In a complete departure for this blog, a couple of recipes.
Makes 1 cup blueberry syrup, suitable for a variety of uses.
8oz Fresh Blueberries
1/2 Cup Sugar
1-1/2 Cups Water
Place the blueberries, sugar and water together in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir & Simmer until all blueberries have burst and the liquid has a deep purple tone. Strain the mixture into a suitable container & refrigerate.
This is my first ever actual illustration friday post. I had 2 versions of the topic, and am going with the one least like my usual approach. Sadly, since there is so little time til the next topic is posted, it won’t be visible long. Then again maybe that’s a good thing. Here’s the one I like best:
The next one is a bit more polished, but I don’t think its as strong.
As mentioned in my previous post, I felt as though the Tiemens workshop set the tone for my summer painting, what few pieces there were. Work ratcheted up to full volume and my personal painting time plummeted. What time I did manage I had to schedule formally, which happily became easier with the formation of a plein air club
on campus. Summer wasn’t all work, either. We had a lovely trip to Seoul where I managed to do quite a few sketches and a studio piece that I don’t completely despise. Progress of a sort. Read the rest of this entry »
Erik Tiemens is one of the foremost film designers working today. He also happily has a watercolor habit, which he was kind enough to share with folks at the concept design academy in Pasadena a few months back.
The workshop was very informative, and the atmosphere bright and cheery. A large percentage of the group seemed to come from work (go figure). Tiemens has an experimental approach that is utterly fearless in combining materials. He’s no stickler for tradition in any sense (excepting good composition), often his final image will appear as though it were done in oils.
I spent far too much time hiking I fear, and managed a few sets of monochrome thumbs and a single, larger, color image for the day. I learned a lot tho, and I think the workshop set the tone for much of my painting in the subsequent months.
Eaton Canyon Afternoon
Went to see “How to Train Your Dragon” last night at the Spectrum. The “old fashioned” 2D show that we attended had a sparse audience compared with the 3D one, which was fine by us. Kae was completely captivated by the antics of “Toothless”, who’s skittishness and playful behavior bring to mind our cat Cleo. I loved it too! There were long, lovely sequences where all the acting was in the animation, free of dialogue. Sanders & DeBlois have done it again – I hope they keep making movies together.
