tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91071190851669208232024-02-07T00:50:47.257-08:00Shibuidown to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107119085166920823.post-33990359428162517122012-12-19T06:56:00.001-08:002012-12-19T06:56:55.456-08:00Paper Mache Clay Experiment - What I would do differently<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">This is so typical of me to just jump in where angels fear to tread and make up my own rules. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't but I always learn something. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">While I like the results of the sculpture...Goddesses All - Hope...I would in future make a much lighter armature. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Sue McLeary is a British artist who specializes in paper and collage and makes wire armatures for her creations. You can find her on Facebook under <span style="background-color: white; color: #1c2a47;">Sue McLearie - Wire & paper sculptures.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Check out her process detailed in the photo albums.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jonni Good has gained notoriety for her surprising recipe for paper clay ( hint - a roll of toilet paper is involved). </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Her armature method begins with a cardboard template. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">You can see one of her several videos on You tube </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">and check out her web page and forum at </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px;">meant to be a comprehensive </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 12px;">list</span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 12px;">I am just mentioning some </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 12px;">I have run across in my personal </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px;">start. </span></span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large; line-height: 12px;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Above all have fun! </span></span><br />
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<span style="background-color: white; line-height: 12px;"><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Whatever your beliefs may you enjoy all the pleasures this </span></span><br />
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down to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107119085166920823.post-62454862302010765422012-10-24T05:45:00.000-07:002012-10-24T05:45:55.328-07:00Goddesses All - Hope<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
These are (probably) the final photos of the sculpture that I call Goddesses All - Hope<br />
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She is dedicated to those brave women (and men) that have battled breast cancer.<br />
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I am both humbled and inspired by their courage, determination, spirit and will.<br />
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And a special thanks to the fur people who aided me and abetted me in this process.<br />
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First to Irma for not lending me her pretty little scalloped toed foot. <br />
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And finally to Reg who, without any sculptures to eat, has turned his paws to strangling Irma.<br />
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The gift of sight<br />
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Okay, for better or worse the eyes are in.<br />
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Remember the disastrous alien eyes I produced last week? I decided to take a different approach and using the same glass pebbles from the dollar store here are the steps I took.<br />
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But here she is with only gaping sockets<br />
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Next I used the same fabric I used for the hair and cut a tiny strip out to use for eyelashes. Here you can see the first one cut out and trimmed back and the second one almost cut out.<br />
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Tip: when cutting any furry material always cut from the wrong side being careful to keep the pile on the other side parted out of the way of the scissors. This assures that you will get a more natural looking furry edge instead of one that looks like a bad haircut.<br /><br />
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This is a before and after of the trimmed eyelashes<br />
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Wow. I can see! She seems startled at seeing the mess of my studio/bedroom I wager.<br />
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Here both are in place. <br />
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But the imminent arrival of guests has taken precedence and my time will be occupied with shoveling out the bedroom and then the rest of the house.<br />
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Mixed me up a batch of flesh colored paint. Looks too matte but I can fix that later.<br />
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Next came the tattoo that would cover areas that might disturb some viewers. I have no idea why crotches disturb some people but I would not want to cause undue squirming.<br />
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Below I have half hidden some words among the leaves and vines. For example across the breasts are the words VICTORY and COURAGE</div>
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It just proves what a rotten mother I would have made. One word from me and he does what he wants.</div>
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But I digress. Shortly after I recovered from the dishwasher incident I brushed on a little bronze acrylic paint mixed with clear Gesso. It gave a little more life to the skin and hid some uneven tones that had worried me.<br />
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The surface of the paper clay is very difficult to smooth so I let the bronze dry a little and then rubbed some of it off. A lot of it caught in the dips and craters of the rough surface allowing me to to pretend that I had left it rough on purpose.<br />
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May I also draw your attention to the fact that she will now stand on her own. This is due in part to a friend having given her a good screw. It goes right through her right foot. The left food is secured by another screw that comes up through the leg and does not show.<br />
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I had the good fortune to go to visit a sculptor friend and his wife. I suspected he might have something lying around that would serve as a good stand.<br />
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The first thing we looked at was this gorgeous plank. It was just the right size and makes a good solid base with a history. His house was built in 1870 and this is a board from the attic. I may insert or even paint on a yoga mat at some point as I find I am not as enamored of the rough finish as I was initially. I love old rugged boards but this may not compliment the statue. What do you think?<br />
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BTW The photo of the older lady on the wall is a reference I will use to paint the face/head for Hortense, the life sized doll that has been patiently waiting.<br />
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See you when I finally decide on eyes and then this will be finito.<br />
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Still hanging in there. I had no idea that goddesses could be such a pain in the patooty.<br />
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The current plan is to add paper clay to build up and smooth out the sawed off areas with the ultimate goal being a more goddess-like face. <br />
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I have been deliberately leaving the hand and wrist naked (no paper clay) until I get the arm positioned permanently and then I can fool with positions before adding the clay. It does firm things up considerably.<br />
