The Oily Rag...................Come and Chat February 2012

[!becca]

Hi Sandra, I feel good knowing the cattle we help raise here really have a good life...but pigs and chickens don't usually have it so well.:( I always feel bad when I see big stock trialers on trucks...:(


I just finished importing about 18,000 photo files from one organizer to my adobe organizer...now I cans see the raw image pics.:D

Night again, Nancy!:heart: :grouphug:

[lovin art]

Hey Nance , we all have soap boxes :heart: :D and your allowed on yours too:thumbsup: .... I even have a tea chest it was my mothers :D... I fully understand what farm life is all about my kids use to visit Michaels parents farm a huge cattle farm over here , lets just say these people had lots of farms big money business over here ....Ive even when I was younger branded and cut their you know whats off the small calf's:eek: I had forgoten all those days :(

[lovin art]

Hi Sandra, I feel good knowing the cattle we help raise here really have a good life...but pigs and chickens don't usually have it so well.:( I always feel bad when I see big stock trialers on trucks...:(


I just finished importing about 18,000 photo files from one organizer to my adobe organizer...now I cans see the raw image pics.:D

Night again, Nancy!:heart: :grouphug:

Hey Beccs:heart: , of course I agree very much :thumbsup: ... I just couldnt handle looking at it it made me feel sad Like you said :grouphug:

[!becca]

Sandra, you were a real cowgirl...I don't think they brand much anymore around here...but they do cut the you know what's off.:eek:

[!becca]

Marcia, i started watching your video...but I am tiring out for the night...will watch when I am don't have an early morning appt.

Sandra, I wish we could have enough influence to change how it is all done...


Night to you all, will see you tomorrow!(leapday :D):heart:

[!becca]

Good morning, Everyone! :D and happy leap day to you!:heart:


I have an appointment coming up again this morning..any luck it will be the last for a little while.

[!becca]

Something for your day (http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/leap-day-its-a-free-day-use-it-wisely/2012/02/28/gIQAbAmAhR_graphic.html) :D

[CareyG]

Becca, yay for your new fishy!! :D

[sidbledsoe]

homie here is also better than justin bieber!
http://www.dogwork.com/pkdo8/

[sidbledsoe]

this is a delayed reaction but i meant to tell you (becca) that i had a 1969
yellow, opel kadett 40 yrs ago!

[mtpalms]

:wave: Good Morning Oilies!!!

Becca, I love your new fishy, good luck with it!

Sid, the Dawg Musician was too cute!

...
There are incredibly more people alive now to feed than it was back then when I was a child. Sometimes when I think about it the whole thing just stuns me. But there should be kinder ways to feed a population than making animals suffer terribly before death.

Off my soapbox; back to bed...

Not only are there so many more mouths to feed (and ironically people starving in this country of overabundance), but we as a society are encouraged to eat far more meat than we need to (although a vegetarian would say that any meat is too much), I believe I have read a study or 2 that says people really only need a meal with meat 2 or 3 times a week, and then iin about half the amount we are used to. And probably eat twice a many fruits and veggies as we do in the least processed form possible. Food for thought.

I'm a 'foodie', love to cook and try different dishes from different cultures, and won't turn my nose up at a plate of Mac n' Cheese (except maybe the boxed stuff or Sizzler's - that's just gross), but everything in moderation for most people and otherwise if it's contra indicated for some physical conditions.

Wow! Nice view from the soapbox!;)
And thanks, Marcia, for the extra tips! You're terrific!

Goodnight, Becca and Marcia! I hope...:o

Well I hope they are helpful, and I personally use a long straight edge, especially for strings. They are just too close together to even try with a mahlstick, and basically straight, if not quite parallel with each other, especially when finger pressure is applied.

You have inspired me to get back to some guitar paintings I started a while back and finish them! :music: :heart: :music:

Not a painting day, Wed usually isn't, but I will get a lot of little chores done today so tomorrow will be!

[mtpalms]

this is a delayed reaction but i meant to tell you (becca) that i had a 1969
yellow, opel kadett 40 yrs ago!

