I have an early morning so better get off here and bid you all a good evening! Just can't walk past the computer on my way to bed without checking one more time!!
Night All!
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I have an early morning so better get off here and bid you all a good evening! Just can't walk past the computer on my way to bed without checking one more time!!
Night All!
Thanks, Jan! You are incredibly helpful as always! :) I figured that this would be your kind of thing! Would you mind posting something like this on the Milkweed post? I'm asking that sheepishily, because you have already posted here.Quote:
Originally Posted by jrebel7
I am working to see if this high school student on the other thread has a bent towards painting, drawing, etc. or writing. I will be inviting her over to this thread if she does. Actually, maybe acting could also be a part of this this thread since it's an art also? Hmmmmmm?? :confused:
I know exactly what you mean about checking the computer! :eek:Quote:
Originally Posted by jrebel7
Good night and sweet dreams to you, Jan! :)
Oh, you betcha! Two things are quite plentiful where I live - milkweed and burdocks. (Hence a LOT of butterflies and hours of brushing Thunder's coat as he tends to sit in the burdocks every day!)Quote:
Originally Posted by jrebel7
Actually, Orangeville is something like the dragonfly capital of the world. It is amazing how many there are and how large they can be! Not that this has anything to do with Milkweed Pods! Hahahaha!
My sister makes angels out of milkweed pods. I must get her to do one and send a photo of it.
Jan, your leaf paintins are beautiful! I really like that idea and will probably steal it. What brand-name of acrylics do you use? Are they tubes or little bottles? Thank you, Craig for asking all the questions. Now I can steal Jan's ideas quite well! Hahaha!
Sean, I loved your most recent art! Have you ever considered doing art for computer games, advertising, animated movies, etc? You really do have a skill for it. I used to be on a computer graphics forum and these guys would have killed to be able to get art like that! Have you ever tried creating using computer graphics programs or worked with Adobe PhotoShop, Dreamweaver, Paint Shop Pro, CorelDraw, Xara, Corel Painter, ArtRage, SketchBook Pro or any other Digital Art software?
If you'd like to try some out, here is a page where you can read about them, and try some out: Art-Oriented Graphics Software. I would love to see anything you try out if you do! It's possible you aren't interested in this type of expression, but I really think you have a raw talent for it.
Hugs, Didi
That's an excellent idea, Didi! :DQuote:
Originally Posted by grammadidi
To all of my artist friends,
I am going to be gone for a few days to play a gig in Lake Geneva, Wisconsin. Will be back on here on Sunday evening.
I wish you all well, and happy sharing with one another! :)
Craig
Have a good weekend, Craig. Enjoy yourself and break a finger or two! ;) I will miss your witty, procrastinating, precise posts.
Hugs, Didi
Thank you so much, Didi! Believe-it-or-not, I already did (I think?). But, that is for later discussion. Am off to bed. Tomorrow, have to get ready to leave and maybe catch up on some email that I am really behind on. Y'all are so very kind! There is no accident why this is all taking place and that we have met each other at this juncture in our lives. I am sure of that!Quote:
Originally Posted by grammadidi
Goodnight and sweet dreams to you Christine!
p.s. Whadya mean, procrastinating posts? :mad: I will get to responding to what you just said when I get around to it... :eek:
Didi, great idea :)
I use photoshop, but have never really done much with it art wise
I have done some stuff using macromedia flash in it class I mite show you (dunno if this site supports flash files tho)
I'm not terribly great at flash movies, but I am okayish I guess, a lot of the flash stuff I did was actually just pictures with no movement/movieishness in them, just because I liked using flash to draw as opposed to other things like paint etc which suck lolz
Started carving up polystyrene with a hot wire cutter today, will take a camera to class next week so you gals/guys can get an idea of what its like
I was a bit worried at one point, because I looked across the table at one of my fellow art students, mark, who was wearing a mask and then I though... why is he wearing a mask? Maybe I should wear one
Turns out the fumes/smoke that comes of the polystyrene when the hot wire cutter disintegrates its way through the polystyrene may be somewhat poisonous!(if directtly inhaled) :0 so now I wear a mask, just to be safe (im a bit worried about the others, gosh? Don't girls have any idea of safety? Me and mark the only guys in the class, and we the only ones wearing masks! They girls also have been the only ones to cut themselves/glue there fingers together etc throughout the course of the class (its all been rather minor and the teacher takes care to warn us about stuff like that) lolz, art is bad for the environment too (the art students probably use 20% of the schools paper usage, and we probably responsible for a lot of the greenhouse emissions as we spray hair spray stuff etc to seal our works etc
But don't get all worried everyone art is much safer than you guys may think from this post lolz :)
Can't wait to see more art!
