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- December 15th, 2009
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kaslkaos has posted a new entry on: Kastle Kaos Drawbridge
Phaeton—and the wilderness of the mind
Phaeton extracted from his father, Sun God Apollo a misguided promise to grant any wish. Phaeton demanded to drive the chariot of the sun for one day. Honour bound by his promise, Apollo was obli…
- December 10th, 2009
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Dreaming of Mice and all things Nice
Subtitle: is it cheating. Recently a read a debate about the use of photoshop in art (I use GIMP, same thing). Specifically, it revolved around enlarging a photo reference in photoshop, then tra…
- December 8th, 2009
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Life Drawing Tuesday
Life Drawing Club is over for now, in future (until February) I will have to rely on photo reference if I want to get some figure drawing practice; a dismal prospect, completely lacking in human dy…
- December 6th, 2009
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Transformations, and an invitation
You might notice the new banner: it’s not finished yet, but for now, good enough. I used to be a perfectionist, and when I was, nothing ever got done. Okay, that’s a lie—I was classi…
- December 3rd, 2009
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Lost, the Discovery Zone
Hand of Man, Yupo, Pentel Pocket Brush, my left thumb. It’s been a long time since I’ve been been lost in the woods; I know all the local haunts too well, and know enough to bring a compass or b…
- November 30th, 2009
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kaslkaos has posted a new entry on: The Future is a Trilogy; the Past is a Series
Spook Country. William Gibson
I’ve been a fan of William Gibson since I first read Neuromancer back in the 80s. I’ve read most (maybe all) of his books since then, and enjoyed each and every one of them. So I am admitting my…
- November 29th, 2009
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Touch Me, I Dare You
Search engines must hate me with my teaser titles that have absolutely no relevance whatsoever to the subject matter. Let’s talk fungi. Jelly fungi, to get specific, and in fact, I can’t…
- November 28th, 2009
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- November 24th, 2009
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Life Drawing Tuesday, and some whine
ACEO sized, bristol, acrylic gel medium, fine sand, coloured pencil Today’s topic; frustration I took half the morning creating a new blog banner. First, finding some artwork low key enou…
- November 22nd, 2009
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kaslkaos has posted a new entry on: Kastle Kaos Drawbridge
Zoo Day, A Photo Journal
Moon Jellies at the Australasia Pavilion, Reef Display (and wow, I never thought that my camera could do this!) The Bird Eating Spider – cuddly (in the America’s Pavilion) Canadian Beav…
- November 18th, 2009
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Life Drawing Tuesday—Frugal Me
I suppose it’s something of a milestone, but I finally finished the last of my ‘office’ paper, which was actually a huge box of tear-off printer paper from the days of the dot-matri…
- November 14th, 2009
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T’s finally ready
I carved the blocks way back in September, to be ready to ‘field test’ on my holidays. The sample shirts (which my husband proudly wears) were trail tested and machine washed many times alr…
- November 13th, 2009
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kaslkaos has added
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Life Drawing Tuesday-It\'s a Man
Yep, another man, actually Greg, the guy from the last time. This time, I cheated...I did a light pencil sketch first, then inked in with my magic brush aka Pentel Pocket Brush. Black is so strong, I…
- November 6th, 2009
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Feral
Feral refers to many things, meaning something domestic reverted to wild. A cat, a dog, an orchard tree. These things can be feral. We rarely think of ourselves as such, domesticated as our live…
- November 3rd, 2009
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Life Drawing Tuesday
Finally, a new model; well, new to me anyway. I’ve seen the same six faces for a year, and while they are wonderful, it’s great to see someone new. This guy brings ‘professional’ to a who…
- October 30th, 2009
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Rivers Edge, Gargantua River
Rivers Edge, Gargantua River, Lake Superior Provincial Park. Here, an impression from latest hike on the Coastal Trail, heading from Gargantua Harbour to Warp Bay. From these two points the trail…
- October 23rd, 2009
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Tastes Like Chicken
Mmmm… This is the Sulphur Shelf fungi (laetiporus suphureus), ready to eat, cleaned, sliced, spiced and fried. Also known as the Chicken Mushroom, for reasons obvious to anyone cooking and tastin…
- October 20th, 2009
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Changes & Work In Progress
You may have noticed a changes in format. I spent Saturday at the library fiddling with adding a third column to this blog, something I've been wanting to do for quite a while, but was afraid to. In…
- October 17th, 2009
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Human Studies – Life Drawing
I originally attended life drawing sessions (live model) in order to improve and acquire technical skills. I was completely surprised at what else I’ve gained. *A clear view of ourselves as…
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Mems: Blog of Art & Poetry, A Digital Scrapbook
MEMs of a girl; my Digital Scrapbook of Art & Poetry. This is a collection of my memories, etchings and musings... -
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- October 15th, 2009
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Baldhead River & Orphan Lake Trail
Mouth of the Baldhead River as it empties into Lake Superior, accessed by the Orphan Lake Trail (dayhiking) and the Coastal Hiking Trail.This is a scene often photographed, and just as often not. It…
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MissyRicco to their friends list. - October 9th, 2009
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Life Drawing Tuesday-Costume Drawing
It's been awhile since I posted Life Drawing. Here's the fiancée again who's 'other' forbids nude modelling. Such a great model, we don't mind the costume, although in this pose, from my pov many d…
- October 8th, 2009
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Baldhead River Lake Superior
Failures, experiments, and something new. This is an oil pastel. It began as an abstract watercolour meant to be a background for a linocut. The paper is new to me (hotpressed watercolour) and has…
- October 3rd, 2009
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kaslkaos has posted a new entry on: The Future is a Trilogy; the Past is a Series
Genre Fiction Generator
Since very little SF reading has been happening in these quarters of late, I’m going to diverge a little from the book commentary posting to relay this delightful genre fiction generator, recent…
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Gone Feral
Sun, surf and sand on Lake Superior Me on the beach. Husband being manly in a primal way—making fire. I promised myself I would do homework on my holidays. My art kit was ambitious. I bro…
- September 27th, 2009
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Who\'s Art is it Anyway?