I dated a guy in high school who drove a white 60s era Opel station wagon - bet yours was one of those sporty ones. The engine really sounded like a sewing machine. With the exception of a few VW beetles, we certainly weren't used to anything that wasn't from Detroit, living in Nebraska in the late 70s. :)

[!becca]

homie here is also better than justin bieber!
http://www.dogwork.com/pkdo8/
:thumbsup: :D Toby is learning to sing too.:cat:

[!becca]

this is a delayed reaction but i meant to tell you (becca) that i had a 1969
yellow, opel kadett 40 yrs ago!
Mine was the Manta luxus..:D It was maroon.

[!becca]

Carey and Marcia, thank you, little fishy with no name has finally been fed now.:D

[Improv]

I'll say morning, because it's not a good morning. We got a surprise dump of 2" of snow! :crying:

Now I have to go out a shake the snow off of the baby laurel bushes! :rolleyes:

L8R!

[!becca]

Doug, consider yourself lucky....I heard the sierras had 5 feet of snow...where would you go with all of that!:eek:

[mtpalms]

Mine was the Manta luxus..:D It was maroon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YKVTWds0eUc


My German is weak, but Eigen has a sporty new car: powerful, corners well, etc, sure to impress his Lovely, -love the pink roses on the seat, eh Becca? :heart: VroOM! VROooooM!


....Plus room in the back for 2 adults and a small boy. Poor Eigen. :(

[CareyG]

We got a surprise dump of 2" of snow!
:eek: Ohhhh GOOD MORNING!! :D :D :D

Marcia, that is really interesting about that study. I guess everyone has their own ideas about nutrition and I really can't figure who is right and who is not right--I guess everyone probably is right, it just depends on who you are. :D

My honest question is, if we're not "supposed" to eat meat, then what *are* we supposed to fill our bodies with? Obviously fruit and veggies are a main choice--but honestly, there is no way in the world I could eat enough fruit and veggies to satisfy my body...that leaves a heck of a lot of carbs to take up the slack, doesn't it? (Which, admittedly, is what I often end up doing, but for many many people, carbs are really terrible for them.)

I think eating is really tough and not ever as cut-and-dried as these people would have you believe.

[!becca]

Marcia.:lol: really did look like that...no roses...I think it would cruise fairly fast, but I would have preferred the Comet.:D

[CareyG]

Becca, I am glad your fishie has been fed. :D

Bubbles is still much preferring the freeze-dried worms and doesn't want to touch his normal pellets. He is going to be a fat little fish! :eek:

[!becca]

Carey, I am in the camp that feels meat is essential...just thought I would say.

[!becca]

My little fish is so feisty..I fed him but he didn't seem to notice, guess he will eat when he is hungry..no worms, just pellets.:D

[Improv]

Doug, consider yourself lucky....I heard the sierras had 5 feet of snow...where would you go with all of that!:eek:

LUCKY!!! :lol::lol::lol:


Where would I go? Hawaii-for 6 months!!:thumbsup:

[!becca]

Where would I go? Hawaii-for 6 months!!:lol:

[!becca]

It is supposed to be 70F here tomorrow...pretty warm for this season.

[Improv]

:eek: Ohhhh GOOD MORNING!! :D :D :D

My honest question is, if we're not "supposed" to eat meat, then what *are* we supposed to fill our bodies with?

Humans are Omnivores, which means we eat durn near everything-plants, animals, rocks...ok, not rocks!

Tigers are Carnivores, or meat eaters. Deer are herbivores. etc

The fact that humans are omnivoires is a large part of why the human race has survived and prospered for so long. At least until know.

However, a balanced diet is a healthy diet-unless of course the meat is jacked up with steroids, the fish has mercury in it and the vegetables have some disease of the week! :rolleyes:

[Improv]

It is supposed to be 70F here tomorrow...pretty warm for this season.

That's right, boast,boast, boast! :p I'll forgive ya if you send about 20 F our way. Deal? :lol::lol::lol:

[!becca]

Deal!:thumbsup:

[Improv]

It is supposed to be 70F here tomorrow...pretty warm for this season.

BTW-I heard on the weather channel that Kansas had some 'funnels' ?
(Almost tornados?) Seriously...

[Improv]

Deal!:thumbsup:

:cool::cool::cool:

[!becca]

However, a balanced diet is a healthy diet-unless of course the meat is jacked up with steroids, the fish has mercury in it and the vegetables have some disease of the week! Not just steroids..but other pharmacological as well...like antibiotics..but there are small markets where consumers can choose not to have this in their food...if enough people demand it, the industry will follow.