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With all this messing about cracks had begun to appear at stress points. Without even trying I had created a Crack Ho! <br />
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Not to worry. I contacted Dr. Phil and asked him to send his team to perform an intervention. The family all wrote letters to her; we cried, threatened and blew our noses, she tried to storm out but the paper clay had stiffened up so she didn't make much progress. Finally she agreed to have treatment with the hot glue gun.<br />
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Work continues ever so slowly on the Goddess. I am amazed that I am still hanging in here. I usually get bored and give up on something that is taking too long...like a marriage, college degree or career and stuff like that. Patience has never been my strong point.<br />
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Here are a few photos to show what has been transpiring over the past few days.<br />
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This morning I whipped up a new batch of the paper clay<br />
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Here are the arms hanging from plant hooks out in the porch of my Little Shoppe of Horrors.<br />
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I had a wee mishap when I decided to hang the torso and legs from a hook as well. To my horror the wire came apart and she crashed to the floor in a most Ungoddess like manner, landing on one butt cheek and flattening it horribly.<br />
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Tomorrow I hope the back will be dry enough to work on the front of the body. <br />
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Will also have a look around for something that would be appropriate for a stand.<br />
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It has come to my attention that I am easily led. And quite possibly schizophrenia. But I prefer to think of myself as flexible and intuitive!<br />
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When I make art I generally start out with a pretty clear idea of what I am going to make. This pretty much guarantees disappointment since many things don't turn out the way I envision them.<br />
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This time my vision was of a male vampire. An old time vampire with a black cloak flowing around him. The cape had that very high collar that came up over his ears and of course a red satin lining. He would skulk around in the shadows. All was going well.<br />
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Note: I am keeping the photos small this time as there are so many. I believe you can click on them to enlarge.<br />
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He was going to be manly, with a beaky nose and deep eye sockets.<br />
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Below ...on my beautiful new/old duvet cover from Jitterbugs - is a slim box that I rescued from the recycle bin to use for the torso armature. I added the legs to see if the proportions were right.<br />
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This is when my schizophrenia began to manifest. An insistent female voice made me understand that this sculpture I am working on is not a male and certainly not one of those ubiquitous vampires. <br />
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Contrary to what some people would tell you, I am easy to get along with so once I understood that I had no choice in the matter I plunged into re shaping the torso with more layers of newspaper. I was well into two nicely rounded breasts when "The Voice" (Hey that would make a good name for a TV series) piped up insisting she wanted only one breast. I complied.<br />
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On the right are the neck and shoulders. I inserted a piece of plastic into the neck opening in order to allow the head piece to swivel around more easily.<br />
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Leg with initial paper strips laid on. Sorry it doesnt show up too well on that expanse of newspaper. It makes for easy cleanup of my work surface.<br />
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Toes were shaped on tooth picks and inserted into the foot.<br />
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Now this is where whirling thoughts of Goddesses and Warrior women began to take shape.<br />
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Why not put her in a yogic pose called Warrior Two? Form with no feet looks out of proportion.<br />
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So much for the movable joints I so carefully constructed. They now only serve to weaken the structure as the joints move. I will have to do some hard thinking about how I can remedy this.<br />
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<span style="text-align: center;">Be back with more pictures as the work progresses. Still have to do arms, refine shape, support wobbly limbs, add paper clay and gesso and paint. </span><br />
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This week I have been messing around with making two sizes of jointed dolls.<br />
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The first one uses four drinking straws cut in half. These are the form I used to build the limbs around. <br />
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First I wrapped them in a single layer of old style paper mache and let it dry. <br />
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Yes I am aware that they look like tampons.<br />
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I made smaller limbs from previously enjoyed Q tips. No need to freak out. I cut off the fuzzy used end and used only the plastic, which I discovered is hollow inside like a small straw. It is perfect for inserting a wire with which to hook the limbs together.<br />
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Below are cut outs of hands and feet. They will act as a form on which to place and shape the paper clay. They are cut from cardboard packaging that would other wise have gone to the dump.<br />
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Here are a pair of hands already molded around two of the cardboard hand pieces. I have set them on a coke can in order to give them a natural curve as they dry.<br />
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I have inserted a piece of wire which I twisted into a loop for joining it to the end of the forearm later.<br />
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On the right, top, is a normal Q tip, then one that has had the fuzzy ends removed and finally one that has had paper mache and paper clay applied. A wire has been inserted through the hollow center of the Q tip. Next a loop will be formed at either end.<br />
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Still a long way to go. Still have to do bodies, feet and another pair of hands. Paint them, wire them together, dress them or whatever. <br />
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Much more tedious than just sewing a doll together and stuffing it. But I do insist on trying everything.<br />
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down to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107119085166920823.post-52735611935241360352012-09-09T14:34:00.000-07:002012-09-09T14:34:55.296-07:00How do you solve a problem like Maria...Enter Hortense<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Ah the old Hortense joke. First man says " Is that Hortense over there?" Second man says "I don't think so. She looks pretty relaxed to me."<br />
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This is my way of breaking the news that Maria has been swallowed up by another entity name of Hortense. <br />
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Although I am using the same head I have changed it quite a bit and there will be more changes to come like more wattles, more frown lines. This is just to document the process as I go.<br />
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She has a droopy eye, and a raised eyebrow, a fatter nose, thicker lips. <br />
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I included photos of Maria as she looked when last seen.<br />
