This is a reposting of the December Learned List, one that was still in draft form; the final version disappeared in The Great Website Splat. Photos accompanying our monthly Learned List are very random this month, sprinkled in to prevent this from looking daunting and TLDR. 2. COL might actually stand for “chuckle out loud”, […]
Four Assorted Boxing Day Thoughts
2. After the Yellow Tunnel oil painting dries again, I will put the finishing touches on it. I can print and write more neatly, sometimes it is just unimportant, such as when I am slamming out the notes as fast as they pop into my mind. 3. This is the best article and idea I […]
Christmas
Blessing on you and all whom you love.
Three Assorted Christmas Eve Thoughts
Today we continue the assorted thoughts, all unrelated to one another and unrelated to Christmas Eve. Then I painted the edges. That’s enough. I am guessing most of my blog readers have other things to do on Christmas Eve than read assorted and sundry thoughts from an artist’s rambling and active mind. Yes, calendars and […]
Five Assorted Christmas Adam Thoughts
“Christmas Adam”? Yep. Adam came before Eve. Today will be a peek into the variety of tasks required so far this week to maintain the business of self-employed artist. 2. The host of my website and blog billed me an enormous sum of $$$, an upgrade to Professional Hosting. Because I use DuckDuckGo, I couldn’t […]
Nine Things Learned in November
November means the end of colored leaves. The promise of spring in a few months will keep me from descending into the Slough of Despondence, as will the fun of learning new things, completing commissions, working on a mural, and resuming drawing lessons in January. 1. There is lots of disrespect on the road when […]
An honest look at an artist’s life
Buckle up, settle back, get comfortable, because here is a Very Long Post. It is not a complaint; it is a hard look at reality. On the surface, it seems that the life of an artist is all glamour and glory and unlimited creativity. Maybe that is true for some artists, but I don’t know […]
And One More Walking in Visalia* Post
This is an enormous empty lot in Visalia, and I took the photo because I am astonished that it is green! It rained in September and October, something that doesn’t always happen around here. See those enormous trees in the distance? Valley oaks, quercus lobata, the largest oaks in the country (or the world? I […]
Learned in October—or more accurately, Eight Messes
2. I am a mess in my bookkeeping. Why do I not know if I got a refund or not for all those refrigerators? Ugh. I’d rather draw or paint or teach people to draw than fiddle with numbers, paperwork, phone trees, and records. 3. Phone calls are a mess. For many years after Kodak […]
Thinking Aloud About Old Notecards
I’ve been getting my art printed on notecards since 1987. In the olden days, a package consisted of 2 each of 5 designs. In the olden days, people communicated on cards and mailed them with a stamp rather than talking into a little machine and tapping something. This meant that I had 1000s of cards […]