The cool thing about Oakland is that we have our very own redwood forest and we spent a couple of hours there yesterday and it was great. My little camera fared better up on the sunny ridge trail than it did in the low light of the forest floor.
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Watercolor, white ink. 7x10”.
It’s done! When will I learn not to paint dark colors first!
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“Little Man” / Ritual Union / Little Dragon
Listening to this album constantly. I want to be Yukimi Nagano when I grow up.
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Oh my gosh. This is the funniest thing I’ve seen all week. Thanks for sharing, Chuck!
A Halloween comic from Jeroen Funke.
Originally posted on the Lamelos blog. Lamelos is a Dutch cartoonist collective,
you can brave their somewhat hilarious site here: www.lamelos.nl
Doin’ stuff!
(Except I’m tired from this day so I might give up and just read for the rest of the night.)
![The Cholmondeley Ladies c. 1600-1610
I saw this in the Tate Britain when I was in London at the end of last year. In person you can see it’s fairly large (about 3.5’ tall), and the glossy paint shines under the museum lights. I stood in front of it for a long time. It’s just such a weird and compelling double portrait. The artist is unknown. Here’s a short description from the Tate’s website:
“According to the inscription (bottom left), this painting shows ‘Two Ladies of the Cholmondeley Family, Who were born the same day, Married the same day, And brought to Bed [gave birth] the same day’. To mark this dynastic event, they are formally presented in bed, their babies wrapped in scarlet fabric. Identical at a superficial glance, the lace, jewellery and eye colours of the ladies and infants are in fact carefully differentiated. The format echoes tomb sculpture of the period. The ladies, whose precise identities are unclear, were probably painted by an artist based in Chester, near the Cholmondeley estates.”](http://www.tumblr.com/photo/1280/drawgabbydraw/16251385739/1/tumblr_ly674pn7YB1qzww4v)
The Cholmondeley Ladies c. 1600-1610
I saw this in the Tate Britain when I was in London at the end of last year. In person you can see it’s fairly large (about 3.5’ tall), and the glossy paint shines under the museum lights. I stood in front of it for a long time. It’s just such a weird and compelling double portrait. The artist is unknown. Here’s a short description from the Tate’s website:
“According to the inscription (bottom left), this painting shows ‘Two Ladies of the Cholmondeley Family, Who were born the same day, Married the same day, And brought to Bed [gave birth] the same day’. To mark this dynastic event, they are formally presented in bed, their babies wrapped in scarlet fabric. Identical at a superficial glance, the lace, jewellery and eye colours of the ladies and infants are in fact carefully differentiated. The format echoes tomb sculpture of the period. The ladies, whose precise identities are unclear, were probably painted by an artist based in Chester, near the Cholmondeley estates.”
Blarg I can’t tell if I’m done with this. It needs something else, but I don’t know what. (Also this looks blurry on my dash but not on my blog. Is it just me?)
Watercolor, ink. 10x14”.
By Eng Gee Fan. Also check out her Etsy shop for more cute stuff!
Wishing all my dear friends have a year of peace, happiness and joy :) Happy Chinese Dragon New Year! 新年快乐！