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Hortense front Hortense side<br />
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Maria front Maria side<br />
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This damp weather is playing havoc with the drying process so she has an orange fungus in her ear and in other areas that didn't dry fast enough.<br />
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At the moment my plan is to aim for a body with interchangeable heads unless and until I get another body made. Stuffing is expensive.<br />
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I have been working on two other small dolls at the same time as there is so much time where you just have to wait till things dry.<br />
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down to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107119085166920823.post-3674540090328705312012-09-02T09:24:00.000-07:002012-09-02T09:24:44.224-07:00How do you Solve a Problem like Maria? - Life sized Paper Clay head - part I<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">For some time now I have been threatening to remake Maria - the life sized doll I created and dressed in indigenous costume while I was in Ecuador. <br />
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I call the remake project (which may or may not include some ball joints at elbows, knees, shoulders, and ankles for ease of posing)<br />
" How do you solve a problem like Maria". You are humming it right now, aren't you? You will be humming it for days now. :-)<br />
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I slapped her together rather quickly so I am not proud of how she turned out. On top of that she and infant son Jose traveled in a rather undignified manner to Canada. Maria lovingly cradled Jose in one arm and my computer in the other as she sat wedged into a cardboard wardrobe container. Miraculously all survived the trip, even though the box was torn open to reveal a disheveled but still smiling Maria. I always marvel at her ability to smile in the face of all life can throw at her.<br />
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Perhaps someone suspected a body was hidden in the container? It would give you a start to see this "person" staring out at you from a shipping container!<br />
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I didn't want to pay for an extra seat for them and Maria has never forgiven me for that.<br />
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Here we see Maria cuddling Jose in my living room. Yes I do live in a simulated Gypsy Caravan cum Berber tent. Bite me.<br />
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Sadly Jose succumbed to one of my charitable endeavours. Parts of him live on in various stuffed bunnies, cats and dogs which will find themselves at the Salvation Army Family services around Christmas time. I featured some of these in an earlier blog post. <br />
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So anyway...I had been wrestling for a long time with how to make a plausible face and hands for life sized dolls. The soft sculpture just doesn't cut it for me with faces, and hands are difficult at the best of times.<br />
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When I discovered paper clay I thought this may be the answer to both problems. <br />
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In these photos you will glimpse my cat Reg; a great fan of flour in its many delicious forms. <br />
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Here we see him sampling the initial layer of flour and water and newspaper strips that I had positioned on a Styrofoam head form (used for styling and storing wigs.) <br />
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Sigh............. it is not easy being an artist when your fans eat your work when your back is turned. Unless you are the Cake Boss.<br />
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PS It has come to my attention that some initial nibbling that I blamed on Reg was actually the work of a mouse. Said mouse lured by the delicious aroma of flour and newspaper entered the house and was dispatched by Irma this morning. Here she is having a cuddle with Brother Reg. Thank you Irma.<br />
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The following are photos of the prototype head. I intend to make a much older Maria this time. Having nubile young beauties watch me do yoga in my living room only serves as a taunting reminder of my own aging body. <br />
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Here Reg contemplates the best way to open the container of flour and water. His usual method is to knock it off the counter and let it smash open all by itself. Voila! Instant snack. And healthy at that as I used Whole Wheat flour.<br />
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I am attempting a pleasant twinkly eyed but wrinkled elderly woman. If I have to age Maria has to too.<br />
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Good to see a photo so I can correct the wonky eyes, add some jowls and more wrinkles. It is easy to get lost in the details and not really see the piece as a whole.<br />
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Here is what came next. Eyes a little more aligned.<br />
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<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div> Below you can see the initial layers of paper mache at the back of the head. The front is the only part where I have smoothed on some paper clay so far. I have split it apart for easy removal from the form. And it may end up that I only use the mask portion. <br />
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Note to self: don't forget to pierce her ears for earrings.<br />
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I will keep you updated on the progress.<br />
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</div>down to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107119085166920823.post-20909585969502718402012-09-02T07:54:00.000-07:002012-09-02T07:54:15.719-07:00Paper Clay Pan - and a wee rant on Horned Gods in general<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">My muse has returned after a VERY long vacation. In fact I feared she was dead.<br />
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I am so grateful that she has returned and inspired me to play around with paper clay; an interesting medium comprised of toilet paper, glue and drywall mud. It is a step up from old school paper mache in that you can achieve finer details and surface texture. Click on the link below to see how to make it.<br />
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I am still negotiating the learning curve. For my first sculpture I used a stiff paper egg-shaped form as a base.<br />
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I thought that I wanted to make a dryad but my very strong minded muse had other ideas and a Pan-like creature emerged. <br />
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</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">A dear friend who "gets me", said, " <span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;">I LOVE IT!!! The expression is</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;">just wonderful...sad but hopeful. It would mean to me if I saw it in </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;">a museum a spirit that is trapped in an animal body--goat and devil </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;">like but he/she isn't mean and is even hopeful shown by the depth </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;">and feeling and mystery of the cat like eyes...so intelligent and </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;">aware of its plight and trying to communicate. If art is meant to </span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: magenta;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;">communicate which I believe it is</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;"> </span></span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;">what a classic piece of the plight </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;">of humanity--trapped in a mortal </span><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;">body both good and evil but has </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;"><br />
