- Women in Art Video -

I stumbled onto this video today and wanted to share it with you.............

- How They Used to Do It -

I sent away for a sample of Dover Electronic Clip Art and wanted to share a sample of it with you. These are very old designs, some of which I recognize from Racinet's "History of Ornament", published in the 1800's. So some of these are real Antiquities.
You can visit the Dover website by clicking HERE. There were 660 designs in the book and accompanying CD in several file formats. The Tiff files are in 600 dpi resolution, high enough for any project. The price was also reasonable at $14.95 plus shipping. .......(Please click on image to see a larger one)

- Sketch of a Girl Sitting on a Rock -

A friend needed a drawing to go onto a brochure for a women's retreat and this is what I came up with. I used Corel Painter IX, using the flat drawing pencil tool.........(Please click on image to see a larger one)

Plein Air in an Over the Top Frame -

I'm not sure about the date on this one but I painted it at Laguna Beach (California). I bought this antique frame and it was missing a lot of the ornament, so I rebuilt it and re guilded it. It could be considered to be a little detracting, but I really liked the frame. It sold several years ago. The painting has a happy memory since I painted it with a couple of artist's that I used to hang around with, and we had a great day of painting, looking at art, and, of course, eating at Laguna's wonderful restaurants. Good times..............

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- A BLOGGING NIGHTMARE! -

About an hour ago I was trying to put some Yahoo ads on my blog and my whole blog suddenly disappeared. Everything was gone, except for the Yahoo ad. I would rather use Google Ads, but they cancelled my account a year ago and said that I was using artificial means for getting traffic. At the time I was advertising my site on several other sites, so I was getting lots of hits. Anyway once Google cancels you, I guess it's for life. Maybe there is a Supreme Google Court where I can plead my case.....
I was able to get my blog back by going to Googles Beta Blogger and picking a new scheme......and magically everything came back, except for a lot of custom code that I didn't back-up, so the blog will be in a state of flux for awhile until I restore everything.......and maybe I can even put my Yahoo ads back on............(hmmmmm)

- The Last Candlelight Sketch, For Now -

This is the same model in another 20 minute sketch by candlelight. It's always a shock to the system when they turn on the lights again.............(Please click on image to see a larger one)

- Another Candlelight Drawing -

Here's another in the 'Drawing in the Dark' series, done by candlelight. This one was a 20 minute pose and the paper size is about 16 x 20 inches. Again, the only light source was the candles and we were drawing in almost total darkness. It's amazing what the eye can see under these conditions ........(Please click on image to see a larger one)