Art House Coop Pix

OK, here are the pictures of my sketchbook entries that I mentioned in my last post.

I'll leave it to your imagination to decide what they are or represent.

Hodge-Podge

There is no focus to this post, just a lot of rambling.

I finally go my computer online.  The signal is weak, but usable.  The first thing I did was to download updated drivers for all my components.  Got all my software registered or activated as needed.  Now to rebuild my favorites list.  It's probably in my transferred files somewhere, but I'm to lazy to dig it out.

I'm trying to wrap up my Art House Coop sketchbook project.  For along time, all I did was gesso pages.  Now I have to add content.  I did a block print, using a section of a carved easycut panel I had done a while ago.  Dang!  I couldn't find my printing inks, so I tried acrylic paints.  The result is not what I desired. 

As I was gessoing the pages, two stuck together.  When I tried to separate them, I tore a hole in each.  Holey paper, Batman.  Now what do I do?  I thought of making a designed hole with a paper punch and having a window into the pages beneath.  What would you suggest?

Although this is a sketchbook project, I think of it more as an altered book project.  Or a scrapbook project.  that's why I chose the title, This is NOT a Sketchbook.

I'm a bit remiss in posting pictures of the pages, either here or on my page at arthousecoop.com.  As Diane noted on her blog post, procrastinating runs in our family.

Which reminds me.  I thought I only had a month and a half to complete the project, but when I went to the web sit and checked, I learned I have until January 15, 2011, to submit. Hey, why am I rushing?  I only have 75 more pages to fill.

Modeling for Money

This week, I sat for the Berks Art Alliance Portrait Group.  The group meets every Thursday and creates a study for a later art work.  Some are so good, they finish the work in the 3 hours allotted.

I wore a medieval knight costume that my wife made.  I'll be posting pictures of the art on my website, www.vallere.com under the Rogue Gallery section, as soon as I figure out how to get them from my android phone to the computer.

Some artists wanted more time to complete their project, so I'll be returning for a second day on December 16, 2010.  Maybe I'll wait until after that session to post the pictures.  Then I can retake them with my Sony point and shoot camera.

I made $24 in modeling fees.  Every little bit helps.

sketchbook redux

Suddenly it's November and I need to get cracking on my Art House Coop sketchbook project.

I was thinking about alphabets and how they evolved, so I went online and down;loaded various alphabets - Greek, Sanskrit, Cyrillic, Runic, Hebrew, Chinese, Egyptian and Mayan.  Then I thought, "What if I created my own alphabet and used it in the sketchbook?"

The sketchbook page is shown below.

This is really a cryptographic exercise, so I won't reveal the structure until the sketchbook tour is over. Then I'll post a "Rosetta Stone" on my Art House page.



Politics

Have you seen the VW commercial, where the guy takes all kinds of odd jobs in order to get his own VW Jetta?  I'm starting to feel like that guy.

The past two weeks, I've been working as a paid political canvasser, collecting data about several candidates,  It wasn't as bad as I expected.  When someone comes to my door, I just blow them off.  I expected the same treatment.  Instead, I found that most people would listen politely and then decline to participate.

Some wanted to vent against the incumbents and a few were downright rude.  One woman ordered me off her property.  As instructed, I maintained a non-confrontational attitude (which is hard for me to do) and did not express my personal views.

I got my first paycheck today.  Time to start paying for my toys.