</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: justify;"><span style="background-color: white; color: magenta; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px; text-align: left;">the ability to see and figure out a way out--illumination! </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;">If I were viewing this in a museum I would stand a long time </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;">admiring and thinking about it. It is just marvelous. You are soooo </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;">talented, Jane! Thanks so much for sharing these photos with me. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;">What a nice dose of the universal as I mundanely vacuum the </span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br />
</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;">house and cough at all the dust. "</span></div><div style="background-color: white; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: magenta;"><br />
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</div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;">I am still blushing but more importantly I feel she hit the nail on the </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><br />
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</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="background-color: transparent; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><b>Horned Gods in history: </b></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" /><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;">If you are not interested in learning about the origins of a common misconception read no further. But if you, like me, are curious about a lot of things then read on.</span> </div><div style="background-color: white; color: #2a2a2a; font-family: Tahoma; font-size: 13.333333015441895px; line-height: 17.33333396911621px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Arial; font-size: small; line-height: normal;"><br />
</span></div>I would like to clear up some things about Pagans and their so called Devil worship. I can't speak for all Pagans but the ones I know are definitely not Devil worshipers. This was a term invented by Christians in an attempt to wipe out the very old Pagan beliefs that were precursors of Christianity.<br />
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I think the confusion comes in when non-Pagans/Wiccans see the horns and hooves. This deity, Cernunnos, sometimes called Pan, Dark Lord or Puck is associated with nature, wilderness, sexuality, hunting and the life cycle.<br />
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Whilst depictions of this male deity vary, he is always shown with either horns or antlers upon his head, often having the head of an animal, in this way emphasizing "the union of the divine and the animal", the latter of which includes humanity.<sup class="reference" style="white-space: nowrap;">"......</sup><br />
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"The term <i>Horned God</i> itself predates Wicca, and is an early 20th century term for a horned or antlered anthropomorphic god with <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudohistorical" title="Pseudohistorical">pseudohistorical</a> origins who, according to <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margaret_Murray" title="Margaret Murray">Margaret Murray</a>'s 1921 <i><a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Witch-Cult_in_Western_Europe" title="The Witch-Cult in Western Europe">The Witch-Cult in Western Europe</a></i>, was the deity worshipped by <a class="mw-redirect" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Cult" title="Witch Cult">a pan-European witchcraft-based cult</a>, and <span style="color: red;">was demonized into the form of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil" title="Devil">Devil</a> by the Mediaeval Church.</span><br />
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Sources: h<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_God">ttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horned_God</a> <br />
<a href="http://ultimatepapermache.com/paper-mache-clay">http://ultimatepapermache.com/paper-mache-clay</a> <br />
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</div>down to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107119085166920823.post-20422030291748697872012-04-09T05:02:00.001-07:002012-04-09T05:05:50.467-07:00Ukrainian Easter Eggs or Pysanky<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Easter is gone for another year but with care these eggs will last for many years.<br />
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I was prompted to write this blog when first I heard a talk on CBC radio and then on Facebook I saw the beautiful eggs that a friend had made almost 20 years ago. I just had to know more about them.<br />
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Unlike our own pale colored eggs with what seems to be meaningless dots, squiggles and stripes (or maybe there is meaning behind those too?) the Ukrainian eggs are loaded with hidden messages expressed with Pre Christain symbols dating back to Pagan times.<br />
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<div align="center"><div class="roundcont-webnavy550"><div align="left" class="roundtop-webnavy"><img class="corner-webnavy" height="12" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/corners/navy003366-tl.jpg" style="display: none;" width="12" /></div><table align="center" bgcolor="#003366" border="0" cellpadding="8" cellspacing="0"><tbody>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="105"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/ladder.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></td> <td valign="top" width="105"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/pineneedles.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="105"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/cross.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="110"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/wheat.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="110"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/sunstars.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td></tr>
<tr> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Ladders</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">prosperity, or prayer.</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Pine Needles</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">health, stamina, eternal youth.</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Crosses</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">Christ, or the Four Corners of the World.</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Wheat</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">wishes for good health and a good harvest.</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">The Sun and Stars</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">life, fortune, growth.</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/deer.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/fish.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/curls.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/roses.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/poppy.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td></tr>
<tr> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><b>Deer, Horses,</b> and/or <b>Rams</b></span><br />
<span style="color: white;">wealth and prosperity.</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Fish</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">Christianity</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Curls</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">defense or protection.</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Roses</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">love, caring.</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Poppies</span></b><br />
<span class="goog_qs-tidbit-1" style="color: white;">beloved Ukrainian art motif, symbolizing joy and beauty.</span></td></tr>