Lolz our art teacher accidentally melted part of my friend emilys sculpture! He put glue on it (the only glue that is good for the polystyrene is the glue from hot glue guns, other glues melt it, polystyrene is so weak! You can melt it with any aerosol/spray paint, with most glues, and we cut it with ease with wire cutters which work by just passing 2 volts through bit of metal wire which then just makes any polystyrene it touches disappear lolz)
(a hot knife through butter? Doesn't match up to a hot wire cutter through polystyrene)
Oops... looks like I babbled a bit and got carried away
Forgive me my long post lolz! This kind of art has got me excited lolz
Don't worry about the mask, I hotwired loads of plastic foam to no ill effect over the years. Hmm but than again I am a girl so maybe that's why I think it's OK!
I got high molarity HCl up my nose the other day, it's burny but almost nice... Ethyl ethanoate is my favourite noxious chemical smell, kind of like really strong salt and vinegar. I used to really like the smell of petrole when I was little. My charger caught on fire the other day and now I remember how rubbish burning plastic smells.
Burning smells so nice
Burny feelings are very nice in my opinion so I know what you mean temple
hehe! Weekend tomorrow! Time to go sleep (well, time to go and try to sleep, but only really achieve 3-5 hours of imitation sleep, a few hours of sleep, and then a few hours of lying in bed in the morning trying to get the energy to get up LOLZ)
I'm going to see a medical person of sum kind soon got an appointment at some time I think to work out my sleep issues
hope to see lots more art soon
next 2 days are very valuable days! So much IT work to do (all the other students in IT get to play shooting games against each other because they handed all there IT work in, I have a few late assignements to hand in, then I can inflate my ego by thoroughly kicking against a bunch of girls who have no idea how to play or who's the enemy, and getting my ego deflated by the guys showing how much better they are than me at these games)
and hopefully on the weekend I can go scrounging at harvey norman for sheets of polystyrene foam :)
Hey Sis! I use both bottles and tube, depending on what surface I am painting on and what texture I want. If I am painting on leaves, I like bottle acrylics. They are already a smooth, even consistency and you don't want to have to work the leaf too much with the brush, although they are tougher than one would think. I like Americana in the bottle but have used several others. Sometimes, one has colors the other doesn't. I have always loved Grumbacher Tube paints, oil (although I no longer paint with oils) or acrylic. The colors seem more true and pure, seems to have lots of pigment. OK now Didi, I will be watching the thread to view your leaf paintings. :) They really are a lot of fun. I think you will enjoy much! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by grammadidi
Please do post the angels made of milkweed pods!
Cal, you have had experience with lots of mediums. I am anxious to keep up with your growth as an artist and as a person. You have a jump start on so many your age but I am not sure you see that in yourself... much potential for great success!
Milkweed pod angels? Show me show me :)
Thank you jrebel, I wish I could see success in my future but its hard for me to imagine anything but failure
Oh well
Oh well... just broke up with my girlfriend then
Oh well, it was a mutual thing and was the right thing to do.
Cal, through life, most people see others talent, love for life, self-assurance and assume that they never have fears or see failure in life. We all fail. I fail in things everyday but I also excel in some areas. Please concentrate on your positive qualities and venture to your bright future. You are the only one who can make your future take shape in a positive way. So many on the thread have so much confidence in you. ;) You are a dandy!Quote:
Originally Posted by cal823
Cal, I am trying to send a PM to you but says your box is full. If you delete one I will resend.
Okay jrebel ill empty my box a little
Its empty :)
Hi there Cal! I just sent it. I had written it last night and when I couldn't send, I saved a copy to send later. I hope you receive it soon. I will stay on line for a bit.
Hey there! Are you still on line? Do you have any more art to post? I miss seeing everyone's art. I hope Didi hops on for a bit and all the others. What time is it there? It is 12:04 a.m. here in Oklahoma. It is a busy time of year.Quote:
Originally Posted by cal823
Didi, are you available for a question?
