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Day 129 [5-8-2016]

Eric is back! So now that Eric has returned from college, I invited him along with George, Paul, and Scott on a hike through a large state park that holds many abandoned structures. Or used to as we discovered throughout our hike. All of the buildings were torn down leaving only a small strip of recently vacated houses right off of the main road. Luckily the part is still beautiful itself to walk through with my good friends. After our adventure we went to dinner where we all talked and had a grand old time. I love hanging out with all these guys. Dudes night out is slowly making its way back.

Can't wait to see what the next day brings!

You'll need a wire mesh file organizer, two rubber door stops, a package of small adhesive gripper pads, and a tube of glue that will work on rubber.

i know what i'm in for

patchandi.blogspot.com/2011/07/self-portraits.html

The Green Door Restaurant

Adana, Turky

Epicurean Kitchen Board Natural, 12 x 9: www.didriks.com/epicurean-kitchen-board-natural-12x9.html

Duralex Bowls

Vic Firth Salt and Pepper Grinders

Video taken by Kyle Williams.

Components for a 54 Sqn SEPECAT Jaguar GR.1, including 2 Turbomeca Adour Mark 104 engines, are prepared ready for painting.

Parasail crewman preps my daughter and son-in-Law for their parasail flight.

(Flickr friends: I am posting four images a day to try and catch my postings up with the calendar. I hope you can find time to view them all.)

The two Andrew Barclay locos featuring in the Tanfield Railway's Legends of Industry gala being prepared for work in a smokey Marley Hill shed on Saturday 22nd June 2024, 0-4-0 saddle tank 'Stanley' (Works No.1659 built in 1920) and 0-6-0 saddle tank 'Horden' (Works No.1015 built in 1904).

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Using Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's stencil…I layed ink on these and MaNy other pieces.

100/365 (3.0) - Volunteer Appreciation Day 2014

www.wizardsextreme.com - Photo Courtesy ~ Joe Glorioso www.twitter.com/JoeGlo1

Avocado Cup Salads, Two Ways on smittenkitchen.com

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Voigtlander 50mm APO Lanthar

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I caught this artist (along with others) preparing for a performance/exhibition at Five Myles Art Gallery.

I never got to see the actual performance though, the opening reception was too crowded as there were 33 artist in the show = a lot of people in attendance.

Strobist:

Nikon D7000

Sigma 24-70mm f2.8

2X Nikon SB900 using CLS

SB900 1: Camera-Left, 1/128 36" Soft-Box

SB900 2: Camera-Right, 1/128, 20" Beauty-Dish

F4.0, 1/125sec, ISO800,

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2019-20 • NJISAA Prep State Championships

Crews set up a dam to keep water out of the Westside Yard.

www.stvincent.edu | Photos of the Prep Reunion 2022.

Some guy prepping up (or wrapping up for all it matters, i don't know anything about catamarans ;-)) his catamaran.

www.stvincent.edu | Photos of the Prep Reunion 2019 weekend at Saint Vincent College.

Well… I know it is still a long way off…but my BCN trip prep book has begun. (4th international USK symposium in Barcelona if you don't know what I am referring to!)

And this year the trip prep will be a HUGE focus for me. I AM (i really AM!) going to start training for sketching people more…

So here is the title page and a few pages that I did this week -using reference books initially to get the right marks and proportions happening and then will start sketching in public. I promised my friend Chris that I would have done 20 faces and 20 figures before I saw her next… so the night before… I did them all! I can intersperse my people sketches with planning notes (such as how to decide on which workshop to do - this page was writing down my shortlist of way way too many!)

And then last night while waiting for our dinner, I sketched the view! Actually this was just a glorified thumbnail that now is a 'sketch'. I have thought of a while that the best way to do cafe sketches is to draw the people first and then hint at the interior space later - of course Jim Richard's new book and his approach- start with people has been a good reminder. THis time I actually drew the middle group of people first and I found that that really helped me get the people closest to me the right size and the further group then behind them. I have discovered a Pilot V pen while sorting my studio and really love it to draw and then dissolve the line! FUN FUN FUN.

I have been agonising how to draw more people for years I know- I do have a mild dread 'ruining' a page in my normal sketchbook which I know is totally hypocritical and yet a separate sketchbook just for people seems like a cop out for me. SO having in my trip prep book feels right to me!

And yes, I have a sewing plan as well....

Catering staff only unless you are a Pigeon.,

Howitzer field artillery being prepared with a fake round for the next shot

Wings & Wheels 2014, Ursel, Belgium

Staff at Kingswood Prep School

Crews worked throughout the night to secure the subway system in advance of Tropical Storm Hermine. Work included nearly 800 subway vents being sealed. New York City Transit also deployed stairway covers specially built to withstand water inundation at station entrances.

Crews secured marine doors, constructed to protect station entrances & vital electrical rooms against water & debris. Photo: MTA New York City Transit

Dave and Lisa prepare and sanitize the area. That's Powell with the surgery lamp and Mike standing by waiting to faint.

Audi R8 V10 Plus in the garage before heading onto the track.

1/18 Scale Diecast by Maisto.

Garage diorama home made.