Week 19: Time is relative
I did it again. This week note is twelve weeks long. Clearly, the concept of time is completely relative and a week can be as long or as short as I see fit.
George Soros trading advice
"It’s not whether you’re right or wrong that’s important, it’s how much money you make when you’re right and how much you lose when you’re wrong". — George Soros
Moved to PureBlog
Migration completed! This little blog is now running on PureBlog, by Kev Quirk. He did an incredible job with this tiny cms. First I migrated my mom's blog from HTMLy to PureBlog. It took me longer to...
2025 Book Reading Goals
I’m really pleased with my book reading this past year. I had a goal of 10 12 books in 2025, no pressure… I have too many hobbies to commit deeply to anything. I managed to read 19!! 🤓📚
Open unsupported old camera files in DxO Photolab
Going through photos of my dog and found several taken with a Fuji F600exr, a camera not supported by DxO. Just used my own hack to solve this inconvenience. Done. Files opening without issues, all ed...
Goodbye Astro
Today we had to say goodbye to Astro. I don't know how to live without him. I'm devastated. I want him back. I want more time together. I love you, Astro. 🐶💔
Lamy Safari with Pelikan Blue-Black
Inked my Lamy Safari with Pelikan 4001 Blue Black and it is so much better than the Lamy's Amazonite I was using before. I thought I was too messy, smudging everything, fountain pens were not for me....
The more time I spend with my sketchbook
The more time I spend with my sketchbook, the less I want to be online. It's all so boring, blogging, reddit, youtube, all of it. I want to be all the time in the real analog world, with paper and pen...
A week ago I could only draw stick figures
And to think a week ago I could only draw stick figures! Of course, I'm using reference photos and following step by step instructions, but still! 🎨🖌️🤩
Lesson 6 of SketchLoose free beginner course
Worked on lesson 6 of SketchLoose free beginner's course last night. And used a blow dryer for the 1st time to accelerate the process! 🎨🖌️
Loving this artistic side of me
I am super loving this artistic side of me! 🎨🖌️ This is day five in Toby's free beginner course, "A House in Japan". I guess I am an artist now.
Escoda Versátil watercolor brushes
My Escoda Versátil watercolor brushes have arrived!! I got the round brushes in sizes 10, 6 and 2 to get started :) Looking forward to painting EVERYTHING I see!!! 🎨🖌️
Today on Draw With Me
Today on Draw With Me, Charles Dickens' Ghosts of Christmas Past! Happy Holidays! 🎄🎉🎨🖌️
My first watercolor!
My first watercolor! I love how my sketch turned out, but the paint part was hard. That sky looks terrible, LOL! I kept practicing with other reference photos and eventually figured out what I was doi...
Draw with Me, Gifts
Today I joined a live Draw with Me with Danny Gregory on youtube, for the first time. The hour went by really fast, I had so much fun! Did my artwork with ink and crayola markers 😀🎨🖌️ SBSDrawWithMe
Open raw files from any phone on DxO Photolab
It it possible to use DxO Photolab to edit raw files produced by ANY camera that is not on their supported list, even from mobile phones such as Samsung and Xiaomi.
Moving on from this. Colored pencils are beauti...
Moving on from this. Colored pencils are beautiful, but slow! I think my next one will be a base of water markers with the pencils on top. 🎨🖌️
My first urban sketch
First day doing the free course over at Sketch Loose and my first urban sketch ever! Learned to simplify shapes and draw from a reference image 🎨🖌️😍 Can't wait to learn about watercolors!
Just discovered the concept of loose lines
I have just discovered the concept of loose lines sketch and look at this! I have filled a page with vegetables, pens, a water bottle and two plant pots! I CAN DRAW! Stick figures, no more! 🖌️