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Death Cab For Cutie's bass axeman Nick "The Cub" Harmer rolled through LA and hooked me up with great seats at the Greek Theater. Anne Ishii who you might see if you're lucky at GRNY, did too. It was nice to see them both for just that little bit. The food at Doughboys which is on 3rd in LA, is supposed to be good, but I've had little luck with it lately. The last few trips have been busts.
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Things come in threes. This is a huge painting by Souther that was just too big to do anything with. I thought it was a nice work as a whole, but the size was killing the deal. So on Saelee’s request, the piece had to get cut down. They wanted the cat, and the rest was ours as long as we cut it. So carefully picking a spot that made two pieces come out of the remainder, here’s what we got. The girl’s pants hang low and her underwear shows a little. What was Souther thinking? Then in another weird division of art… at the Rosebowl flea market, we ran into a great set of illustrations. Done probably in the 50s with gouache, these looked amazing. They’re unsigned, and were somehow associated with an advertising agency. They were asking $150, and we got em for $125. Each piece was something like a bit over $10! Cheap! We had to discuss how these were going to be divided. We picked numbers and went at it. This is the filmmaking/filmmaker set. These went well together in a weird way. I wonder where these illustrations went? A space-age filmmakers book? This was the pick of the litter. It’s an office room with men working and women in the background doing nothing. There’s a solar system on the back wall and the green plants in the background make this piece perfect. Souther got this one. This is the ad agency where this came from. Anyone have any info on this agency, and who may have worked on these illustrations? This is the set I ended up with. My first pick was the top piece. Pick number 2 overall. With my 2nd pick, 5th overall, I picked the bottom image. The two looking at a meter. The colors went well with my first pick and makes a great compliment to the franchise player. The third pick, 9th overall may have been a sleeper. Instead of picking a piece with people in it, I went with a sort of Jacob Magraw looking piece with a rocket flying. I thought about picking this with my second pick, but figured it would still be around at the end. I guess this is how sports drafts work.
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Things come in threes. This is a huge painting by Souther that was just too big to do anything with. I thought it was a nice work as a whole, but the size was killing the deal. So on Saelee's request, the piece had to get cut down. They wanted the cat, and the rest was ours as long as we cut it. So carefully picking a spot that made two pieces come out of the remainder, here's what we got.
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Souther and Saelee sitting in a tree… I’ll say no more, since it’s going to end up as a juvenile nursery rhyme that’ll just mess me and maybe some of you up for the day. This is what I’ve been working on. Is it art? No way. I can’t do art. It’s actually a sculpy (not sculpty) item, that I collabed with Diana K on. I made the tree, she made the figures, I made the owl, she made the cat, she painted, I painted, and wallah. It’s them and their grey cat. They don’t have an owl yet, but if they did, it would be a light blue one. The painting is the tough part. I’m into the fine detail I guess, and as their “student,” I’m trying to learn the finer aspects of how they do art. These aren’t secret… right? Here’s lesson 1. 1) Materials are important. a) Know what they are, how they act and can act. For example, acrylic paint. It’s plastic like, acrylic… get it? Wo what happens when plastic gets mixed with water? It gets thin, and therefore more see through… Does plastic mix with water? It’s weird, you can, but maybe you shouldn’t… Want to see what’s on your painting surface? Then water it down. If not, it’ll take multiple coats to get things opaque. But there’s so much to talk about here. b) There’s different levels of acrylic paint. You can get some more opaque stuff, but it depends on levels. The higher the level the more money! Also there’s mixing mediums. Want to thin it down, you can use that stuff… c) What’s Gesso? It’s an undercoat. You have to establish a base before you can go out and explore and paint. No base, crappy exploration, although I guess it might work out sometimes. That’s my quick interpretation of materials. d) Use a paint pan that’s metal. Use damp vellum in it to keep your paint moist! It’ll last longer! e) Wash your damn brush and dry it out before you use it. You can also dry brush paint onto an item. I thought I was making a discovery, but in the end, it’s a technique that started at least in the 50s, since I saw it on some original art from that time. You have a dry brush and you basically paint on something, until the paint seems totally dry as pasty. I was doing this under the fine tree bark to make different shades of brown. f) Don’t mix with too much white, it gets chalky. g) The thinnest brush doesn’t always give you the finest point to work with. A thicker one might give you the best tip. (this was from Seonna Hong and Jacob Magraw) h) After you’re done painting, spray with some coating. Spray Shellac might look yellow, but Souther seems to like that look. Otherwise, try some other clear stuff. It’ll protect your work. When you spray, this is key. Don’t just point it...
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Souther and Saelee sitting in a tree... I'll say no more, since it's going to end up as a juvenile nursery rhyme that'll just mess me and maybe some of you up for the day. This is what I've been working on. Is it art? No way. I can't do art.
It's actually a sculpy (not sculpty) item, that I collabed with Diana K on. I made the tree, she made the figures, I made the owl, she made the cat, she...
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It's actually a sculpy (not sculpty) item, that I collabed with Diana K on. I made the tree, she made the figures, I made the owl, she made the cat, she...