I am a great believer in copyright, but sometimes things get fuzzy, especially when it comes to photography and the use of photo reference. It's not a problem for me, most of the time, as I use my ow…
- September 11th, 2009
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- September 9th, 2009
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kaslkaos has posted a new entry on: Kastle Kaos Drawbridge
Practice, Practice, Practice-with Andrew Loomis
This is the first year I’ll be taking ‘homework’ along for my holidays. Of course I always travel with at least paper & pen, plus my trust M500 Palm (monochrome screen!) & keybo…
- September 5th, 2009
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Superior Waves and Summers End
Holidays are coming, a joy we always reserve for summers end. By the time we return, it will be Autumn, both officially and and seasonally. While we enjoy sunshine, and moderate warmth,…
- September 1st, 2009
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Something Old, Something New
***Spoiler Alert--for letterboxers planning on visiting "Voyageur" letterbox, north of Sault Ste. Marie. Last image is a 5x7 version of my Voyageur stamp done as a linocut, the wolf is not a letterbo…
- August 23rd, 2009
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Indigo Milky – True Blue and Edible Too
Sometimes only a photograph will do. You wouldn’t believe me if I painted it this colour; you’d assume it was ‘artistic licence’ so here’s the photos. I promise, I did no f…
- August 21st, 2009
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Storm Warning—Dangerous Weather
I’m not one to run for cover at the first grumble of lightning. I walk daily, and camp a fair amount, so I’ve been caught outdoors through some truly awful weather in my life. I’v…
- August 18th, 2009
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- August 16th, 2009
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Rhapsody in Blue – life drawing
Somewhere, scribbled onto paper, the original text of this post lies. But, in the way paper, it seems to have been misplaced. So here we go again. Another life drawing. Colo…
- August 14th, 2009
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Dearly Missed – loss of a pet
Something I’m not comfortable with is public mourning; even of a dog. So please forgive me if I held off on sharing this for a few weeks. This is Zandor. He came from the Ontari…
- August 11th, 2009
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The Cats in My Life
Lennier & Archer. Considering this is, first and foremost a personal blog, I’ve had very little to say about the cats in my life. Unlike dogs, cats seem to occupy the private spaces in t…
- August 5th, 2009
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In Search of Textured Paper—Part II
Life Drawing Tuesday, again. The model’s clothed, as her fiancé has problem with her posing nude. Our loss, entirely, as she is a wonderful model, and very creative. Costume drawing is an ext…
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kaslkaos has joined the group: Art Group
Art Group
A place for all artists to share everything about art! - July 31st, 2009
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The Place Where I Live-Musselman’s Lake
Available for sale at Etsy Familiar, and often overlooked are the places we call home. I moved to Musselman’s Lake about ten years ago; I was thrilled to combine cottage life with daily life, b…
- July 26th, 2009
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A Man and His Dog
Another image of Cranberry Bog Trail, Killarney Provincial Park, with liberal interpretive changes. I’m not much into copying photographs, even my own, but they come in handy for reference.…
- July 24th, 2009
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In Search of Textured Paper
Full views of these can be seen here at my gallery blog. Here’s an example of me being cheap and stubborn. Something called colorfix paper, and colorfix primer exists for pastel and colou…
- July 23rd, 2009
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When You Smile
When you smile the whole world smiles with you. I’m not sure where that meme or cliché came from (a coke commercial?) but it happens to be true. Most of the time, during life drawing, the mode…
- July 21st, 2009
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Abes and Essens Trail, Bon Echo
Having gotten behind in my blog posts, I’ll hope the image will say all. This is from my trip to Bon Echo Provincial Park. Along the Abes and Essens hiking trail we stopped for lunch. Across the…