<tr> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/triangle.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/wolvesteeth.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/bird.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/nets.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td> <td valign="top" width="100"><span style="color: white;"><img alt="" border="0" height="80" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/ribbons.jpg" vspace="7" width="80" /></span></td></tr>
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<span style="color: white;">trinities, eg.: air, fire, & water; the Father, Son, & Holy Spirit; heaven, earth, & hell.</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">The Saw</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">fire, life-giving heat (also known as Wolves' teeth, symbolizing loyalty and wisdom).</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Birds</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">fulfillment of wishes, and fertility. The bird is always shown at rest, never flying.</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Nets</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">Christ's reference to becoming "fishers of people".</span></td> <td class="mtlite" valign="top" width="100"><b><span style="color: white;">Ribbons</span></b><br />
<span style="color: white;">everlasting life, and water.</span></td></tr>
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</div>Here are some of the symbolic meanings for colors used in decorating pysanky: <br />
<div align="center"><img alt="White--Purity, innocence and birth; Yellow--light, purity, happiness, hospitality; Orange--strength, endurance, the eternal sun; Black--eternity, darkest time before the dawn; Light Blue--the sky, with its life-giving air, good health; Light Green--spring, new growth and hope; Bright Red--happiness in life, hope, passion, the sun." border="0" height="293" src="http://www.learnpysanky.com/images/symbols/colours.gif" width="355" /></div><br />
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Sources: <a href="http://www.learnpysanky.com/resources.html#design_one">Ukrainian Design Book 1</a>, <a href="http://www.learnpysanky.com/resources.html#design_two">Ukrainian Design Book 2</a>, <a href="http://www.learnpysanky.com/resources.html#beautiful">Eggs Beautiful</a>. </div><div align="center"><br />
</div><div align="center">For further info on symbols and color meanings, check out <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pysanky" target="_blank">Wikipedia</a> </div><br />
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As you can imagine creating one of these eggs is a lengthy process but with care they can last many years as my friend's little clutch did.<br />
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I have copied the CBC information here and hope that you can hear the audio clip as well.<br />
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<h1>The art of writing Pysanky (Ukranian Easter eggs)</h1><div class="postbody"><a href="http://www.cbc.ca/allinaweekend/assets_c/2012/04/pysanky-187197.html"><img alt="pysanky.jpg" class="mt-image-left" height="495" src="http://www.cbc.ca/allinaweekend/assets_c/2012/04/pysanky-thumb-210x495-187197.jpg" style="float: left; margin: 0px 20px 20px 0px;" width="210" /></a>Every Easter, we see them. Those colourful, intricately illustrated Ukrainian eggs. They're called pysanky. Those little drawings on the eggs; the flowers, lines and stars are actually symbols with very specific meanings. Although now pysanky are made to celebrate Easter, the tradition actually pre-dates Christianity.<br />
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Gerry Zerebecky lives in Saskatoon. She is a pysanky artist and enthusiast. You can find Gerry's eggs at the gift shop of the <a href="http://www.umc.sk.ca/">Ukrainian Museum of Canada</a> in Saskatoon. Gerry explained the process of creating the designs and what they mean in a conversation with Sonali Karnick.<br />
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http://www.learnpysanky.com/symbols.html</div>down to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107119085166920823.post-38564511143731114932012-04-07T11:33:00.000-07:002012-04-07T11:33:01.805-07:00Polymer Clay sculptures<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">For some reason I never did get around to posting my efforts in polymer clay.<br />
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Recently I have been taking advantage of a Share Day on one of the Facebook pages entitled Art Dolls Only. The sheer talent out there is incredible.<br />
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I got brave and shared a few of mine anyway. They do date back a few years (wow...like 5 years where does the time go? )to when, as usual I was flying by the seat of my pants without benefit of lessons or joining any clubs to get the insider tips. <br />
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But seeing what incredible sculptures can be produced in this material I decided that I needed some help and it would behoove me to take some classes. I hope my next posting of sculptures will show a lot of improvement.<br />
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This was the first sculpture I made. I had a lot of difficulty with her limbs as they kept breaking. I came up with the idea to wrap snakes around them. She is called Lilith AKA The Snake Goddess. <br />
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Over time I made what I thought were improvements to her wings, gave her some feathery hair and a star to hang her dreams on.<br />
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This is my interpretation of what the Celtic Goddess Cerridwen might have looked like. She is one of "The Old Ones" who has a very interesting mythology that includes shape shifting.<br />
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Once again I had problems with the limbs breaking. So this time she got some lace up knee high sandals to keep her legs from falling off! <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1W93HNl568VHIwScjRjR2Wtm90aCxRvCeqbPqrzu6DC8PFmwRBF-if6k1-uOj3ThQRrHIwoGFgSla99WVqv2TGXI7KjwenaUYcAc7shwWbXkRqQtW0qAs4n14o0sHysy1UDA8goTLXlk/s1600/Art+doll+Share+2012+cerridwen+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1W93HNl568VHIwScjRjR2Wtm90aCxRvCeqbPqrzu6DC8PFmwRBF-if6k1-uOj3ThQRrHIwoGFgSla99WVqv2TGXI7KjwenaUYcAc7shwWbXkRqQtW0qAs4n14o0sHysy1UDA8goTLXlk/s640/Art+doll+Share+2012+cerridwen+1.jpg" width="577" /></a><br />
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This is the God Pan complete with a little Pan flute from Peru no less.<br />
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Once again problems with cracking legs. These are the kinds of things I hope to surmount with any courses I take. I have no idea why it is happening.<br />
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Here is his cute little butt with a fluffy tail.<br />
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And for those who are embarrassed easily hide your eyes 'cause as the TV programs say...contains nudity. Full frontal. <br />
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The next three are Miss Grimm. She lives at the bottom of my garden in summer and usually can be found lounging in the big pine tree.<br />
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When fall sets in I can barely hear her tiny knock on the door. She comes in all shivery like and looks for a warm spot in the sun where she spends her time incessantly reading those fairy tales written by the Brothers Grimm.<br />
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Here is Kashondra asking the eternal question asked by women everywhere....Does my butt look big in this thong? <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNR1ZcGl3jdUKTaoo5TMBNaqO1QWRk_t2zXvTDcdaN0Y5g5ZJ6-7GfWT40R0wdUIsae-rEhzP1rq2PhgwxBWpVSBl5pvcb6Pu3smUJ0Tyb9TeGdNgPqd8jj6QMGfteVnud1pwvxEaCK3k/s1600/100_0095.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="480" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNR1ZcGl3jdUKTaoo5TMBNaqO1QWRk_t2zXvTDcdaN0Y5g5ZJ6-7GfWT40R0wdUIsae-rEhzP1rq2PhgwxBWpVSBl5pvcb6Pu3smUJ0Tyb9TeGdNgPqd8jj6QMGfteVnud1pwvxEaCK3k/s640/100_0095.jpg" width="640" /></a><br />
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No really. Does it? <br />
