enough to give one pause
Sep. 10th, 2024 08:09 pmsitting here, and suddenly remembering: when I was in university, those elder students I looked up to — the ones I sought for advice and guidance and wisdom — were all under twenty-five
something I am grateful for today
Dec. 13th, 2022 07:56 pmhaving a shopping trip turn into a much nicer experience than expected: the store was nowhere near the zoo I expect in December, and I got to visit with people while dropping things off to them, and the weather was lovely, and it all ended up being a joy
Early Tree
Oct. 4th, 2020 05:22 pmMy 27th painting, Early Tree, is not part of my earlier UK series, but I do plan to return to that at some point. This one was a gift for a friend who appreciates Early Trees: oddball trees that change colour well before autumn begins, before any of the neighbouring trees do. Early Trees are a gentle, quirky delight.
I decided to share my seventeenth painting here because it has a bit of an interesting story to it.
This is based on a photo of author-slash-polymath![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
blissmorgan, a friend for a good few years now. How her picture came to be a painting happened like this:
I was looking at my acrylic paints, and I was struck by the way that all my cadmium paints -- Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Orange, and Cadmium Yellow Light -- look like nothing found in nature. It's even a challenge to blend them with other paints and mix a colour that doesn't still have a whiff of that plastic artificial feel to it. Suddenly I thought that it might be fun to try using those colours, full blast, to depict something that absolutely is natural and organic -- I felt that the tension might give the painting an interesting energy.
Didn't know what to paint, though.
So I spent a while browsing through photos, looking for inspiration... and when I came across this, it struck me that the tones in the face would lend themselves to my cadmium colours very easily. So I went for it, and ended up pretty satisfied with the result, more abstracted than what I usually do. Hoping to find an avenue for more adventurous colour again, sometime in future....
This is based on a photo of author-slash-polymath
blissmorgan, a friend for a good few years now. How her picture came to be a painting happened like this: I was looking at my acrylic paints, and I was struck by the way that all my cadmium paints -- Cadmium Red Medium, Cadmium Orange, and Cadmium Yellow Light -- look like nothing found in nature. It's even a challenge to blend them with other paints and mix a colour that doesn't still have a whiff of that plastic artificial feel to it. Suddenly I thought that it might be fun to try using those colours, full blast, to depict something that absolutely is natural and organic -- I felt that the tension might give the painting an interesting energy.
Didn't know what to paint, though.
So I spent a while browsing through photos, looking for inspiration... and when I came across this, it struck me that the tones in the face would lend themselves to my cadmium colours very easily. So I went for it, and ended up pretty satisfied with the result, more abstracted than what I usually do. Hoping to find an avenue for more adventurous colour again, sometime in future....
something I am grateful for today
Feb. 19th, 2019 04:56 pmreceiving encouraging and supportive feedback from a friend of long standing
something I am grateful for today
Jan. 21st, 2019 07:22 pma gift of food bringing a new taste experience
something I am grateful for today
Jan. 16th, 2019 07:20 pmfeedback from friends that helps give me a clearer picture of who I am
something I am grateful for today
Oct. 2nd, 2018 10:52 amForty years ago yesterday, I was on campus visiting my close friend Michael. (I had graduated in the summer but he had a year still to go.) He told me that he had made a new friend of one of the people new on campus that semester, and he really wanted me to meet them cuz he was sure we would hit it off. In fact, we all had a coffee date the following morning.
So, forty years ago today, Michael and I went to the campus coffee shop to meet this new friend. And as it turns out, he was right, we did hit it off. But I don't think any of the three of us suspected on that date that I would end up marrying that new friend.
So, forty years ago today, Michael and I went to the campus coffee shop to meet this new friend. And as it turns out, he was right, we did hit it off. But I don't think any of the three of us suspected on that date that I would end up marrying that new friend.
something I am grateful for today
Aug. 6th, 2018 09:32 amdeep conversations with friends - keeps the mind sharp and the connections strong
