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This is an updated version to carry larger and more wet images or oil pastel art works.

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I have really been enjoying the Kodak Charmera. I picked up my first one during the early hype era, and they were under $30, barely. Now thanks to hype and tariffs they are $35, a little high if you ask me. But I really really like that the Charmera  both version one and

I woke on my 50th birthday sick. Sick enough to call out of work. Sick enough I’ve sent my wife to pick up a covid* test, while I hope that it’s not. I don’t really want to be out of work sick.

Anyway, hitting 50 years old has brought with it a bit of nostalgia for my past and wistfulness for things I wish I had done, as well as a desire to actually do them.

I h...

Value studies are a fundamental skill taught in many high school and college art classes. Grab a brush, or dip pen, and a bottle of India ink plus some water and you’ve got the tools you need for a simple black and white value study. It’s simple it’s effective. You have to think in terms of black gray and white.

When I had my summer of art way back in 2002 (0r 03?) I d...

from Wikipedia:
Flow in positive psychology, also known colloquially as being in the zone or focused, is the mental state in which a person performing some activity is fully immersed in a feeling of energized focus, full involvement, and enjoyment in the process of ...