Light

I am thankful for light: Light... what an interesting thing (I guess if you consider energy a “thing.”).  Light is freaking amazing.  I can’t think of too many things that would not be possible without just a little bit of light.  I like to use bright colors with some of my artwork; light makes our view of this possible.  Without light there is an absence of color it ceases to exist. You can test this out by looking at something with color under a dim light you notice that it looks more gray than anything.  This is because in order to view colors we need light to reflect the color.  It would be a very bland world living in darkness…….  The average person spends more time in a well lit area in a 24hr time span than they do in darkness.  We all naturally love to be in the light.  Whether its spending time outdoors or reading a book; the constant companion always with us is our beautiful friend, light. 

speed of light slowed down      

Weekend Roundup

Weekend roundup: Every weekend I will do a post about what I have learned this week with my blog and the things which were discussed.  So anyway here it goes…. This is my first blog and I want to thank everyone close to me that have been reading this especially my Dad, and definitely the amazing support from my girlfriend Stephanie.  She reads these every day even though she’s heard me talk about these things several times. Thanks AeonJ………… Almost forgot this is the weekend roundup.  My first post was about trees.  When you are all outdoors this weekend take a second look at these and remember the natural mathematical design growing on the outside and within.  Also try to see if you can notice other fractal designs in nature as they are everywhere.  Next I mentioned my spider Cortana.  Looks like she received the most page views.  All that I have to say about this is unless you see a spider that you know for a fact is dangerous, please don’t kill it.  Be thankful for the spiders that live around you, they are great predators for all those bugs you don’t like.  Bic ink pens were next on the list.  If you have some time this weekend to sit down and doodle, try picking up one of these cheap pens.  The feathering technique is easy to master; the hard part is finding the time to do so.  Next to last is Geocaching.  This could be another thing this weekend to do outside.  Try visiting geocaching.com, or those with smartphones try downloading the official app or use the one I prefer called “C:Geo” in the android market place.  Last up is Arthur C. Clarke.  Pick up “2001: A Space Odyssey”, the movie or the book.  These are a perfect example of his magnificent work……. I’ve learned a lot from this so far and it’s only the first week.  I really found out that I have a lot of things to be thankful for that I don’t normally think that way about.  It’s nice to look at everyday things from a different perspective. I’m going to end on that good note, so looks like this is the end of this week’s weekend roundup.  Thanks for reading, and stay tuned for next week.      
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android market- C:geo

Bic Ink Pens

I am thankful for Bic ink pens: Bic pens are my weapon of choice when it comes to shading with my pieces that are nothing but ink.  I like to use a technique I've heard refered to as "feathering".  With these cheap to buy pens feathering can be easily achieved by pressing hard on the paper with the pen then gradually lifting up slowy moving in one motion to create a faded line.  With multiple lines looking like this you can begin to see the faded ink.  I began practicing this technique in 8th grade when I was bored in class and had nothing but notebook paper and a cheap rollerball bic.  Since 8th grade I have created 100's of drawings and have kept atleast 80% of them.  I know use a more high quality ink for my artwork, but still come running back to the good old bic rollerball ink pen......-Today's posting is pretty short, seeing as I am pretty busy.. so I will make up for it in some pictures of my art by the end of the day.