Archive for 2007
I just began scanning in a series of line drawings I've titled "The Shape of Things"
I titled them before I saw the play/movie of the same title... after seeing them it is still quite fitting I suppose since the title of most every drawing involves a He, She or They....
She does not know that she does not know.
Ink on paper, 2006.
His gravity is so great she might never escape.
Ink on paper, 2006.
The Shape of Things, 1.
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the shape of things
I titled them before I saw the play/movie of the same title... after seeing them it is still quite fitting I suppose since the title of most every drawing involves a He, She or They....
She does not know that she does not know.
Ink on paper, 2006.
His gravity is so great she might never escape.
Ink on paper, 2006.
Posting that youtube video yesterday inspired me to finally upload some of my own clips to my youtube account. I have a secret hobby of taking short video clips of street perfomers, i have about 50+ now (its easy in Boston, especially harvard square). Here is one of my favorites, taken in Venice:
Street Performers
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here's Part 3 to previous explorations of this oil and water technique... a friend at a dotcom saw my others and i whipped up these two for their offices.
I made it so they could hang vertical and/or horizontal
Not sure if the colors are really coming across in the photos, (midnight blue, offwhite, gold) I might reshoot.
"Tornado A" and "Tornado B"
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here's Part 3 to previous explorations of this oil and water technique... a friend at a dotcom saw my others and i whipped up these two for their offices.
I made it so they could hang vertical and/or horizontal
Not sure if the colors are really coming across in the photos, (midnight blue, offwhite, gold) I might reshoot.
amazing view from my hotel window, spring 2004. First one taken before heading out to see Sacre-Coeur in the morning, second taken after getting back and being harassed by bad artists trying to sketch my portrait for 30 euro outside the church. The third taken after resting up and heading out for the night, the last taken after getting back from getting lost and freaked out in the Moulin Rouge district. They turned off the church lights around midnight.
la Sacre-Coeur
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amazing view from my hotel window, spring 2004. First one taken before heading out to see Sacre-Coeur in the morning, second taken after getting back and being harassed by bad artists trying to sketch my portrait for 30 euro outside the church. The third taken after resting up and heading out for the night, the last taken after getting back from getting lost and freaked out in the Moulin Rouge district. They turned off the church lights around midnight.
well, here's the facelift; it was supposed to be shades of tan but somehow ended up purple. This time I bought the white in an oil paint (and tried to tint it tan) and a chocolate acrylic. Added some gold touches after it dried to distract myself from the fact that i ran out of chocolate so didn't acheive the bleeding of the colors as much as before.
If they don't grow on me by this weekend, i may try again. At least they still match better than the black and white did.
oil & water redux
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well, here's the facelift; it was supposed to be shades of tan but somehow ended up purple. This time I bought the white in an oil paint (and tried to tint it tan) and a chocolate acrylic. Added some gold touches after it dried to distract myself from the fact that i ran out of chocolate so didn't acheive the bleeding of the colors as much as before.
If they don't grow on me by this weekend, i may try again. At least they still match better than the black and white did.
say goodbye to these two, the black and white clashes the new apartment so i'm going to redo them in the same style but new colors. Maybe a tan and green mix.
I used black oil paint and white acrylic, using a rolling brush. I love the way they repel eachother on the canvas
its such a quick fool-proof way to decorate an apartment, mixing oil and water-based paints on canvas. The canvases were pretty cheap too, got them at a sale at Utrecht in Harvard Square
Oil and Water
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say goodbye to these two, the black and white clashes the new apartment so i'm going to redo them in the same style but new colors. Maybe a tan and green mix.
I used black oil paint and white acrylic, using a rolling brush. I love the way they repel eachother on the canvas
its such a quick fool-proof way to decorate an apartment, mixing oil and water-based paints on canvas. The canvases were pretty cheap too, got them at a sale at Utrecht in Harvard Square
if i ever have high ceilings again, i think i'll attempt to make this.
I saw a similar invention once in The Onion Cellar (a play at the Zero Arrow Theater) where they used flashlights to light up the inside of the umbrella dome as they walked down the isles. So i'm not sure if i'm imagining that there is really an umbrella that has a battery operated light inside the dome, i'll have to investigate.
I need this. So i'll stop leaving them in restaurants. Anyone know how much 4,200 yen is?
umbrellas
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if i ever have high ceilings again, i think i'll attempt to make this.
I saw a similar invention once in The Onion Cellar (a play at the Zero Arrow Theater) where they used flashlights to light up the inside of the umbrella dome as they walked down the isles. So i'm not sure if i'm imagining that there is really an umbrella that has a battery operated light inside the dome, i'll have to investigate.
I need this. So i'll stop leaving them in restaurants. Anyone know how much 4,200 yen is?
