Processional Painting

So, I did bad and I bought myself something before x-mas but at the size and the price I couldn't do wrong so I bought myself a pair of 40X60 cm canvases.

I then found out that my dad had bought me canvases for x-mas....LOL so when I 'opened' them (they weren't wrapped since I'd found them completely by accident, I mean, come on people, they were in the back porch on the freezer...not well hidden!!) My dad said he'd really liked my orchid macro paintings I'd done, so he wanted me to paint him an orchid painting...this is it...progressional... yes I know the camera makes it yellow tinted...Its in my room and my lamp is vaguely yellowish from all the tobacco in my house. -shrugs- when its finished or during next week I'll get a day time shot of it. okay??




this is it last friday (the 26th) in sketchy form. See? big orchids. I like.



this is it sunday morning (yes I pretty much painted all saterday evening and well into sunday...what??) You will see that I've chosen not to keep the greyish blue and that I've found an awesome magenta to work with. My goal is to really make the white orchids POP off the painting. I hope it works.



this is...as of 9 minutes ago on monday night...drying. I have to wash my brushes and start on the leaves...and stems...while I wait for the bg to dry...its not actually that red, its more pinkish with bright flecks of amber/gold. It'll match my parents room, they're bedding is that colour. and the inside of the orchids will reflect the same colour...

So far, this is probably the most I've -not- worked on a painting in one sitting, big canvases suck, they take foreverz to dry.

UGH..

updates will follow.

Why I hate the holidays

An introspective perspective of Christmas, from a non-retail point of view.

Reason Number Uno;

Family. 'nuff said.

Reason Number Ducimo;

No matter what you asked for, you never get what you want. Exception Art supplies. Always ask for art supplies, cause inevitably you will need what you receive. One day. Even if its a tube of superglue...emergency band-aid people. Look that shit up.

Reason Number Triplica;

all you want to is sleep in. or sleep. or just hang out in bed. Can you? No, you're shuttled around from family members, to friends, to family to home and all you want is to be warm, comfy and half comatose.

Reason Number Quadretta;

The music. Again. 'nuff said.

Reason Number Cincolina;

HAVE YOU BEEN IN A MALL/STORE/MARKET?!? THAT alone is enough to retreat into the hills and take up life as a hermit. -cringes- I learned that Walmart pumps in pure oxygen to keep its customers more alert...I wonder what it does to the people working there... -sees mental image of walmart zombies shuffling around with tanks of pure O2 strapped to their backs-

Reason Number sexysix;

Inevitably, even if you don't celebrate x-mas, you will be wish a merry x-mas. Go fuck yourselves. Pagan. Wish me a happy solstice and MAYBE one year I'll be a little more inclined to celebrate this bastardized psuedo-holy day.

So, because Scrooge truly is the best thing about Christmas (pre the holy spirit halucinations,) Humbug everyon, BAH humbug indeed!!


Also. I am writing this because it is safer for my mentality to lock myself away then it is to be with my family. See Reason Number Uno.

Another Blond Moment, or Unrated Ratings.

Last night, while sitting down to a night of movies and crocheting with Ms. And-Then-Some, we decided to watch Hancock.

I was looking at the case and asked if it would be too violent for her young son to watch with us and she said it was unrated and then took the box from me. I nodded in agreement, it is a 'super hero' movie after all and went back to my crocheting and she goes, after looking at the case quickly.

"Yah, there is no rating on it..."

I laughed and she grimaced, but it was too late. She made one of her finest blond moments ever.

This telling is not as humourous as the moment was, but if you think about it, this conversation happened in a matter of moments...you had to be there...

this is more for me to remember that brilliant moment then anything else.

Go Ms. Ren ATS.

Artist Ideals

I've been thinking about it for a while, and I really want to get into more serious photography.

I've always enjoyed it, I've always had a fair hand and an eye for a shot, but I don't really know the technical side of it, how to properly frame an image, focus, light and shadow play.

You know. Experiment.

I don't know, shooting some models would be nice, I'd love to try doing some profiles, but omfg where to start.

good thing there are tutorials...

-shifty eyes-

just a thought.

The Penis to Thumb Ratio Theory, as discussed by Yve and Ren

This is a conversation I had tonight with Ren-andthensome,
about me finally working up the nerve to ask a supah fine man's name I've come across.

Teh Yve says:
so I was like "so, do you have a name?" and he chuckled and shook my hand.
Teh Yve says:
It was so cute
Teh Yve says:
btw
Teh Yve says:
nice hands,
Teh Yve says:
big fingers.
Teh Yve says:
-nods- yah, thats right I checked out his thumbs
Ren says:
AHHH !
Teh Yve says:
lol
Ren says:
WHAT IS IT WITH YOU AND THUMBS!@%^%$&^%
Teh Yve says:
HAHAHHAHA
Teh Yve says:
You don't about that theory women have about thumbs and penis's?
Teh Yve says:
There is two different fields of thought
Teh Yve says:
One is, that a man's thumb shape will resemble his penis
Teh Yve says:
if he has thick short thumbs, thick and short cock,
Teh Yve says:
if he's got long and thin, or thick or whatever, his junk is like that
Teh Yve says:
The other theory is that a man's erection is the length of the index finger to the base of the thumb when the hand is in the position for a hand shake.
Teh Yve says:
that would mean I would have a little penis
Teh Yve says:
good for anal
Ren says:
oh god
Teh Yve says:
=squeaky sounds=

Seriously.

Yah.

Tell me you aren't looking at your hands right now.