FusedGlass_1

FusedGlass_1, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

This is a photo of the actual glass pieces still in the kiln... still a tad too hot to handle.

Sept08Art

Sept08Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Learned a lot today, and had fun... the yellow glass with the Jeep grill will be a business card holder for Ron.

Sept07Art

Sept07Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Travel day - Such great vistas... and no time to stop and take a picture... but I'll do so on the way home. Off to class now...

Sept06Art

Sept06Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Busy getting ready to go to William Holland tomorrow. I don't know how often I'll be able to upload pictures while I'm there... so I may be absent for a week.

Tree0905

Tree0905, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Another day, another tree... Drawing the trunk and branches first and then adding the leaves is proving to be a challenge for me.
Spent most of my time this evening trying to get my new plastic palette to make a puddle... I'm starting to HATE plastic palettes... but I can't lug my porcelain plate into the field... it's too heavy and I don't want to break it ... ARGH

Sept05Art

Sept05Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Got myself a couple of new brushes and a new wire bound Sketch book. I go thru them pretty quickly. Raining hard now, from Hanna's bands... think I'll go paint while we still have electricity for lights... WHOOPS there went the Satellite TV... must be raining harder.

Tree0904

Tree0904, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Trees 9/4/2008 using Terry Harrison's 'Watercolour Trees' book, I LOVE how these turned out... now if only I knew how to do sand and the ocean :-)

Sept04Art

Sept04Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Been a long trying day, when nothing seemed to go right... except my dealing with Cheap Joe's... what a pleasure to deal with a company like that. To top it off my scanner went on the fritz so I'm using my husband... he loaned it to me.

Sept03Art

Sept03Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Gotta run... shooting tonight

Warning! Angry GRIPE follows....

I'm annoyed, I'm very annoyed, ok I'm mad as hell and I'm not taking it anymore..... I'm a member of two competing art web forums... the two groups are squaring off... a big discussion ensued... and MY COMMENTS on the issue were DELETED!!! WTF... That really makes me mad... so here's what I think for the whole world to see it... and NOBODY is going to delete this one...
Site number 1 started by artist Bob Davies http://www.idrawandpaint.com
Site number 2 started by artist Frank Clarke http://www.simplypainting.com
Both sites use the same software... some people think this mean Frank copied Bob... FOLKS it's the forum software they are using... people who start forums select the software they like... for my Jeep forum I chose software similar to WetCanvas (PHPBB2) I didn't COPY WetCanvas.. I used the same software to create my forum... that's all, no BIG DEAL.
Some people on both sites are complaining about what's going on on the other one... well DUH????
In the glass artist world, the 2 big dogs are Lampworketc and WetCanvas... they complain about each other all the time... and yes a lot of people are members of both... SO WHAT?

My final comment was... it is just paint on paper get over it!!!

Now my final comment is... want to make ME angry? delete my forum posts.. want to know what I think... check here.

Tree0902

Tree0902, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Here's my day two of trees every day in September...

Sept02Art

Sept02Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Getting ready to head to the William Holland School of Lapidary Arts in Young Harris, Ga next week, now Hannah is changing my plans... I'm thinking I'll head to Atlanta Friday and stay with friends and family... Ron will hold down the fort at home. This house survived Hugo, it should do fine for Hannah.

Sep01Art

Sep01Art, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

My thoughts and prayers go out to everyone in Hurricane Gus' path today, stay safe.
Wet Canvas challenge for September is exactly what I need... work on Trees... I'll never be able to do a good landscape if I can't paint a decent tree... so every day a tree this month...

Tree 09 01 2008

Tree 09 01 2008, originally uploaded by CaptElaine.

Watercolor on 300lbs Rough 7x10 Block, using Frank Clarke's video tutorial on Boston Commons. Trees are horrid, as is the shadow under the trees... I am pleased with the people, and the pond...