[!becca]

BTW-I heard on the weather channel that Kansas had some 'funnels' ?
(Almost tornados?) Seriously...Yes, the closest on the ground to me was 50 miles away, but we had some serious wind and wouldn't be surprised to know there might have been rotation aloft.

[Improv]

.but there are small markets where consumers can choose not to have this in their food...if enough people demand it, the industry will follow.

Let's hope so. All they need is proper regulation as to food standards. If they say beef is organic, it has to mean something.

In a way, it's funny, people like my grandfather (who had a cattle ranch in Alberta) were organic and didn't even know it! Free range cattle, no pesticides on the fruit and veg, etc.

[Improv]

there might have been rotation aloft.

Careful, Becca, talk like that and Sid's gonna get real excited! :lol::lol::lol::p

Hello, Sid? Maybe he's hiding from Sandra?!?:eek:

[!becca]

All they need is proper regulation as to food standards. unfortunately lobbyists make a mess of this.

[!becca]

Careful, Becca, talk like that and Sid's gonna get real excited! :lol::lol::lol::p

Hello, Sid? Maybe he's hiding from Sandra?!?:eek:
I could say something here...but I won't.:D

[Improv]

I could say something here...but I won't.:D

I know, I know! I'm tryin' so hard to keep my mouth shut that I'm using velcro! (So far it's working! :crossfingers: )

[!becca]

I know, I know! I'm tryin' so hard to keep my mouth shut that I'm using velcro! (So far it's working! :crossfingers: )
Velcro isn't that dependable..duct tape!:thumbsup:

[Improv]

Velcro isn't that dependable..duct tape!:thumbsup:

Don't you mean Dougt tape? <groan>

If humans use duck tape, what do ducks use? :confused::confused:

[!becca]

Don't you mean Dougt tape? <groan>:lol: You weren't here to hear my rant about the state fair duct tape contest...1st prize is $1000...fine art, first prize is $500. :confused: same difference applies to the texting comp...$1000 first place...:(

[mtpalms]

Nancy, I just finished watching the video about coconut oil. Thank you so much!

[sidbledsoe]

what schitzo converstations going on here!

[!becca]

That reminds me...Doug, how did you like the portrait webinar?

[!becca]

what schitzo converstations going on here!
Thank you for asking.:D I lost track several posts back.:o

[Improv]

:lol: You weren't here to hear my rant about the state fair duct tape contest...1st prize is $1000...fine art, first prize is $500. :confused: same difference applies to the texting comp...$1000 first place...:(

The picture is coming into focus! :thumbsup:

[Improv]

what schitzo converstations going on here!


Something about a mad Ozzie lass chasing you with coconut oil and duct tape...

Interesting that you knew the conversation was schizo - how did you know, HMMM??? :lol::p

[Improv]

That reminds me...Doug, how did you like the portrait webinar?

Quite good ideas that she brought up. However I really wish people wouldn't do webinars by TOTALLY using Poweerpoint slides...zzzzzzz

Wish you could have seen it.

Maybe later! :crossfingers:

[Improv]

BTW, Becca-I see on the news that some houses in Kansas were hit by a twister. I had the sound down on the tv and they didn't print the name of the town on screen; so I have no idea where it was.

[Improv]

Thank you for asking.:D I lost track several posts back.:o

Gambling with purple peanut butter and chanting Tibetan good luck poems won't help, ya know! :rolleyes:

[!becca]

The town hit with the twister was in either eastern or northern Kansas and i am not familiar with it...

I hope I get a chance to see the webinar too.:)

[!becca]

:eek: someone just called me wanting my debit card account information...:confused:...like I would just offer that to them.

[Improv]

:eek: someone just called me wanting my debit card account information...:confused:...like I would just offer that to them.


Did you ask them why?

[!becca]

No, I didn't want to pursue the conversation, simply told them no way I would offer them that info.

[NancyMP]

Hi, Oily Peeps!

I got a recipe for purple peanut butter; all you add is grape jam.:D

Marcia,:heart: whilst I was perusing your website I looked at your WIPs, and wanted to ask if you always start with a grisaille?

