Apr 1, 2019 | Art Supplies, The Blogger
This is a great video that gives a high level overview of many different brands of watercolor. It’s a personal choice, though, and I do have a different top three because I’m not that fond of Daniel Smith watercolors.
I really like the honey based watercolors and I even add *more* honey to them so they’re even more wet and the colors separate a little bit better after they’re down on the paper. I have a small half pan of honey in all my travel kits, in fact. Certainly, that’s not for everyone. I can use M. Graham paints in a very controlled fashion as well surreal and more loose. My newest love affair with one of the Fletcher palette (download the Fletcher book here) known as Y-B-RV. In fact, I limit myself to just three colors:
Naphthol Red (particularly staining, btw)
In addition to the honey, I also have a small amount of these two to work with just to make the color intensity move up and down easier (mostly, I go down in value):
I like to follow a pseudo glazing technique akin to the methods used by the old masters in their Oil Paintings. So, my colors go down on the paper in a very wet manner with very little pigmentation for each layer and I build it up slowly. Sometimes, I even add clear gesso so I can capture the light from the side of the painting and make it seem to breathe.
PS: I’m blogging along with Effy Wild in April. If you’d like to join the facebook group to read the rules, go here:
Jul 15, 2017 | Poetry I Like
The Black Fox (Hunting the Devil)
As we were out a-hunting One morning in the Spring,
Both the hounds and the horses running well made the hills and valleys ring.
But to our great misfortune No fox there could be found
The huntsmen cursed and swore, but still No fox moved over the ground.
Then up spoke our master huntsman, At the head of hounds rode he,
“Well lo we have ridden for a full three hours But no fox have we seen”
“And there his scents did lead me And I shall have my chase
And if only the Devil himself come by I’d run him such a race”.
Then up there sprang like lightning A fox from out his hole
His fur was the colour of a starless night His eyes like burning coal.
And we chased him over the valley and we chased him over the field.
And we chased him down to the river bank but never would he yield.
And he’s jumped into the water And he’s swum to the other side.
And he’s laughed aloud at the green woodchuck and he’s turned to the huntsmen and cried:
“Ride on!, ye gallant huntsmen. When must I come again?
If ever you shall want for a fox to chase all over the plain
And when your need is greatest Just call on my name
And I will come, and you shall have The best of a sporting game.”
And the men looked up in wonder and the hounds ran back to hide,
For the fox had changed to the Devil himself as he stood at the other side.
Then the men, the hounds, and the horses went flying back to town
And hard on their heels was the devil himself, laughing as he ran.
“Ride on!, ye gallant huntsmen. When must I come again?
Whenever you shall want for a fox to chase all over the plain
And when your need is greatest Just call on my name
And I will come, and you shall have The best of a sporting game.”
Jul 4, 2017 | Canon Digital Rebel, The Blogger
Well. This was a bit of a pain in the tukus. Turns out, there’s no actual drivers for this camera specifically made for Win8. Probably not for Win10, either. However. There is a setting on the camera that you can change and it’ll let you use it once again.
Turn the camera on, and go to the menu.
On the 4th menu tab select the “Communications” entry and change it from NORMAL to PTP
Plug the camera back into the laptop, wait 30 seconds, and enjoy your camera again
