tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post2420898126898009091..comments2024-03-01T22:45:35.314-06:00Comments on Bag Blog: Little to NothingBag Bloghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-5197513650574044582015-03-01T07:24:36.128-06:002015-03-01T07:24:36.128-06:00Recently I went into HL to buy a block of watercol...Recently I went into HL to buy a block of watercolor paper with my 40% off coupon, but they either were out or not carrying blocks anymore. Cheap Joes is my hero.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-75748838434015114262015-03-01T07:23:03.441-06:002015-03-01T07:23:03.441-06:00Okie, I find tenement living fascinating - probabl...Okie, I find tenement living fascinating - probably because I have always lived in the wide open spaces in TX, NM, and OK. A few years ago, we stayed in a hotel in Scotland that had once been tenement living. It made my imagination run wild. Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-24917832962910706482015-02-24T22:49:17.039-06:002015-02-24T22:49:17.039-06:00I have a love hate thing with HL, too. I have bee...I have a love hate thing with HL, too. I have been buying museum glass with the 40% off coupon and frames when they are 50% off. I buy other painting stuff on line from Blick mostly. Sometimes Jerry's. I used to like ASW but they went to bulk. I feel for you.Jo Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-35788115012348972322015-02-23T06:20:39.972-06:002015-02-23T06:20:39.972-06:00I was raised in the inner city (Portland) and ever...I was raised in the inner city (Portland) and everyone was poor. We lived in what were known as tenements. These were not even nice when they were new in 1928, but in the 50's had become a cesspool of humanity.<br /><br />There was a fenced-in yard behind the washroom that mothers did their laundry all day. It was big, mean't to be a garden (during the depression), but by the 50's was just a big pile of dirt. A perfect place for mothers to corral the kids during the day.<br /><br />We kids would grab buckets and make a hole, and then fill it with water, and play in the mud hole to cool off from the summer heat. One thing led to another, and usually fights broke out and mud started flying 'till one of the mothers came out and told us to "knock it off!" I remember the older girls being the worst. They would make mud pies in the sun, and then try and force them down your throat for fun.<br /><br />Anyway, this may be the source of my aversion to clay... Luckily Pa got a better job and we moved to the 'burbs, with even meaner girls...Okie Dokienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-89697891141380204512015-02-21T20:59:57.169-06:002015-02-21T20:59:57.169-06:00A friend of mine uses Photoshop to print out huge ...A friend of mine uses Photoshop to print out huge letters and paint awesome signs. Very handy!Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-66911898772178317832015-02-21T20:58:30.910-06:002015-02-21T20:58:30.910-06:00The fine print Devil makes me curse.The fine print Devil makes me curse.Bag Bloghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01885412195900280096noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-48623296976551351532015-02-21T00:27:44.856-06:002015-02-21T00:27:44.856-06:00I watched an artist do a wall mural, and he had a ...I watched an artist do a wall mural, and he had a little clear plastic grid over a picture of some Air Force planes in formation.<br /><br />First he painted the background on the wall, and it was a mountain scene, very nice, with snow capped peaks. Then he lightly penciled in squares on the painting that were like 10 times larger than the picture ones, and roughed-in the planes based on the small grid.<br /><br />It took him a couple of weeks, and it was neat to see him add a little bit every day. He could only spend about 30 minutes to an hour on it every day, as he was a mechanic in the squadron. When done, there were no lines, and it looked perfect with the enlargement.<br /><br />I used to have Photoshop, and you could enlarge a picture and print sections of it out on 8.5 by 11 sheets of paper. I then taped the printouts to my garage wall, and then I could lift the printout and draw on the wall under it, kind of rough sketching this drawing of an old race car to life-size. Then I took a one inch brush and painted the drawing in a rough manner (brush marks and all). It was fun, not perfect, but I wish I could have cut it out and brought it to my new shop. Oh well, I'll have to do it again.<br /><br />You've inspired me again.<br /><br />I usually buy a bunch of stuff at HL to use as fiberglass molds. I'll come home with $20 if stuff I think I can use, and then it all just doesn't work out, and the curve or shape I was going for just doesn't happen. You're supposed to use clay, but I hate working with clay. Clay would be cheaper though after each failure is pushed into the dumpster, ha.<br />Okie Dokienoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10997257.post-66650954902013091462015-02-20T19:21:01.412-06:002015-02-20T19:21:01.412-06:00Fine print was designed by the Devil himself...Fine print was designed by the Devil himself...CenTexTimhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04026518638421849111noreply@blogger.com