I'm having a cheese and tomato sandwich for lunch. I really don't pay that much attention to whether I eat meat or not, but here's an odd thing that came to my attention:

A friend of mine with big boobs was surmising that she had them because of the hormones they put in chicken feed. Says she used to be a lot smaller, but in the past twenty or so years, they have been adding all kinds of weird things to edible animal flesh!

Becca,:heart: I used to drive my brother's Austin Healy before I owned a car. That was ever so much fun!

Doug, we could use some of your snow down here. It is very warm outside, and sunny. We're supposed to get up to 68F today and 78 tomorrow! Still dry as a bone, too.

It looks like Branson, MO got hit by either a small twister or a hard straight wind. It is only a short way from Joplin where that disastrous tornado hit last year. We still have volunteers from Tulsa and OKC going up to Joplin to help rebuild.

Sid, I never can catch up with the Oily Rag. It takes me longer to review all the posts since I was last on it, than it takes me to write a reply... and since I'm a slow typist, that's saying something!

[!becca]

Nancy, cheese, eggs, fish...same as meat..they are animal products.:)


Becca, I used to drive my brother's Austin Healy before I owned a car. That was ever so much fun!:cool: what fun...the opal was mine..selection my dad's.:)

[Improv]

Hi, Oily Peeps!

I got a recipe for purple peanut butter; all you add is grape jam.:D



Oh good-another schizo! :clap:


Becca,:heart: I used to drive my brother's Austin Healy before I owned a car. That was ever so much fun!

I used to work with a guy that has had an AH since around 1970. He still has it. Immaculate condition in light blue metallic. Fully AH, not a Sprite.


Doug, we could use some of your snow down here. It is very warm outside, and sunny. We're supposed to get up to 68F today and 78 tomorrow! Still dry as a bone, too.

We always want the weather that we don't have! :)

[mtpalms]

Marcia,:heart: whilst I was perusing your website I looked at your WIPs, and wanted to ask if you always start with a grisaille?
It depends on the painting - small ones 8 X 10 and down are alla prima, as are landscapes. Things that require precision, like still lifes and guitars, I usually start with an umber underpainting, make corrections with white and umber if necessary, then move on to color. Gosh, I really need to update my site! I finished the mandolin and violinist in December.:o

Anyway, this one, after much debate (to color, or not to color?), is in it's finished state even though it's still sepia toned.
http://geigarts.com/Geig_Site/Works_in_Progress_files/0043wc50k-filtered.jpg
This one I remember foregoing the underpainting stage, and blocking it in color, because I was so excited about it!
http://geigarts.com/Geig_Site/Guitar_Series_files/035redjag48k.jpg

So I guess I am mostly consistent.:rolleyes:

I'm having a cheese and tomato sandwich for lunch. I really don't pay that much attention to whether I eat meat or not, but here's an odd thing that came to my attention:

A friend of mine with big boobs was surmising that she had them because of the hormones they put in chicken feed. Says she used to be a lot smaller, but in the past twenty or so years, they have been adding all kinds of weird things to edible animal flesh!


It's hormones all right, but not from what she's eating!:lol:

My metabolism seemed to crash around 32 - before that, I was very active and could eat like a horse and weighed between 115 and 125 lbs (I'm 5'8"). Then I started gaining weight, even though my activity level was the same, so I started cutting back on my diet. At 49, I am probably over 150 lbs, and eat a fraction of what I used to. Somewhere in between there I also got shoved into a sedentary lifestyle (ie, retail, then an office job), and I am still nowhere close to being as active as I'd like to be. I'm pretty sure that's fairly normal for almost everybody. I know a few people who remain skinny and fit their entire lives, but not many. (and I went from a C cup to a DD)

Tell me, does she have any opinion on chemtrails?:cool:
(I have an otherwise sane, clearheaded friend who is obsessed with them.)

I can't keep up here either. In fact I have to step out now and won't be home until evening. :wave:

[mtpalms]

Oh good-another schizo! :clap:


I'm thinking ADHD here and-

Oh hey! Lets go ride bikes!!!!

[!becca]

I used to work with a guy that has had an AH since around 1970. He still has it. Immaculate condition in light blue metallic. Fully AH, not a Sprite.it is wise to keep some things.:D

[!becca]

I'm pretty sure that's fairly normal for almost everybody. I know a few people who remain skinny and fit their entire lives, but not many.I am not certain why but there are a lot of people around here very fit and bright in their 90s...the younger generations aren't fairing as well..so I suppose lifestyle has something to do with it...and I am hoping the water.:D

[Improv]

I'm thinking ADHD here and-

Oh hey! Lets go ride bikes!!!!

