It's been 10 years now since My Rare One and I visited Stonehenge in 2009. It was a dream come true for me! So to mark that anniversary, here are some memes and LOLs about the world's most famous neolithic stone circle.
Friday, 22 November 2019
Stonehenge Funnies
It's been 10 years now since My Rare One and I visited Stonehenge in 2009. It was a dream come true for me! So to mark that anniversary, here are some memes and LOLs about the world's most famous neolithic stone circle.
Wednesday, 20 November 2019
It's Shitposting Time!
According to Wikipedia, fount of all knowledge, "shitposting" is:
. . . posting large amounts of content "aggressively, ironically, and
of trollishly poor quality" to an online forum or social network,
in some cases intended to derail discussions or otherwise
make the site unusable to its regular visitors.
(If you need more info,
ask Her Royal Highness the Cat.
Not surprisingly, she's an expert at it.)
Anyway, where was I going with this?
Oh, yes!
Be forewarned!
Today's post is quite literally full of shit!
That's right! Poop jokes,
from one extreme to the other!
Calling all artists!
And, well, while we're at it . . . these last few
are kind of on a related topic,
so what the hell.
Here's my final word
on the subject of this post!
Classy 'til the end, that's me!
Monday, 18 November 2019
Calling All Bloggers!
Doesn't it seem sometimes like blogging has been around forever?
Well, maybe not that long, but still.
When we first started out,
wasn't it a thrill to know that blogging
put the world at our fingertips?
And we had plans,
big plans!
But is blogging on the wane these days?
Many bloggers have stopped posting.
It's slow going to get new readers.
Lots of people have drifted away to
faster and easier platforms like
Facebook, Twitter,
YouTube and Instagram.
However, the die-hard bloggers remain!
We're still enthusiastic!
We're still enthusiastic!
Not even trolls, the bane of the internet, can deter us!
We just activate comment moderation and carry on!
So why are we die-hards so persistent in our blogging?
The answer is obvious.
Keep on posting, my friends!
This fabulous blog badge is the creation of
junemac57 of 57beyond blog -- you can read
her post on the same subject here!
She encourages us all to display
it on our blogs too!
A super idea!
Friday, 15 November 2019
The Art of Coloured Pencils
I recently finished another introductory art course. Its purpose was to teach us, not how to draw per se, but how to apply, layer, shade and blend an image using coloured pencils to achieve a realistic 2D effect. In order to save limited class time, the instructor had us trace (rather than draw) the basic outline of the image on our paper. Then we filled it in using the freehand techniques she taught us.
We completed three pieces, which I'm posting sequentially from first to last so that you can see the progression as we learned the techniques.
Our first project was done on black paper using only a single white coloured pencil. My rendition is not particularly good -- you can see how tentatively I applied the colour and how crude the shading looks. The best thing about this one is the flowers in her hair, and even that's not saying much, LOL!
My second effort is much better. It was done on white paper (although it looks greyish in the photo) using two pencil crayons -- a light grey and a darker grey. I was much more confident in applying the colour this time.
My father loved horses, especially heavy horses, and he would have liked this picture very much. I thought of him often while working on this.
One takeaway from this project is that I never want to deal with leather straps, buckles and chains again. [*Insert bondage joke here. See? I know you people.*]
Our final piece was done on grey paper (although it looks brownish in the photo) using three pencil crayons -- light umber, dark umber and cream. My philosophy by this point was obviously "go big or go home." I layered that goddamn colour on like nobody's business! Probably too much so, if truth be told. Oh well! Plus I discovered how hellishly hard hands are to do. Clearly, I have a long way to go in that department.
I'm busy right now doing the next level class in coloured pencils, so in time I will post my results from that. We're using multiple pencils now and doing multiple layers. It's a very slow process but also not a terribly messy process, which is a characteristic that I like. What can I say? I'm fastidious.
[Art and photographs © Debra She Who Seeks, November, 2019]
We completed three pieces, which I'm posting sequentially from first to last so that you can see the progression as we learned the techniques.
"Japanese Lady"
Our first project was done on black paper using only a single white coloured pencil. My rendition is not particularly good -- you can see how tentatively I applied the colour and how crude the shading looks. The best thing about this one is the flowers in her hair, and even that's not saying much, LOL!
"Horses in Harness"
My second effort is much better. It was done on white paper (although it looks greyish in the photo) using two pencil crayons -- a light grey and a darker grey. I was much more confident in applying the colour this time.
My father loved horses, especially heavy horses, and he would have liked this picture very much. I thought of him often while working on this.
One takeaway from this project is that I never want to deal with leather straps, buckles and chains again. [*Insert bondage joke here. See? I know you people.*]
"Photographer Girl"
Our final piece was done on grey paper (although it looks brownish in the photo) using three pencil crayons -- light umber, dark umber and cream. My philosophy by this point was obviously "go big or go home." I layered that goddamn colour on like nobody's business! Probably too much so, if truth be told. Oh well! Plus I discovered how hellishly hard hands are to do. Clearly, I have a long way to go in that department.
I'm busy right now doing the next level class in coloured pencils, so in time I will post my results from that. We're using multiple pencils now and doing multiple layers. It's a very slow process but also not a terribly messy process, which is a characteristic that I like. What can I say? I'm fastidious.
[Art and photographs © Debra She Who Seeks, November, 2019]
Wednesday, 13 November 2019
Dogs Versus Cats
We all know the differences between dogs and cats --
These fundamentally opposite personality characteristics
also extend to cat and dog owners . . .
. . . and to politics!
Monday, 11 November 2019
Remembrance Day
[by Eric Goggin,
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old
Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning
We will remember them.
--From "For the Fallen" by Laurence Binyon
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