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Kashondra was inspired by a joke sent around the internet awhile back that said eating a lot of bacon fat could cause you to have small feet! Certainly true in this case.<br />
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Kashondra and daughter La Tricia are enjoying the reflecting pool in the garden.<br />
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Fear of failure looms. I have been downright afraid to get back to my art dolls for some reason. Probably because I now belong to a couple of doll clubs and I am cowed by the expertise there.<br />
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So, since I can't keep my hands off material I decided to start with something simple just to get my feet wet again.<br />
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Sock toys.<br />
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These will eventually find their way to the local Salvation Army Family Services or perhaps to a local couple that takes medical supplies and toys to Africa and South America.<br />
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At least this way you know that your efforts are getting directly to the people who will enjoy them. I am always leery of just how much of the money we sent to Charity actually goes to NEEDY people and how much goes to GREEDY Administrators.<br />
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Salvation Army has a good reputation and one of the lowest paid Administrators I hear.<br />
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This scary couple are not actually made from socks but their hoodies are made from a pretty striped pair of previously enjoyed socks. They probably will not be going to children as even I could not be that mean.<br />
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I sacrificed a new pair of socks I had never worn for this little zebra. <br />
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At this point I concluded that all had to be made from new socks and stuffing. Thank goodness the local Giant Tiger had a great sock sale on.<br />
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A monkey, a pink elephant and a tiny bunny made from a child's sock came next<br />
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Br'er Rabbit was fun. I have since stopped using buttons for eyes and noses and now all features are embroidered.<br />
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Like the features on these two little kittens <br />
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Several glove rabbits..okay so I got bored and made one with two heads<br />
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Kitty with her ball<br />
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Same kitty front view Painted features on this one. Not my favorite as they soak in.<br />
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Same design, looks very different in striped sock<br />
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GladN'Sad Bunnies. How many bunnies do you see?<br />
I will let you in on a little secret about these bunnies later.
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Not quite sure what this is but I loved the sock pattern. <br />
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And last but not least a funky little Apaloosa horse.</div>
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I started out by looking at how other designers had made their sock toys but now I design my own patterns. They change regularly from toy to toy it seems. Even the second of the kittens above (made from one pair of socks) changed design.
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Since others have been so generous in sharing their patterns and instructions on line for free I will include mine as well. You can see them on my next post.</div>
</div>down to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107119085166920823.post-82405726743838114862011-12-18T09:27:00.000-08:002011-12-18T17:02:15.486-08:00Takhi<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">December 18, 2011<br />
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Ever since fall turned green fields to gold I had been haunted by how much they reminded me of a herd of buckskin horses. As time went on I realized it was not the taller, silky maned buckskins I perceived but more like the tough little Mongolian horses I had seen in movies about Genghis Khan.<br />
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Fall's muted grays and tawny browns, punctuated only by fringes of black bushes and trees, are more horse-like than the greens of summer. The feeble, intermittent dusting of snow accents their curves this year.<br />
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While I am driving to and fro this horse/field image pounds in my head like hoof beats. At home I find myself distracted by descriptors - tawny, golden, bristling, rolling, undulating, muscular, pounding, thundering, tossing, - and wondering how I could paint this trompe l'oeil I see so clearly in my mind's eye.<br />
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Some research revealed that the horses I sought could be the only direct descendant of primitive horses; the Takhi. They were forerunners of the Mongolian horse and before that often depicted in cave drawings.<br />
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If you care to know more I have included a link on how the last nine were discovered and the efforts made to bring them back from the the brink of extinction. Not all efforts were easy to understand. There was one really weird experiment where these endangered animals were put out to pasture near Chernobyl AFTER the disaster. I guess there is a skewed sort of logic at work here; if they didn't survive we wouldn't either so they would not be missed. I believe they survived though what future defects will be found I do not know.<br />
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Today I began to think perhaps I was looking in the wrong hay stack. What if it is the ghostly presence I felt was that of our own original horse?<br />
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Wikipedia has this to say: "Indigenous modern horses died out in the New World at the end of the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleistocene" title="Pleistocene">Pleistocene</a>, about 12 000 years ago, and thus were absent until the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spain" title="Spain">Spanish</a> brought domestic horses from Europe, beginning in 1493. Escaped horses quickly established large wild herds." These escapees formed the herds of wild mustangs still found in Colorado and Wyoming today.<br />
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Another source states : <span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;">"North America was the original home of the horse species. They evolved here, and thrived here for </span><b style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: small;">over 57 million</b><span style="font-family: Verdana; font-size: x-small;"> years. The plant and animal communities of North American ecology evolved with horses playing an integral role. About 8,000 - 10,000 years ago, for reasons not yet fully understood (meteors, climate change, pandemic, and human hunting pressures are among the possibilities), horses are believed to have become extinct in the land of their origin. Luckily by that time they had migrated to Asia, where they spread into Europe and North Africa."</span><br />
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So my research has taken me full circle! James Mitchener explains it eloquently: "<em>Why did this animal that had prospered so in the Colorado desert leave his amiable homeland for Siberia? There is no answer. We know that when the horse negotiated the land bridge... he found on the other end an opportunity for varied development that is one of the bright aspects of animal history. He wandered into France and became the mighty Percheron, and into Arabia, where he developed into a lovely poem of a horse, and into Africa where he became the brilliant zebra, and into Scotland, where he bred selectively to form the massive Clydesdale. He would also journey into Spain, where his very name would become the designation for gentleman, a caballero, a man of the horse. There he would flourish mightily and serve the armies that would conquer much of the known world." </em><em><em>- James Michener</em></em><br />
