What I did this week (in my spare 5 minutes)

I had a commission peice to do, and it had been a while since I've painted in watercolor, so I did some practice peices. Many years ago, I took a short course in oriental watercolor techniques, and I have to admit its my favorite style of painting, although I don't do it much. I go through these fits and streaks. Last week it was just watercolor for me. I'm a better student than I am a teacher though,...

Audience Participation

You have to vote to see the results.I was eating a bowl of shreaded wheat and saw what looked like little teensy tiny cockroaches floating in the milk, what do you think I did?Picked them out and kept eating.Closed my eyes and pretended that they weren't there.Gagged, threw up and then threw the cereal away.Gave the bowl to Bigness claiming that I wasn't hungry anymore and told him to eat it, after all we're in the 3rd world and shouldn't waste food.Put...

Beach Walk

I took a walk last week (and haven't had the time to post the photos until now), searching for a background to incorporate into a wedding photo shoot. I like to shoot a special background for each couple to put their best portrait in a vignette.I haven't worn shoes for 6 years now and offically have "Beach Feet." Beach feet are a definite seperation between the big toe and the second toe. Its also...

Photo Friday - March 24 - Smooth

Brown eggs smooth and wet with dew water in the morning sun. Shot with a Canon EOS. This is my second choice for smooth. Shot with an old Sony Mavica through a dusty mirror.For more Photo Friday entries click HE...

Illustration Friday - March 24 - Monster

This is a detail of a larger peice which had a center panel and 2 side panels. The original was painted on silk using gutta resist, dyes and wax resist.For more entries to Illustration Friday click he...

Illustration Friday Challenge - March 17 - Feet

Tropical ToesHere's a link to Illustration Friday so you can check out the other participan...

Graduation

United Nations Baby (aka Dirt Gurl) has graduated from the cooler in the shower to the washing machine/garden hose on the verandah bathtub. She still won't take a shower. Pictured here is her babysitter scrubbing her (after a tough day of swimming and rolling in the dirt) like she's a pet pony.United Nations Baby waits patiently for Maria the taco lady so she can break the world record for taco eating...

Flippin the Bird

We're having car problems, so the Isuzu Rodeo is into the dealer for repairs, after Bigness's mechanic broke it worse than you can imagine so that it was spewing oil and great big clouds of smoke rolling out of the engine.Bigness: "I'm not taking my car back to that M'foker again, this is the last time he foks up my vehicle" He said it wasn't dangerous, that we just needed to keep an eye on the oil and add whenever necessary.... but this is from...

Second Reason Why You Should Sleep With Your Windows Shut at Night

Because when the police lady shoots a coiled island boa snake, 20 feet from your window, at 6:30 in the morning, closing the window will muffle the sound.BlamMe: what was that?Bigness: what?Me: what was that sound?Bigness: what sound?Blam... blam blamMe: That sounds like gunshots (I go over to the window)Bigness: gial get away from the window they are shooting people again!Me: (incredulous) they arent...

Dude, Yer Banana Hammock's Scarin Me

Caught on the Spycam (while minding my own business AGAIN) Sergio the feral wolly manmoth has a strange pointy thing situation going on the top of his head. The one on top of his shoulders. I thought we agreed NO BANANA HAMMOCKS on Front Street.And now I can't get this song out of MY head. "Struttin his stuff on the street, yichy gitchy yi yi yi" (Lady Marmalae).I swiped the illustration from my hero...

Black and White Photo Challenge - Wall

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