Here's an ink and watercolor piece to give you a chuckle, along with a late night snapshot I took of an outdoor ice skating rink, small-town style.
Showing posts with label skies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label skies. Show all posts
Sunday, January 17, 2016
Cross-Country Skier
Well, the SUPER cold weather of winter is finally upon us, and I'm finding myself oriented towards wintry illustrations!
Here's an ink and watercolor piece to give you a chuckle, along with a late night snapshot I took of an outdoor ice skating rink, small-town style.
Here's an ink and watercolor piece to give you a chuckle, along with a late night snapshot I took of an outdoor ice skating rink, small-town style.
Friday, December 18, 2015
Thursday, November 26, 2015
Thanksgiving Starlings
As we drove 1 1/2 hours to our family's Thanksgiving dinner, nature gave us the most beautiful sight: the rolling, beautifully complex flight of starlings against a gray sky.
I am thankful to you, dear starlings, for the loveliness you bring to stark fall skies.
Saturday, October 5, 2013
Day 284. Something in the Skies (No Longer Available)
Watch out, Midwesterners. A big-time storm seems to be brewing out there--hail, strong winds, rain, and hopefully enough push to blow this extreme humidity outta here!
Several thoughts are going through my mind:
1) I wanted to call this "Something Wicked This Way Comes"--don't you just LOVE that Ray Bradbury story? And don't you just love Ray Bradbury?
2) There was an episode of "Ace of Cakes" from the Food Network a few years ago, and the star, Duff Goldman, was driving across the United States in a big RV for some reason--well, I'm sure to deliver a cake and meet up with his cohorts somewhere--and he was driving through the Midwest in the middle of summer, and there were these beautiful lightening storms illuminating the skies with a magic show. He exclaimed, "Man I love the Midwest." We just had one of those at dusk earlier this week as I was driving home from work. Purple over here, pink over there, ominous yellowish-green and brown in the distance--that "unreal" ominous color you hope goes away. Sudden razor-sharp bolts of lightening ripping through the sky and then leaving a glow of residue fading into darkness. It actually is spectacular. Nature's fireworks if you will. On the other hand, that same mixture of humidity and heat and swirling rain coming through that makes corn reach unnatural heights also creates some terrifying, atmospheric moments.
3) I like how this man's eyes turned out; liquid color dripping down and slowly seeping up into his sockets. Do you remember the "X-Files" (I never missed a single episode!) and the stuff called "Black Oil" (also called "Purity" or "Black Cancer")? It was an alien virus that survived in petroleum deposits that would invade humans with an alien life force. That's what the eye color reminds me of--just technicolor instead of black. Why are the very best shows--"X-Files" and "Lost" no longer running? Where are their intelligent, thought-provoking replacements? Anyway, the "black oil" first appeared in the episode "Piper Maru" and lastly in "Vienen." Below is the best showing I could find of Black Oil on YouTube.
Be safe!
Several thoughts are going through my mind:
1) I wanted to call this "Something Wicked This Way Comes"--don't you just LOVE that Ray Bradbury story? And don't you just love Ray Bradbury?
2) There was an episode of "Ace of Cakes" from the Food Network a few years ago, and the star, Duff Goldman, was driving across the United States in a big RV for some reason--well, I'm sure to deliver a cake and meet up with his cohorts somewhere--and he was driving through the Midwest in the middle of summer, and there were these beautiful lightening storms illuminating the skies with a magic show. He exclaimed, "Man I love the Midwest." We just had one of those at dusk earlier this week as I was driving home from work. Purple over here, pink over there, ominous yellowish-green and brown in the distance--that "unreal" ominous color you hope goes away. Sudden razor-sharp bolts of lightening ripping through the sky and then leaving a glow of residue fading into darkness. It actually is spectacular. Nature's fireworks if you will. On the other hand, that same mixture of humidity and heat and swirling rain coming through that makes corn reach unnatural heights also creates some terrifying, atmospheric moments.
3) I like how this man's eyes turned out; liquid color dripping down and slowly seeping up into his sockets. Do you remember the "X-Files" (I never missed a single episode!) and the stuff called "Black Oil" (also called "Purity" or "Black Cancer")? It was an alien virus that survived in petroleum deposits that would invade humans with an alien life force. That's what the eye color reminds me of--just technicolor instead of black. Why are the very best shows--"X-Files" and "Lost" no longer running? Where are their intelligent, thought-provoking replacements? Anyway, the "black oil" first appeared in the episode "Piper Maru" and lastly in "Vienen." Below is the best showing I could find of Black Oil on YouTube.
Be safe!
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