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At the risk of sounding a little Woo Woo....(those of you who know me will be used to this) I can't help but wonder if somehow the Takhi are calling out to me and I am supposed to get involved with endeavours to save them?<br />
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But wait! Not so Woo Woo after all. My research has led me to an article on the planned culling of the wild mustangs of Colorado. It brought forth a buried memory. See the link below.<br />
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And so the sad story repeats itself. All that is beautiful and free must be felled by the bloody ax of what is profitable and convenient.</div><div><br />
I know this tiny effort won't change anything but let me start here and maybe you will lend your voice too.<br />
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The following prose poem was carved out roughly and then underwent scrutiny and suggestions from an editor friend. Thanks Joanie for helping me arrive at this:<br />
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<div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><b>Frozen Fields</b><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA"><o:p> </o:p></span> </div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Undulate to the horizon<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Like a galloping herd of Mongolian ponies. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Flanks the color of dried grasses<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Necks fringed with bare black bushes<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">Wild and free <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-CA">For now<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br />
</div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span lang="EN-CA">Dedicated to the few, true wild ones <o:p></o:p></span></i></div><br />
And here is a stab at depicting this visually. This is the progression from a photo on the net of two of these lovely animals.<br />
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I then transferred the photo to Corel Draw and using Wacom Bamboo Fun Tablet I began to add in other shapes to suggest a herd.<br />
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Still not happy. Back to the drawing board. I am going to crop out the bottom of the foreground.<br />
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</div><div class="MsoNormal">The necks could have a gentler curve. And I could sharpen up some the of the foreground details but not today. I seem to want to put in one horse somewhere with an uplifted head, nostrils flaring. You may see a further version of this. For the moment it is as close as I can come to conveying what the fields have been whinnying to me as I pass.</div><br />
Here are the links I mentioned above as my sources.<br />
<cite>www.<b>takhi</b>.org/</cite><br />
wikipedia.org/wiki/Przewalski's_<b>Horse</b><br />
<b>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Evolution_of_the_horse</b><br />
<b>http://www.mustangs4us.com/historyA_pre-history.htm#PRE-HISTORY_OF_THE_HORSE:__</b><br />
<b>http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2011/07/wild-horses-are-again-losing-their-home-on-the-range/242587/</b><br />
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Here is the first whack at a portrait of Moi Enomenga. By the way Moi rhymes with soy.<br />
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He is older in his photo than I remember him. For some reason my painting has made him young again.<br />
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I am not totally satisfied with it and will be fiddling some more in the ensuing days.<br />
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There is another technique I want to learn whereby the painting is approached using layers... as near as I can understand it would be like having three or four transparencies on which you would paint various parts of the work. Background on one, blocking out the painting on a second one, color blocking on a third and then details on the last one. When all the layers are merged you have a complete painting.<br />
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Naturally if you are receiving these emails or following this blog you cannot escape my telling you all about my adventures in that in the days to come!<br />
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But for Moi I simply saved the various stages before I continued. <br />
So when that prissy mouth really bothered me I was able, painlessly, with the Wacom Bamboo Tablet to go in and make changes to my digital "painting". Now I am happy that the mouth is right. This really is the final one......I think.<br />
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The almost complete painting is here:<br />
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Here are the various stages I went through to get to the almost finished version above.</div>
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</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Okay so it seems there were a few folks who thought that brown fleshy bit hanging down ...the one by the side of his face...was some sort of rubbery earring. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I looked at some pictures of the other Huaorani and it seems only a few use the ontoka </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 20px;">(a wooden<span class="apple-converted-space"> disk</span>).</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 19px;"> I saw no one wearing them when I visited in the mid 1990’s so I wondered if they were only used on heydays and holidays.</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><br />
</div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">I found a description of how the piercing is done by another author who visited with the Huaorani and holds them in high regard as do I. I have written for permission to post it. </span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">Suffice it to say for now that it seems that the Huao prefer the pierced lobes to swing empty.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;"><br />
</span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="color: black; font-size: 13.5pt;">At any rate here is my updated version of the </span><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Warrior </span></span></div><div style="margin-bottom: .0001pt; margin: 0cm;"><span style="font-size: 13.5pt;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;"><br />
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Here we go. I lost those luscious lips and made them more masculine. Also cropped out the extra background.<br />
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I think I have come a long way since the old gray man last week. I am happy! But still learning.<br />
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I don't have the computer savvy to cut and paste the original photo from the power point presentation but here is the link so you can enjoy the whole thing http://www.daviddoubilet.com/<br />
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A few of us, well more than a few of us, myself very high up on the list, are having trouble with our memories lately. <br />
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To overcome this problem in part I did a self portrait to help me recognize myself in the mirror. In the past I have gotten quite a start when I catch a glimpse of this fat old lady in there. Note that I have substituted hollowed out cheeks for wrinkles. Hey it's called artistic licence.<br />
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This one I did with "chalk."<br />
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See you soon with more offerings. Be well.</div>down to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107119085166920823.post-9069255482055652552011-02-22T09:31:00.000-08:002011-02-22T09:31:45.881-08:00Something to aspire to<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">Today I was introduced to a master. (Thanks Nancy and Ian) He is Canmore Alberta's own Patrick LaMontagne. A professional cartoonist, he is the Gran Poobah of the drawing tablet. Well, here, read for yourself about this amazing Canadian artist on his website <br />
