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A series of acrylic and watercolor paintings that I did in just five days so that I could mail them to my daughter Mollie for her upcoming Halloween party with her fancy new emergency room nurse and doctor friends…

I think maybe Zombie Yoda will be as popular as my Christmas ninja! I call that one ‘Witch Fire”. That was going to be the spirit of a peaceful wave, but I added a tiny city poised for annihilation. You … Continue reading

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Art on art…

I am calling this self-portrait done. I mean, I am done with it, I suppose. ‘Done’ would be a stupid name for a painting. They are never really done, are they? And the rose one is coming along.

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I swear, I used to be able to do art… part 2…

Well, the gorilla and rose watercolors are coming along. As are the watercolors of me and and the one of my mother, napping in the sun. The one of my wife and I is still problematic. And I have made … Continue reading

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I swear, I used to be able to do art… part 1…

I have been using that digital image projector to do the sketching part of these paintings. Turns out that drawing the image isn’t the only hard part. Painting is hard too. Above, you see two of the pictures I am … Continue reading

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So, I got a digital art projector for Christmas… part 2… (or); Painting is hard…

I swear, I used to be good at art. But my first attempt at painting a real person- my daughter, Mollie, is not going so well. Oh yeah… lokks just like her… I know I just started, but… Well, that … Continue reading

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So, I got a digital art projector for Christmas… part 1…

So far, I have figured out the easiest way to use it is to tape my future masterpieces to the sliding door, and then sketch the image that I am projecting. I started off with a couple of watercolors. A … Continue reading

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Well, my weird carved and painted vine-covered post thingy is done, except for the varnishing part…

And I even used, aside from ancient model paints I found in my art supplies, some old watercolor paints as well…

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More progress on that weird vine-covered post wood carving project…

It is coming together. I admit it was a hot mess for a while, but I have done some more painting on one side. And then I did some outlining. And when I do this to all four sides, and … Continue reading

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And speaking about rock carving and painting, and crack squirrels… and love…

I asked my wife if we could order pizza, and then asked her to tell the pizza people to put extra little tables… those things that keep the box lid off your cheese… in the box. And she didn’t even … Continue reading

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You can be all-art-side-of-the brain and have crack squirrels living in your head, or you can have a life… but you can’t have it both ways…

Because you see a stupid rock… And you remember that rotary engraving/carving tool you got for Christmas… And you think, yeah, I know, I have a million other art projects I am working on… But it would be fun to … Continue reading

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