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 Dustin's Art for Halloween ... |
Halloween (10/31): I'm busy today getting ready for my workshop in Santa Fe and for the watercolor society meeting on Saturday morning. Also, today two solar companies are coming by to price solar panels for our roof. It would be great to get a check each month from PNM rather than pay the bill. But, I need to run the idea past our Home Owners Association first - we will see how that flys. I'm posting a photo here of face art by one of my old students to celebrate this night of handing out candy. It's great to see my students keeping up their talents. Dustin posted the faces on Facebook. ...
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 Late October Rose |
Chevy Loaded With Watercolors (10/29): My Chevy is now loaded with paintings for my exhibit in Placitas so I can hang it tomorrow. But, this morning, I did a bit of sewing while I hosted the NMWS fall watercolor show. While there, I was making examples of "Soft Sculptures" for my workshop in Santa Fe on Saturday.  Soft Sculpture Samples ... |
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| Busy Next Few Days (10/28): The first thing back to New Mexico - I ran my can through Octopus Car Wash to get the Kansas dirt off of her. This morning, I sit the watercolor show at the fair grounds. It's the last day, so I'll pick up my two paintings from that show. Then, I need to frame a couple more, later today, because tomorrow I'm hanging 6 to 8 of my watercolors in Placitas on Monday morning. Then on Tuesday morning our docent team takes 2nd graders through the the museum. Then, I need to get ready for the NMAEA Fall Conference in Santa Fe. I'm collecting art for our silent auction on Friday night. Then back to Albuquerque because on Saturday morning, I'm doing a presentation about Western Fed for the Watercolor Society. Then, right back to Santa Fe to do my Soft Sculpture Workshop for New Mexico art teachers Saturday evening. ...
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| Back From OZ (10/27): We returned from Kansas this afternoon. It's about an eleven hour drive from Wichita. I was in Wichita to do a workshop for Kansas art teachers at this years KAEA Fall Conference. It was fun to get to play with Jane again. We did the Kaleidocycle workshop to gether.  Jane Demos a Kaleidocycle ... |
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| New Photo From Mars (10/23): Here's a new view of the red planet Mars taken by Curiosity on Day 64 (Sol 64 in Mars time). I can't get enough of these great photos coming back from our 4th planet.  Mars on Sol 64 ... |
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Reading A Real Book (10/21): I starting to read a new book - not on my i-pad nor my i-pod - but, a real printed book: "Lighting out for the Territory" How Samuel Clemens headed west and became Mark Twain by Roy Morris Jr. It looks like a good read - it's about his journey through the west while the civil war was raging in the rest of our country. |
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 Scott & Woody ... |
Democratic Breakfast (10/20): This morning, I attended a Democratic breakfast at Dave & Busters in Wyandotte County. Years ago, back in 1972, Scott Mackey and I worked together in the McGovern campaign. Scott is now county chairman in Wyandotte county. It was good see see some old friends from way back when. CBS announced the next day that George McGovern died. I'm proud to say that I was a McGovern delegate to the convention in Miami in 1972. Proud to be a LIBERAL and proud to have supported the right candidate at the right time. McGovern represented his home state of South Dakota for more than 20 years, first in the House of Representatives and then in the Senate, where he championed liberal social and economic reforms. "I accept your nomination
with a full and grateful heart," McGovern told conventioneers when he
won the party's nomination for president.
Gary Hart, who would go on to run for president twice himself, was McGovern's campaign manager. And a young future president, Bill Clinton, ran his campaign operations in Texas. McGovern, an unabashed liberal, called for an immediate end to the Vietnam War. |
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November Watercolor Newsletter (10/19): The November issue of Brushstrokes has gone to the printer. Well at least a few are being printed. NMWS is trying to go as totally digital as possible. We are now sending the monthly newsletters out to e-mail addresses via "Constant Contact". But a few members don't have internet access, so we send a few via "snail Mail". Penny Thomas Simpson Workshop: In April, NMWS has a great watercolor workshop for artists planned. Penny Thomas Simpson will be giving a three day workshop titled "Watching Paint Dry". It's part of the MasterWorks of New Mexico mounth long program. |
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Quiller Workshop Next Spring (10/16): The NMWS just completed a very successful workshop taught by Carl Dalio. The watercolor show, juried by Dalio, will be up the rest of this month. Starting yesterday, registrations opened for the Workshop being conducted by Stephen Quiller next Spring. Quiller's workshop will run from April 30th till May 3rd, 2013. Registration is by mail (NMWS Members Only) on a first come basis. Click on the image of the registration form to download a pdf file you can print. ...
