Friday, February 07, 2014

Another Stinky Oil

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It has been a slow week here at the Lazy B. Lazy being the key word. With the snow and cold, I've been a bit of a hermit - only going to town once to stock up at Wal-mart. The tutoree did not come on Monday due to snow, but she did come on Wed. Then we got more snow. The art girls were able to come on Tuesday. I think they wanted to get out as much as I wanted the company. The above painting is what we worked on. We had started this painting a few weeks back. Most of the girls finished theirs on Tuesday. I was able to start this painting with the girls - to show them the underpainting, etc. But then I rarely have time to paint with the girls.  So, I worked on this one after the girls went home. It is in oil - from an art book. Oils are stinky and they are messy. Pastels are messy, but a little soap and water cleans up everything. Oils have to have mineral spirits or something to clean the brushes (my hands, face, arms, etc.). More stink. It is funny that the art girls do not like watercolor, but like all other mediums. To me, watercolor is so refreshing - no stink - no mess. The paints are re-useable, therefore cheap. Watercolor can move on your paper and color flows so differently. What's not to love?  With that said, I've been hankerin' to do another pastel.  Maybe today...

A side note:
Yesterday on GMA (I told you it had been a slow week) I saw an interview with George Clooney concerning "The Monuements Men" (should that have an apostrophe?) Anyway, several times Clooney spoke about Hitler trying to wipe out a whole culture - as if they had never been - and how that was worth fighting for - dieing for. This morning I read a similar article at Fox News:  "A message that Clooney reiterates throughout: we fought the Nazis to preserve our culture." I found this very interesting and made a correlation.  Next time someone wants to get rid of a statue of the Ten Commandments or Bible or something Christian from a public place, we should fight back to preserve our culture. Christianity is part of our culture and most assuredly there are those who would like to wipe it out here in America - as if it never had been.  As we go down the road and get further away from our Christian origins, we need a reminder of who we were/are. 

12 comments:

Stefan said...

je pense que jaune et orange doit être ta couleur favorite :-)

Bag Blog said...

Pense me gusta todo el color.

Stefan said...

I am tolerant of Christians, having been raised Catholic, and the damage that did. Back in my day, the Nuns beat you, and I've never been one for religion in schools ever since. The thing is, if you don't pray, your peers beat you up. So you have to be tough to stand your ground. It becomes two gangs essentially.

As far as Christian monuments on public grounds, I am against it. I think it is the same as the gang who tried to force us to pray at taxpayers expense. The people who erect the monuments, you wouldn't trust with your kids alone. I'm not kidding, every one of them I see on TV are loony-tunes. It's always Christians pumping their fists at all the other religions. You don't see the Buddhists out erecting monuments on public land. The reason is, they are sane. Erecting a religious monument on public land is like the Japs bombing Pearl Harbor, as far as I'm concerned.

Jo Castillo said...

A mí me gusto la pintura tambien. Bien hecho.

Lou, I like what you said about our christian culture.

Anonymous said...

I often see famous painters of the 19th century using their oils outdoors. They must have thought they were stinky too.

Moogie P said...

Clooney confuses me. I've never tried oils or watercolors. I should screw my courage up.

Bag Blog said...

Muchas gracias, Jo.

Bag Blog said...

I am sorry that your Christian experience was so negative, but it is still part of your culture and probably shaped who you are today. Not only were our laws based on Christian law, but our art and literature were very much influenced by Christianity. Around here, I don't know of any Christian group trying to put up new monuments - most are older monuments and anti-Christian groups are trying to take them down.

Bag Blog said...

Moogie, you need to come paint with me.

Stefan said...

I should say that I know what you're talking about, and pretty much agree with your comments. I often vent when I think of all the energy wasted by some groups, that are really too provocative for me. Being a Christian to me today, means I walk softly and carry a big stick :-)

It's not that I didn't want to pray, I just objected to their declaring it mandatory. When I went to POW school, I later found out the word was indoctrination, and i received advanced training on how to thwart it. Had I known those skills when I was 6, I could have saved myself from being being beat up by the Nuns :-) I no longer try to trip them and watch them tumble anymore, but I still have a big stick, in case they turn on me.

Bag Blog said...

My husband says that every Sunday he got a spanking after church - whether he needed it or not. His mother says he always needed it.

joyce said...

too bad one of the treasures were not a painting of the Ten Commandments! I agree, it is our history, our culture, and Our God. Thank you for that.