Hiya, Jan! Just caught up with this thread and private PM's. Yes, of course I am available. Going to bed soon... have a visitor from Connecticut until Monday. :)
Oh, Sean... it is so disheartening to read this post, and the next one. I am very, very sorry that you and your girlfriend broke up, but please remember that for every door that closes another one opens. It really is true - just give it time.Quote:
Originally Posted by cal823
I understand you sometimes feeling that you can't imagine anything but failure, Sean, but it is so difficult for me to see someone with a kind, caring heart like yours (not to mention your present and potential talents) could really feel this way. I wish you could see success in your future, too, because sitting here on the outside looking in I can see so many possibilities for you! Sometimes you can't see the end of your nose for looking, I say! :)
Sean, you have to reach out and grab for the stars or you will only reach the bottom branches of the trees! Don't be afraid to reach up there, hun, because even though you may not grasp onto that star, you may just reach the top of the mountain that is holding you back. I promise you, Sean, your future is not one of failure, but of wonderful things. You just have to want it bad enough to fight for it and refuse to let the down times knock you to the ground.
Every single time something horrible happens in my life (and believe me, I had a 4 or so year run where EVERYTHING was horrendous!) I just refuse to let it get me down and work harder at making someone else's life a little happier. In fact, it just might be a good idea for you to consider 2 or 3 little things that you could do to brighten someone else's day every time that you are feeling down. You would be amazed at how good that will make you feel.
You are so young, Sean, and you have a lifetime of experiences awaiting you. Without the bad we never experience the good to it's fullest. Try to find a silver lining on every one of your clouds.
Sean, if there is something specific that you need help with, please IM me if you can't express it here and I will try to help. I suspect that there is something far deeper than breaking off with your girlfriend at work here. If you want to share, I will listen and try to help, or refer you to someone else who can.
Thanks for listening, Sean. I care about you... and I only care about the truly important things in my life.
Hugs, Didi
Oh goodness! I bet I missed you. I usually am sent a notice of a post and didn't receive one so kept doing some scanning of old papers of an uncle that has passed away for a CD for my sister and brother. Don't worry about getting back with me on this tonight. Enjoy your visitor and say hello from your Oklahoma friend and we will connect later! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by grammadidi
Great advice for Sean! What a great future he has waiting for him!
Hugs back! :)
I guess you signed off before I responded, Jan, sorry. I'll try to get on tomorrow for a bit.
Oh, I have written an email to my sister for instructions and hopefully a photo of her angel milk pods. As soon as I hear back from her I will post her response.
Night, all...
Hugs, Didi
Hey, I'm in IT now
Went to see muse on Saturday!
It was sooo awesome!
Got so squished in there lolz, but I was so close to the front it was awesome :)
Glad you had a great time! It is great hearing you sound so happy! :)
Hehe thanks :)
Had an awesome time
Thank god it wasn't as stinking hot as it is today, or I would have died from dehydration/being squished lolz
I too, am glad that you sound happy, Sean! :)
What is the weather like there and the temp today?Quote:
Originally Posted by cal823
Hi, Jan! I am back. I did get your email. Thank you! :)
Glad you are back. Hope your weekend went well. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clough
It went well! Except that it is probably the last time that we will be playing at that hotel, because the management has changed, and they are really sticking it to our director concerning money matters. This is happening after the band having played at that location for 14 years. Sometimes as frequently as three times a year.
Hey there Chek!Quote:
Originally Posted by chek101
I sure have been missing your posts on this thread. I showed your bead work to my sister who is in from Tennessee. She was just blown away by it. We didn't have a lot of time so I didn't get to show her all your work but told her about it.
I had one question. You mentioned doing bead work on a loom? Are the stamps done on a loom? You remember I shared with you about my little niece who does bead work and I wanted to tell her about the looms but have no knowledge of them. We would love to have information on this subject if you have time. Please post more of your art work.
Until later then.
I am currently working with a youth on another thread whom I think would be a likely and excellent candidate for this thread. You might want to have a look. I do know that she is interested in some art stuff as well as writing, but not poetry. She is highly intelligent and also seems to be very responsible. Plays several instruments. We are discussing acting. That is something that is right up my alley. Music and acting can go hand-in-hand!
Change is inevitable I suppose. I sure hate that for you and your group though. As I always say, "Every end is a new beginning" but it would be nice if they came across with the appropriate money for the job already completed. It would give the ending to your gigs at this hotel a sweeter taste. I would think the music industry would be difficult at best, the business end of it, not the joy of performing. I know you love that.Quote:
Originally Posted by Clough
Having painted backdrops for musicals, I think you could add painting to the music and acting that go hand in hand. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Clough
I need to pop off here for a bit. When we had the wreck last week, my rib went out of place and affected my heart rhythm. Doctor got it back in place but can't sit at the computer for long periods right now or it starts to slip. I will check back later though. Glad you are back. :)
Oh, dear! Please be okay! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jrebel7
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