Monthly Archives: January 2018

Detours: A California adventure… part 15; The big detour, and where it gets crazy… and yes, that is a whale!!!

Posted on January 12, 2018 by pouringmyartout

So yes, there I was, in the early morning, heading South of California’s Highway One, knowing full well that it was blocked ahead by a massive mud slide that wiped part of the road off the map for more than … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 14; Driving South on California’s Highway One…

Posted on January 11, 2018 by pouringmyartout

We have reached the last day of my epic, three-day, detour-filled driving adventure, coming home from Christmas in the Bay Area. I had that delightful day-long stopover to visit my little cousins in Santa Cruz. I left them early in … Continue reading →

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Digital fun with one of the illustrations I did for my children’s book; The Lonely Little Wizard… part 3…

Posted on January 11, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Okay, just a few more versions of this illustration… From one of my children’s books… Oh, look, a Van Gogh version… ha! I love these digital filters.  

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Digital fun with one of the illustrations I did for my children’s book; The Lonely Little Wizard… part 2…

Posted on January 11, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Here are some ‘dark’ interpretations of the following illustration from my children’s book, The Lonely Little Wizard… As you can see, the original is a lighthearted watercolor and ink image. But I used some digital filters called names like: ‘night’, … Continue reading →

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The Washington D.C. Hillbillies… a rewritten song…

Posted on January 11, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Once upon a time there was a guy named Trump The kind of ignoramus that needs help to take a dump Had a cancelled TV show, and some failing real estate Then he tapped into a big, deep-seated vein of … Continue reading →

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Digital fun with one of the illustrations I did for my children’s book; The Lonely Little Wizard… part 1…

Posted on January 10, 2018 by pouringmyartout

I love that neon filter… Is it an optical illusion, or does the little female wizard look like a mean troll? That one looks almost like the original… which I am not even going to add to this post… but … Continue reading →

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A digital view of a San Francisco sunset…

Posted on January 10, 2018 by pouringmyartout

The ’emboss’ filter… Not an improvement on the photo I took at Christmas time, but it does look cool. The ‘neon’ filter is interesting. I forget what that filter is called, but I like the way that only the Golden … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 13; Goodbye, Santa Cruz, the end of the second day…

Posted on January 10, 2018 by pouringmyartout

My cousins and I had so much fun at the tide pools on my first night in Santa Cruz, that we decided to visit the beach again. We had to park at the top of some bluffs… or cliffs… That … Continue reading →

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Detours: A California adventure… part 12; The halfway point…

Posted on January 9, 2018 by pouringmyartout

This post takes us to the end of my morning adventure with my big cousin and my two little cousins, to that little farm on the coast near Santa Cruz, in Northern California. After this morning of fun, we went … Continue reading →

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More fun with filters and a San Francisco sunset…

Posted on January 9, 2018 by pouringmyartout

Here are a few simple digital filters, used with this photo… I took that photo on my recent trip to the Bay Area for Christmas. I am a big fan of this easy-to-do form of digital art. You never know … Continue reading →

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