Day 2662: PMH540744

"PMH540744 - High Voltage": photos, collage, digital layers.

Want music?

 

Click here for Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo, Diamonds on the Soles of her Shoes.

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

I decided to do a quick Photoshop collage.

I picked six dissimilar subjects and cooked them in Photoshop. 

Here's the recipe:
take ...

rotate, then add ...

mix in, lower right ...

add onto the right side ...

blend in public domain photos...

and finally, add ...

arrange, tweak, experiment & bake for 10 minutes ...

#1 (final)

Enjoy.

No calories.

Postscript:

Two more versions, same ingredients but slightly different.

#2

or

#3

For extra credit, tell me if you have a preference?

Ann and I combined a trip to Supermex for lunch Saturday,
and a visit to Irvine Fine Art Center for their annual Holiday Faire.
A beautiful 80-degree day just 6 miles from home.

Adjacent to the beautiful lake in Heritage Park with Irvine High School and Aquatics center in the distant background.

the happy napper

I realized while doing this blog that I didn't photograph artwork, 

I don't know why? I guess I was focused on cute kids?

Thanks for visiting. Wishing you a very Happy Sunday!

A smile for Sunday ...

Day 2229: All Media 2018

Wise one: ball point pen with ink on matt-board

Not in proportion, I see so many mistakes, but

... so much room for improvement, it's encouraging, right?

original ball point pen sketch

Koenji-Awa-Odori festival goer.

Want music?

 

Click here for Paul de Senneville, Mariage D'amoure

then click back on this blog tab or here to listen as you browse, or not?

Irvine Fine Art Center is a lovely venue with a great gallery.

One of their annual shows is the 

All Media show, currently running & free.

As always, I only photograph what catches my eye,

so if you can, please see the whole show for yourself.

Andrea Moni, "And Break Free", Natural pigments, egg tempera & oil glaze

I particularly liked this very long painting, 

I am guesstimating probably 2' x 16'!

It took 5 close-ups to share it. Left to right.

I will show some of the award winners, but mostly not.

Kerri Sabine-Wolf, "Butterfly Effect", oil    First Place

Marie Nagy, "Desert in Suburbia", wood and ceramics.

Paul Gardener, "Birth of Cool", Acrylic on canvas     Second Place

Kai Mao, "Superior Animals - Horse Man", Bronze

Rachelle W. Chuang. "End of Summer Fruit Salad", collage wood panel, epoxy resin

Daniela Garcia, "Self-Portrait in Mirror", Charcoal on paper.

Gina M, "I Got This", Assemblage of found objects.

Phung Huynh, "Pretty Hurts", Oil and collage on wood.

Patrick S, Crabb, "Private Dreams",  Clay.

Samuelle Richardson, "Angry Birds", Mixed-media sculpture

Martin Etem, "Ohana", Poplar wood.

The above work was amazing from every angle,

and my photos surely donot do justice.

I goofed! Artist unknown, appeared to be 8'x8', acrylic & graphite on loose canvas.

I apologize that the work above is not credited, my error.

If you go, maybe you'll send me this info and I'll update?

Well I can hope, right?

TMI alert ...

I mentioned the old wives tale ... "troubles come in threes".

Well I have my three, so please mark me done.

None health threatening, or world changing, 

but irritating, big time.

Try a $225.80 water bill, my highest ever was $38.

Yes. I called them, they re-read the meter and said it was right.

Today I will be using tablets in search of the leak?

My trusty scanner is not connecting, no sound on the old Mac.

Both are lifelines for my work. And the case of the 

working but hiding external hard drive?

I remind myself that these are not really important problems ...

rather just annoying, mood altering, hair pulling problems.

That they are solvable, and I will laugh about these later.

Sooner than later, I am hoping.

Thank you for your patience, it helps to verbalize.

A smile for Sunday ...