Category Archives: Stories of my life

The me tiki… part 7…

Posted on March 5, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Oh heck yeah… the tiki is really starting to look like me… I used a black marker to color in the shades, and a thin Sharpie marker to make the mustache, goatee and eyebrows look more real. Don’t get me … Continue reading →

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I Like You… part 4…

Posted on March 4, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Okay, I have been promising that I would type up and post the text for my new book for children that I am working on the illustrations for. Don’t get too excited. In the first place, most people despise poetry. … Continue reading →

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The me tiki… part 5…

Posted on March 3, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I am still hacking away at that piece of wood… trying to make it look like me… Making some more cross cuts… hoping I don’t cut too deep and end up having to slice the tip on my nose off … Continue reading →

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I Like You… part 3…

Posted on March 2, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I am making progress on the book for children that  I am writing and illustrating… It is called ‘I Like You’… hence the clever titles for this series of posts… I have managed to take this photo of my shoe… … Continue reading →

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The me tiki… part 4…

Posted on March 1, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Oh yeah, that tiki that I am carving… the one that is supposed to end up looking like my gravatar image… is coming along. I still have a lot of work to do, but I think this might actually work. … Continue reading →

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Sexy chicken…

Posted on March 1, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Seriously… what is going on with that chicken? I was busy yesterday, so I decided to cheat and pick up a rotisserie chicken at the store instead of cooking. When I pulled it out of the bag, it was all … Continue reading →

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Uh… I am so busy carving my ‘me tiki’ and working on the art for my new book for children, that I don’t have time to post any pictures of how they are coming along…

Posted on February 28, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Also, my family makes me do stuff on weekends… so… yeah…

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Gardening gloves are not the same as oven mitts… just so you know… owww…

Posted on February 27, 2016 by pouringmyartout

I was out in the garden, you know, in between carving my ‘me tiki’ and working on the art for the new children’s book… and I was baking an apple in the oven for my daughter Mollie, who was ignoring … Continue reading →

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The me tiki… part 2…

Posted on February 27, 2016 by pouringmyartout

Okay, I am still working on the tiki that is going to look exactly like that picture of me that is my gravatar… me in the cool shades… I am also trying to work on my disappointment that on the … Continue reading →

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I Like You… part 1…

Posted on February 26, 2016 by pouringmyartout

So, this time, instead of painting the illustrations for my new book for kids, I thought I would take actual photographs, and then paint over them in Photoshop… So, hopefully, that explains why I showed you this picture I took … Continue reading →

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