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Wondewell Movie

I recently got around to watching “Wonderwell”, Carrie Fischer’s last movie. Overall I enjoyed it, I think probably for a lot of the same reasons that a lot of reviewers were uninspired by it. It’s not a cut and dried fantasy movie where you easily know what’s going on. Instead you’re left with lot’s of questions. It’s clearly about female adolescence but what does the mirror world represent? Why are the sister witches in conflict with each other? Is the flower symbolism too heavy-handed or just right?

If you like fantasy movies that deal with real issues and don’t have interminable fight scenes you might enjoy Wonderwell.

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Josef Maria Auchentaller Drawing

I love the sense of swirling motion that Josef Maria Auchentaller gets in this drawing with so little detail. I wish the quality of the photo were better but I suspect that it’s a scan of a magazine illustration from the 1910’s.

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Mermaid #2

Mermaid
Colored Pencil and Watercolor
3.5 by 2.5 inches
Fabriano Artistico 300 lb HP paper
#mermaid #TraditionalArt #watercolor #drawing #ColoredPencil #MixedMedia

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Scarab 2023 10 01

8×10 inches on Strathmore 400 drawing paper. and .

I’m going to call this one done. Overall I like it but of course there are a few issues.

Number one: I screwed up when I taped it and the lower left hand corner is nothing like square.

Number two: the watercolor leaked under the tape and while you can still tell where the border is, it’s nothing like as clear as I would like. This is probably due to using way too much water on paper that’s not made for it.

Number three: The tape pulled up some of the paper. Again probably due to using way too much water on a drawing paper.

Number four: The front legs should be more angular.

I go back and forth on the whole issue of paper. I prefer 300 lb watercolor paper but it’s expensive. On the other hand it’s so hassle free. No taping, no wrinkling, just cut it to size and go.

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Minor update to Tree Medallion #1

Just a minor update to better define the “halo” on it’s lower right hand side.

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Tree Medallion #1

An early experiment (they’re all experiments, aren’t they?) with colored pencil over watercolors. It was a bear to photograph because my camera was making it look way too grainy. I ended up using the blur filter in order to make it look right. Still a little work to do on it. I want to define the right side of the “halo” a little more.

4×6 inches on (I think) Fluid 100 HP paper.

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JSON bug in WordPress Editor

So I was trying to upload an image to my (this) WordPress site and I kept getting an invalid JSON error. Turns out the pixel dimensions of the image were too large. It would have been helpful if the error message had said that.

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Mermaid Series 1

Mermaid series 1
Colored Pencil and Watercolor
3.5 by 3.5 inches
Fabriano Artistico 300 lb HP paper
#mermaid #TraditionalArt #watercolor #drawing #ColoredPencil #MixedMedia

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Went a Little Crazy with the Watercolor on this Scarab Background

So I was a little bored with this colored pencil drawing of a scarab and I knew I was planning to try a watercolor background even though it’s not watercolor paper. And things happened… I’m actually pleasantly surprised by how well this turned out. I knew the paper would buckle, especially given that I really soaked it with water, but it’s dried perfectly flat. The paper is 8×10 inch Strathmore 400 drawing paper. Now I have to go in and punch up the colors on the scarab.

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“Goblin Dance” 1912 Woodblock Print by Bertha Lum


https://collections.artsmia.org/art/51102/goblin-dance-bertha-lum
There’s a lovely sense of movement in this print. How does Lum achieve this?

  • Dancer’s leaning.
  • Rope made of light.
  • Foreground dancers are larger.

The colors on this seem streaky. Is that deliberate, bad printing or a function of age? I think it’s actually the grain of the wood.