Sorry what?

Sorry what?

Sorry what?

[!becca]

There is research into hormones in our food resulting in early puberty so it can have an impact.;)

[!becca]

Gambling with purple peanut butter and chanting Tibetan good luck poems won't help, ya know! :rolleyes:
Will too!:D

[NancyMP]

Marcia, the one with your bf looks like enough color; it sets a great thoughtful mood with the softer contrast of warms and cools within its own color range.

And your work on the second one knocks my socks off! Very vibrant; I can almost hear the music!

[mtpalms]

I am not certain why but there are a lot of people around here very fit and bright in their 90s...the younger generations aren't fairing as well..so I suppose lifestyle has something to do with it...and I am hoping the water.:D
It could be survival of the fittest; those 90 year olds are the only ones left of their generation. I think it's mostly genetics and a lot of luck. Taking the best care of yourself that you can just makes the rest more bearable.

Speaking of bikes, I want to get mine in for a tune up and new tires - it has been sitting for too many years. Wish there were more places to ride it were I live. (Mostly washboard roads and 1 paved road with no shoulder.)

Okay, gotta go, I mean it this time.

[mtpalms]

Marcia, the one with your bf looks like enough color; it sets a great thoughtful mood with the softer contrast of warms and cools within its own color range.

And your work on the second one knocks my socks off! Very vibrant; I can almost hear the music!

Me agian, not keeping up...

Thanks Nancy. I did a lot of informal polling about the BF, artists and non artists alike and most of them said to leave it as it is. (I think bf would like me to iron out a few wrinkles, lol)

There is research into hormones in our food resulting in early puberty so it can have an impact.
I am not disagreeing at all, but it's like climate change - so hard to tell what's normal and what's causing lasting change.

:wave:

[lovin art]

It seems Im getting to be Less and Less on here everyday ... saying Hiya to you all , hope you all have a great day painting or whatever it is your all doing ...:heart: :D

Love Alex

[!becca]

It could be survival of the fittest; those 90 year olds are the only ones left of their generation. I think it's mostly genetics and a lot of luck. Taking the best care of yourself that you can just makes the rest more bearable.Not at all...the percentage of them from that generation is too high.

[!becca]

I am not disagreeing at all, but it's like climate change - so hard to tell what's normal and what's causing lasting change.Kind of true...some measurements can be taken..and duplicated in the lab.

[!becca]

It seems Im getting to be Less and Less on here everyday ... saying Hiya to you all , hope you all have a great day painting or whatever it is your all doing ...:heart: :D

Love Alex
Sandra, don't fade away! WE need you!!!:heart: :grouphug:

[Improv]

It seems Im getting to be Less and Less on here everyday ... saying Hiya to you all , hope you all have a great day painting or whatever it is your all doing ...:heart: :D

Love Alex


And hello to you Miss Sandy! :wave:

Want some snow? Only used this morning for 5 hours! :p

[Improv]

Speaking of bikes, I want to get mine in for a tune up and new tires - it has been sitting for too many years. Wish there were more places to ride it were I live. (Mostly washboard roads and 1 paved road with no shoulder.)

Okay, gotta go, I mean it this time.

That's where a mountain bike is good-you can ride almost anywhere. And the shocks are a great feature too! :)

[!becca]

First thing I discovered out here is it is impossible to ride on these sandy side roads and on the pavement you are sure to get a flat or run over by a semi...still I live on a cross country bike path...have even had bikers camp in my yard.:)

[NancyMP]

Me agian, not keeping up...

Thanks Nancy. I did a lot of informal polling about the BF, artists and non artists alike and most of them said to leave it as it is. (I think bf would like me to iron out a few wrinkles, lol!) :wave:

Marcia, tell the BF he wouldn't look nearly so handsome without the wrinkles, and you're not a plastic surgeon.

...and if he looked like a smooth-faced boy, nobody would ever take him seriously. We women know what that's like!:eek:

I've always hated riding bikes. Love running, walking or swimming!

Everything is too wet for me to finish on the guitar man, so I'm putting out a new palette for Lexie. It took me TWO days to get the frets and strings right ... and they still don't look as good as yours!