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There you will meet up with a variety of political cartoons, caricatures of famous people and even of animals.<br />
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An innate fear of copyright lawyers won't allow me to insert his masterful i pad drawing of character actor James Whitmore but you can see it on the site under his blog entitled Monty's Muse at<br />
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It is an amazing piece of work that I can only dare to aspire to. 'Cause if you don't aspire why bother?<br />
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Hence today's offering by that name....<span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; color: blue;">Aspire </span><br />
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It's a first try and I hope you will come along with me as I strive for personal betterment on this tablet thing. Every time I post one of these I see flaws but too late to fix them for this go round. More work needed on the eye area and I have an idea for better blending.<br />
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While talking to a friend the other morning she remarked on how the new sun had come up as a big orange ball. It prompted this felt tip medley that I call<br />
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A scene on television prompted this next one. You are standing in the forest gazing upwards at the silver moon. The hair on the back of your neck starts to rise as you realize you are not alone. You catch the glint of a yellow eye and hear the twigs snapping in the moonlight. I call it.<br />
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This Christmas I treated myself to a new toy. A Wacom Bamboo Fun Pen and Touch. It is a white rectangular tablet with a wire sticking out one side and a pen holder where you park your stylus on the other. The stylus is shaped like a fattish pen with a couple of buttons on it that you have to be careful not to press when you are working. Pressing them at the wrong time can lead to some unexpected results.<br />
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Also getting used to the slippery surface so unlike paper or canvas is another challenge. But we humans are very adaptable creatures.<br />
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Since you can't see any of the marks you are making on the white tablet you have to use the wire to hook it up to your computer. Then you will see the marks appear on the computer screen.<br />
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It takes some hand, eye, brain co-ordination that is for sure. Fortunately one of my favorite drawing exercises is contour drawing where you don't look at the paper while drawing the outline of your subject. It is specifically designed to nurture this connection between the hand, eye and brain. <br />
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But the tablet takes you much further than simple contour drawing. The options are incredible. Pick your surface: do you want canvas or rag water color paper? Choose the degree of texture or "tooth" you want on the surface. Then decide whether you want to draw in pencil, felt tip pen, chalk, pen and ink, sgraffito or calligraphy. If you want to paint in oil, decide on palette knife or various brushes. If it's gouache or water color do you want to use dry brush technique or simple wet? There are at least ten choices and on top of that you can choose your brush size.<br />
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Remember the saying you can't mix oil and water? Well you can in this world. Throw in a little conte or gouache too while you are at it. Anything goes.<br />
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Compared to the price of art supplies these days this little device costs peanuts at a couple of hundred dollars.<br />
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Even the largest of the several tablets is small but you can zoom in to various areas and this is a real boon when you are working on something very intricate. Oh and you can flip the paper around on the screen too!<br />
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Down sides? The major one is size. When you print it out at letter size it tends to be blurry. And while it may look like an oil painting on the screen the printed version lacks that texture.<br />
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But if you are prepared for that then welcome to the virtual world. Here are some of my creations. I am still learning and it is fun to see the progress I make each day as my brain and eye co-ordination improves and my hand gets used to the slippery surface. If you compare the drawing of the fictional Rosa in one of the next posts to this first drawing I did you can see a world of difference in the confidence of the lines. <br />
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With apologies to Shell who is a very attractive woman this one is called<br />
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Seeing as how I couldn't seem to control my hand I thought I would have to eschew my usual detailed style (much maligned by a previous water color teacher when I was at Art School) and was doomed to producing abstracts for the rest of my life. But I had to admit that was more relaxing. And having every color of the rainbow at your finger tips was great.<br />
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This next one was conceived on a drive home on a beautiful winter day. The new snow was thick, white and clean. The bare trees cast a blue shadow. When I got home I couldn't stop thinking about it so I dragged out the tablet and came up with this virtual felt tip pen drawing that I call<br />
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This next one is also done using the felt tip pen. Got a long way to go before I can call myself Audubon but I guess the red is a dead giveaway that my little <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: blue;">Fence Sitter</span> is supposed to be a cardinal!<br />
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An old bird's view of Shady Grove.<br />
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Orville Reilly O'Reilly, Editor in Chief and Journalist<br />
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I must apologize for the long delay since my last communication with you loyal fans. Rose and I were vacationing at my trailer in Florida. We enjoyed ourselves so much tooling around on the little red motorcycle that Boomer sold us we just couldn't tear ourselves away. <br />
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But enough about us I am sure you are waiting to hear about the other residents of the Grove. <br />
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<strong><span style="font-size: large;">Love will find a way.</span></strong><br />
Unfortunately Boomer is still waiting for a leg donor. But he has not been dwelling on this lately. He has found a little wicker wheelbarrow and since he has been blessed with longish arms, he can touch the ground and propel himself along quite nicely. He does complain of sore knuckles, but we are working on making him some wooden blocks that will solve that problem. There are some cruel folks who have referred to him in the past as a knuckle dragger. Prophetically and sadly, this has happened. Folks should watch their tongues. Any of us could be afflicted.<br />
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He is a happy fellow these days since he has met a young lady. They have a lot in common since the young lady, name of Ethel Mermaid, has no legs either. Just shows you that even being from a different background and culture (hers is Aquaculture) does not stop these two and many others from falling in love.<br />
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All the other folk are doing well and wishing you a happy summer.<br />
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Over and out.<br />
Editor in Chief Orville Reilly O'Reillydown to earthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04676036214598474017noreply@blogger.com0