PEARS

My latest painting...

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.
Pablo Picasso 


Cheers.

  The angels taken collectively are called heaven, for they constitute heaven; and yet that which makes heaven in general and in particular is the Divine that goes forth from the Lord and flows into the angels and is received by them.
Emanuel Swedenborg  

PERFECT TEETH

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.
Walt Disney 


Smile often, even if it hurts.


Cheers.

ART SALE

Tuesday June 22nd, 2010


HEADLINE:


Completely unknown artist/photographer offers original prints for sale. 


Just a thought.


A guilty conscience needs to confess. A work of art is a confession.
Albert Camus 


Cheers!

PHOTOSHOP 101

I thought A Photoshop lesson would be a change from the norm on the blog. I'll illustrate how I put together the opening photo (a self portrait of sorts) on the blog.

First, the idea. I found this painting on the website All Posters.com. It's actually one of two paintings that are meant to hang together. One of this guy and the other (not shown) is a woman looking away from the guy, sort of playing hard to get.  I really like the painting(s) and decided to try to recreate it.

So I needed certain objects I didn't have around the house so I went to Google images and procured what I needed. A bar scene and a cigar.

Next, I had to set up a scene in my garage where I could strike the pose needed to look like the the original. I set a table up, put on a jacket and a hat, poured a glass of wine ( thats the real deal ) and because I didn't have a cigar I used a screw driver to hold in my hand to take the place of where the cigar would be. (My family thought I was insane when I shot this one) I set my camera's timer and jumped in.

Finally, I needed smoke which I had in my files from another photo shoot I did months earlier.

Lastly, thanks to the good people at Adobe Systems I assembled all the elements in Photoshop.
I really like the results and had a lot of fun doing it.

Happy Father's Day to all.

Cheers!


• "If the new American father feels bewildered and even defeated, let him take comfort from the fact that whatever he does in any fathering situation has a fifty percent chance of being right." -- Bill Cosby