[!becca]

Nancy, i am looking forward to your lexie painting.:D

[NancyMP]

For us animal lovers, this is such a lovely, loving, fine video (http://www.dogwork.com/ddsff4/)!

It will take me a day or two to really get into the Lexie painting, Becca!:heart:

[lovin art]

Me too Beccs:heart: :D , Im looking very forward to it Nance .... :heart: :heart: :grouphug: :heart: :heart:

Hi Dougie ,:wave: yeah send the snow Please ..but I will say we have some here to down south way ....my sis lives in the snowy hills here:) :thumbsup:

[CareyG]

-you can ride almost anywhere.
You haven't seen my road. :eek:

Marcia, those are both so lovely to see! :D

[lovin art]

Sandra, don't fade away! WE need you!!!:heart: :grouphug:

Sorry darlin just saw this ... your a doll :heart: :o

[!becca]

Nancy, that is a sweet video:heart:...know what you mean about the time to get into the Lexie painting...that is why I am really not painting this week.:rolleyes:

[!becca]

Hi, Carey!:heart:
Marcia, those are both so lovely to see!I missed these altogether...

Hi Sandra, glad you are back.:heart:

[lovin art]

Well I am for now Beccs :heart: ,but Im heading to the art store need to get some incrementals ~stuff !... more wierd me talk :D

[!becca]

need to get some incrementals ~stuff !... more wierd me talk :heart: :D what kind of incremenentals.?
Well show us when you get back.:)

[lovin art]

:heart: :D what kind of incremenentals.?
Well show us when you get back.:)

I will chica for sure ... :heart: :D :wave:

[Improv]

Me too Beccs:heart: :D , Im looking very forward to it Nance .... :heart: :heart: :grouphug: :heart: :heart:

Hi Dougie ,:wave: yeah send the snow Please ..but I will say we have some here to down south way ....my sis lives in the snowy hills here:) :thumbsup: I'll send a ton of snow, but just in case you and lexie get tired of it, I'll send some strawberry syrop so that you can make sno-cones! Cheers

[Improv]

Well I am for now Beccs :heart: ,but Im heading to the art store need to get some incrementals ~stuff !... more wierd me talk :D Let me guess. Incrementals=small bits and bobs?

[NancyMP]

Time to quit painting. Paint all over me, my chair, my jeans. I need some clean-up and some dinner. This precious toddler is such a joy to paint!

[!becca]

Nancy, can you show us your Lexie painting? Bet it is sweet!:heart:

[NancyMP]

Becca, I've barely started it, but you can have a peek! :)Everybody else, close your eyes tight!:evil:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/29-Feb-2012/203830-Lexie_3.jpg

[!becca]

OH, Nancy! How sweet!! those eyes.:heart: :D

[lovin art]

Gosh Nance:heart: I'm still out and about shopping but dam that already looks just like her , it's brilliant:clap: you are so wonderful Nance honestly !!!! :o

Dougie , how sweet are u dude to say that , :D :grouphug: yum love snow cones they sound like fun and the tin of snow

:heart: beccs , when I get home I'll post you a pic of my not so big but rather expensive buy:eek:

[!becca]

beccs , when I get home I'll post you a pic of my not so big but rather expensive buyI am looking forward to it.:D

[NancyMP]

I still have to adjust her left (our right) eye, which is a skosh out of position. that lovely blue is so dense that it will have to dry before I can move it.

I have been thinking about backgrounds. It seems like I love my paintings up until such time as I have to put in backgrounds. Most of the art I did over my lifetime as a commercial artist was illustration of people and objects that needed no background.

And I'm studying WHY I don't like the backgrounds I add...

[NancyMP]

You weren't s'posed to look, Xandra!:lol::heart::heart::heart::grouphug:

[!becca]

Backgrounds are significant..I'm not sure I do the best there either. It is good to review these things with our work, promotes growth.:heart:

[NancyMP]

Becca, I've noticed with your outdoor paintings with model, your backgrounds are beautiful. You might captialize on that in your work. I'm still trying to figure out what solution for mine would would best.

That's one of the reasons I bought all those different tints of grays, and I intend to experiment with them to see how they work as background color.

