Day: November 14, 2007
Fake Blogging
Speaking of fake blogging… I’m eavesdropping, and the coworker I’ve been helping with her Web 2.0 assignments is now explaining to a couple of other coworkers how to get started. She’s also telling them about a couple of problems she had, so that they know what to look out for. That’s pretty cool, I think.
Poaching Revisited
I did finally respond to Madam PoachyPants. I had a hard time not being snarky about it, because I’m in a foul mood today, but I think I managed to be civil.
In other news, I mentioned that we have to do this silly Web 2.0 certification at work? Do y’all have any idea how difficult it is to fake blog? My God, it’s brutal!
In other other news, Mr. Upstairs is on my shit list again. He was up all night, stomping around and banging things. I think he might have been fighting with himself. And the night before last, I woke up at 2am to his radio blaring Hall and Oates. Hall and fucking Oates! And the play list went downhill from there!
d’Anjou Pear
d’Anjou Pear (detail)
I used Faber-Castell Pitt pen (brush tip greys) to block out the values, then used Portfolio watersoluble crayons to add thin layers of color. I buffed away any excess crayon with a paper towel. This sort of sketch goes very quickly, if you do a good job of getting the initial lights and darks in the right places.
The lazy R was an accident. My alphabet stamps are square, so it’s easy to get them misaligned if you aren’t careful. I added the lazy 7 to match it, because I totally meant to do that.
The checkerboard pattern is another quick eraser stamp, and the recipe came from a fussy, fancy-schmancy cookbook that I will never get around to using.
red paper boat 