The Hidden Gallery

... watercolours or acrylics?  oil or acrylics?  drawings or paintings? big or miniature? paper or canvas?  digital or old skool? I just don't know...some stuff...





Well, I guess I finally finished this abandoned painting.  You may remember this from this post. This painting was based on these reference pictures provided by </a></b></a>magical_krystal in fantasy_models  .  That was a long time ago... I found the unfinished painting lying around in a big pile of other unfinished paintings.

Acrylic on Canvas 12 x 16.


This:

is junk.  Done with very little time and consideration (I know, it's obvious) in Photoshop.

I still don't know how to organize my layers best.  And am still unfamiliar with the different brushes... If you got any advice, or links or anything that can help me... bring it on...  Mucho Gracias!

"Reunion"  5 x 7
SFA is an acronym for Small Format Art.  It is art that measures no longer than 14" in any direction.  SFAs include ACEOs and OSWOA.
Enjoy.

Check out these new websites where you can buy cool, handmade things!

The community art market:
lov.li

and independent art and design:
www.elsewares.com

I've already seen quite a few beautiful things there!  Then you can visit www.lov.li/users/thehiddengallery where I have started listing art!



In another earnest effort to create more real estate around here, we moved the furniture around again.  I had misplaced the Alice painting unfinished for weeks.  And I found a whole bunch of unfinished paintings that I had completely forgotten about including this WIP:




Out of sight, out of mind!

Anyway, Larv told me he thought I was doing better because he noticed I was reading again.  That's a good sign.  And, I've started making my weekly pilgrimage to the library again.  More blogging.

Because we moved the furniture around, I haven't really been able to use the easel for big drawings of late.  Acrylic paintings are still left undone until I figure out the jenga solution to the problems.

This new arrangement allows me to look out the window from my desk.  My neighbours across the street have a huge big screen tv in their living room.  I can see everything they are watching when they leave the curtains open.  They recently got a Nintendo Wii and I have been watching vicariously as they play.  lol

It has not been a good photoshop day.

But looky here!



Here too:  clickey me!

I just finished reading:



I enjoyed this book.  I kept hearing about it and I heard they made a movie of it.  It is thoughtful and gives a hopeful feeling.  It will cheer you up and soothe your soul.  I wonder how the movie was?

And I also read:



Now, I've heard that there was some controversy concerning the truth in this book.  I didn't know much about it - only that it is recommended by Oprah.  So when I saw it in the library on the "Best Bets" shelf, I thought, "well, why not?"  I was curious.

What a disappointment.  The beginning of the book was interesting because I could relate a little to the main character.  But it started getting tired really fast.  About half way through the book, I was wondering when the heck it would end.  It's so long because of all the repeating  phrases and he does
this
a lot.

I mean
a lot.

It was hard to read at first because he uses strange grammar.  There are no quotation marks in the whole book so it gets confusing as to who is saying what or when they say it.  Not very many commas.  And he uses the word "and"
a lot.
I mean
a lot.
So much so that it gets really
annoying.
Annoying.
Really annoying.
And he capitalizes certain words which is fine but confusing.  Sometimes I couldn't tell if it a word was capitalized because it was important or because it was a proper noun.

I had to finish it.  That's the kind of obsessive person I am.  It wasn't easy.  The most interesting thing in the book is the character named Leonard.  I wanted to know more about Leonard and because I'm am a glutton for punishment and a little masochistic, I had to read:



which is just as
confusing.
Confusing.

Losing a couple hours of your life to crappy books is one thing...so thank goodness i didn't lose any $$ over them.  The library rocks!!!

I can't recommend these books and I cannot just tell people not to waste their time with them.  These books are books that you either love or hate.  It seems a lot of people love them.  You'd have to find out for yourself by reading them.

I am looking forward to reading:



which is a parody of "A Million Little Pieces".  I'm sure I will appreciate it!  This will also help me justify wasting time to read "A Million Little Pieces" just so I can enjoy the parody to its fullest.

A little harsh of a review?
Perhaps.
But it leaves me smiling.
Smiling.
Smiling.
Smiling.
Because I'm being Honest and Real and sharing my Experience and I hope you're laughing too and I bet you find it just as funny as I do and if you don't that's okay and this is the kind of writing Structure that works sometimes and you happen to be e. e. cummings and can write beautiful poetry.

(lmao... I'm sure you're laffing at my journal entry too if you've read his books!)

My Art Collection continued....

As you know, I have a thing for pop-up books and clever paper engineering.  It is absolutely engaging and always filled with surprises. 

One of my all time favourite artists is Maurice Sendak.  Ever since I was a little kid, his illustrations have fasinated and filled me with wonder.  So imagine my profound delight when I found this:



It is a pop-up masterpiece created by paper engineer Matthew Reinhart using Maurice Sendak's illustrations.  No, I kid you not.... It really is a masterpiece....

( More pictures... )

Hope you enjoyed!!

(cross-posted to my journal and storybookland)


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