspace again for this,…
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Beautiful America: Almost November
I say in jest that I moved south for the warmer climate. People look at me funny and wonder aloud if I meant to go to Florida. No, thank you, been there, and I remember fire ants and scorpions from my toddler days when Dad was stationed at Homestead. No, I really do mean that…
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Well-Covered
A books cover speaks loudly… I’ve put together some examples, good and bad, over at Amazing Stories today. What do you think belongs on a science fiction cover? Fantasy? What looks awful? Next week I will get into how to find and use images.
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An Afternoon in the Museum
I made it a field-trip day, and ventured to the Dayton Art Institute all by my lonesome to look at Asian Art. While it would have been nice to have a companion, the museum was all but deserted, and I had a peaceful meander through the rooms. The lower level of the museum is laid…