Sold Out Already Stephen Quiller must have lots of fans because his workshop sold out right after we opened ... |
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| Jimmy In New Mexico (10/15): Tomorrow, our son Jimmy flies back to Kansas City after a weeks visit. This was his first trip to New Mexico. He came out to visit his mom and dad, to take in the fresh air and of course to see the hot air balloons. The pics of us below were taken in our backyard in Albuquerque - plus the one photo freezing at the top of our mountain.  Jimmy in New Mexico ... |
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Dining Above Albuquerque (10/14): We took the Sandia Arial Tram to the top of our mountain for dinner at the High Finance restaurant tonight. Our house is at 5000 ft - the restaurant is at 10,300 ft. You get a great view on our city from up there. I got some great photos from the top of Sandia.  Great Place For Dinner ... |
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| Life In Albuquerque (10/13): The winds prevented us from riding the tram to the top of Sandia yesterday for dinner. So, instead we ate dinner at the Hong Kong Buffet. We have reservations on the mountain again tonight. Hopefully the winds will allow us to go on the tram. This morning the balloons got off fine but they stayed to the east closer to the mountain. I still got some interesting photos.  Balloons At Sunrise  Jimmy Watching This Mornings Balloons ... |
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Balloons At Balloon Fiesta Park (10/11): We took the bus to the Balloon Fiesta Park this morning. It was a Special Shapes day. Lots of balloons took to the air this morning - yet, several balloons inflated but decided not to fly due to early wind speed reports.  Sunrise at the Balloon Fiesta Park ... |
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 Over Our House |
Balloons Over Our House (10/10): This morning the winds were blowing the right way. The balloons flew right over our house. Our son Jimmy is visiting from Kansas City and seems to enjoy shooting pics. Tomorrow, we plan to take in the Special Shapes Rodeo and Balloon Fiesta Park.  Hard Landings in Our Neighborhood ... |
 Jimmy Shooting Pics in Our Backyard |
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| Church Street Cafe (10/9): We stopped for lunch at the Church Street Cafe, in Old Town, yesterday. It's one of my favorite places to eat in Albuquerque. Our son Jimmy took a photo of his Mom and Dad while we were there.  "One Happy Couple" ... |
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| Balloon Glow (10/7): We took in the "Balloon Glow" Sunday night right after Jimmy flew into Albuquerque. This was the first Glow we had ever been to.  |
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| No Balloons Today (10/6): The winds picked up, in Albuquerque, this morning - so they had to cancel the first Mass Ascension of this years Balloon Fiesta. I hope the weather cooperates later in the week. Our son Jimmy fly's in tomorrow and we have Park & Ride tickets to see the Balloon Glow on Sunday night. ...
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Roadrunner (10/5): This afternoon, our local roadrunner paid us another visit. She even stayed around when I had camera troubles. I changed the lens and got several shots before she went to our neighbors house.  Our Local Roadrunner ... My Watercolors:
On the right, is the last painting I did in the four day workshop. It shows a blue door with wooden steps at the Taos Pueblo. To the left, is one of the ten minute fast paintings we did as practice in the workshop. ...
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 "Taos Steps" |
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My Workshop Watercolors (10/4): Here are samples of the paintings I've been doing in Carl Dalio's workshop. Tomorrow is the last day of the workshop. Tomorrow night is also the opening reception for the NMWS Fall exhibition.   My Workshop Paintings ... |
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| Value Studies (10/3): Yesterday, in the watercolor workshop, Carl had us doing value studies using charcoal. We learned to locate basic shapes and simplify. Below is one of my value studies based on a photo of an old house on the way to Taos.  My Value Study ... |
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| Carl Dalio Demo (10/2): Last night, we had a fantastic demo by Carl Dalio at the NMWS meeting - I'm looking forward to the four day workshop starting this morning.  ... |
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 This is the 4th Year in a row for my paintings to be accepted into the MSWS Grand National |
Welcome To Fall (10/1): Fall opens with a crisp mornings in Albuquerque. Tonight, Carl Dalio does a demo, for members, at the NMWS October meeting. Tomorrow, Carl starts a four day workshop. My car is packed with supplies for the workshop. He said to bring eight full sheets of Arches paper - so I had better be ready to paint fast.  Roses - Yesterday Morning ... |
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 We just returned from Kansas for our triplet grandkids 14th birthday. |
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