[lovin art]

You weren't s'posed to look, Xandra!:lol:


Well I did MY DARLIN ;) :heart: :D and so pleased I got to see it too... intersting you say about bg , well I find them not that hard mostly sometimes they rack my brain but for the most part I love em ... I fully understand why its hard for you Nance , its hard to brake from old habits ... see when I get back to school it will be start not sight seeing and measurment , Im mostly at the stage where I see it all ...so somethngs working i GUESS :D :lol:


Heres my small but costly buy some Wolffs these little babies cost me 20 bucks:rolleyes: .... thats murder:o but they will be beautiful to use I have had these before, but I normaly buy them single had to by the tin this time ...ugggh ;)

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/29-Feb-2012/186639-002.JPG
and the beach today is well beautiful as you can see ...:heart: :D

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/29-Feb-2012/186639-004.JPG

[!becca]

Nancy, that is so nice of you to say..:heart:

Speaking of grays, I am thinking of using them in a few little paintings too..but ones that I mix, maybe with a little torrit too. but it has been hard to get to the easel lately, and for some reason today I couldn't find the inspiration...

[!becca]

Sandra, I know about those pricey pencils, but then art supplies are always worth it.:D You will create wonderful things with them.:heart: beautiful ocean view.

[NancyMP]

Yum. Sandra, I can buy pencils, but how I would :heart:love:heart: living near the ocean. We water signs long for it! And yours is gorgeous today!:D

[NancyMP]

I just got an email saying my work was juried into the Oklahoma Friendly but it doesn't say which ones. You should check your email, Becca!

[mtpalms]

:o Sorry, I peeked!Becca, I've barely started it, but you can have a peek! :)Everybody else, close your eyes tight!:evil:

http://www.wetcanvas.com/Community/images/29-Feb-2012/203830-Lexie_3.jpg

It took me TWO days to get the frets and strings right ... and they still don't look as good as yours!
From what I can see, you are being way too critical. Lexie is adorable:heart: , what a fun painting too start while you wait for the guitarman to dry.

Sandra, your picture makes me want to go to the beach - Beeyouteefull!

[lovin art]

Hey chicas , you both right bloody dear , just wanted to share my small buy with you both ...:heart: :D I hope so Beccs to draw some grand stuff with then ....need a decent new sharpner too :D

Ha Nance:heart: :D , well we would get on Like a house on fire then:grouphug: cause I love this place and will never live anywhere else, I cant leave the sea either its in my blood ....:D

[lovin art]

Thanks Maricacat .:heart: ... I do believe I live in paradise ....:wink2:

[opainter]

Uh oh. I posted in the March "Oily Rag." Was that a mistake? Or is it not leap year in my time zone?

[NancyMP]

AJ, you're in the central time zone with Becca and me, so it isn't even midnight yet! All those guys on the East Coast think everyone should go by their time!

I like your avatar; is that a self-portrait?:D:lol:

[opainter]

No, it's actually a photograph of me just before I put my foot in my mouth. :envy:

I sometimes think I'm in my own time zone, and sometimes in my own space-zone, too!

[!becca]

This is true...the March Oiy Rag is in the main forum.:D

[Improv]

Yum. Sandra, I can buy pencils, but how I would :heart:love:heart: living near the ocean. We water signs long for it! And yours is gorgeous today!:D Pisces here living 1/2 mile from the beach on Canada's west coast!

[NancyMP]

Pisces here living 1/2 mile from the beach on Canada's west coast!

Yeah, Doug, but you can't run around barefoot and in your light clothes all year long, ready to jump in lovely warm ocean. Even when I, a Scorpio, visit my daughter in Massachusetts, I only go in August, because that ocean is for polar bears in any other month.

I would love to go visit Sandra some time!:D

I'm gonna migrate to the March Oily Rag, since it is now March 1st in the central time zone!:smug::wink2:

[Improv]

Yeah, Doug, but you can't run around barefoot and in your light clothes all year long, ready to jump in lovely warm ocean. Even when I, a Scorpio, visit my daughter in Massachusetts, I only go in August, because that ocean is for polar bears in any other month.

I would love to go visit Sandra some time!:D

I'm gonna migrate to the March Oily Rag, since it is now March 1st in the central time zone!:smug::wink2: We don't have bare feet here on the Pacific coast, we have WEBBED feet, and the water is way warmer here in the Pacific than in the Atlantic! :-)