Aloha and Welcome to my small speck of cyberspace! Dec 8, 2010 is the birth date of my blog. Never had one before, but my son encouraged me to have one, and it seemed like a good way to at least keep a log of my RC airplane building and flying. With the initial design kicked off by my son, I'll carry on from here and have fun with it. Now that I have it, I will use it to also keep track of my oil painting efforts, and any other ideas, hobbies, travels, or whatever else that come up. LIFE IS GOOD!

Update on 02/25/2011. It's been a few months since I began this blog, and I am enjoying creating and having it! I like documenting the things I have done in my hobbies, and sharing with my small family. I think Jer and Tad actually view it fairly regularly, as a means to see what I've been up to lately. At worst, it serves as a reference for my own use.

Update on 12/22/2011. This blog stuff is habit forming. My blog is a year old now, and I make an entry about every other day or so as that seems to be the frequency of doing something in one of my hobbies. Like my hobbies, this blog is a lot of fun, and it has become in itself another hobby that I enjoy.

Years are flying by...update on 01/11/2013. Still enjoying maintaining this blog even though hardly anyone sees it. I don't advertise it anywhere or to anyone, and it is mainly just a way for me to keep my own notes and thoughts on my flying, painting, and cars. If a stranger happens upon it, I think it is by pressing NEXT at the top of the current blog they are visiting, lol. It's a great device for me.

August 2014: still here! Took up flying RC helicopters one year ago and got hooked. Had flown micro Helis up to then, but got serious with 450 size for a couple months, then bought the Goblin 500 and Gaui X5 . Also got my Boxster in April 2013. Most importantly, Ariel was born 12/02/12 followed by Skylar 07/20/13, and they are little beacons of joy in our lives. Life is indeed good!!!

Wednesday, September 7, 2011

Seascapes

My last FOUR paintings have been seascapes, something I always wanted to attempt but was afraid to try. You can see on the right side of my blog page all of my paintings. Today I completed my 4th seascape and 37th painting overall in the Bob Ross wet-on-wet technique for oil painting. I created it after looking at a bunch of photos from Tabora's book on seascapes, and another bunch of photos of real waves at Sandy Beach, Oahu. (I just visited in August 2011 and snapped those pics.) This one took about 6 hours, not counting the time to prep the bottom of the canvas with black gesso and allow it to dry completely...I did that a couple days ago. I am really enjoying creating these seascapes, they actually are more fun than landscapes at this time for me, and are easier to create. So far two seascapes are created on the black gesso and liquid clear background, and two are on liquid white. While the latter are more realistic, the former has a better contrast and WOW factor, IMHO. Here are three of the seascapes in larger and expandable format (right column pics cannot expand).

Today's painting, "Stormy Coast"

"Storm on the Horizon #2"

"Seascape #1"
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  1. TCSeptember 8, 2011 at 9:58 PM

    Now that is what I'm talking about. Hawaii, da beautiful. Great pictures. I like one!

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  2. maukaonyxSeptember 10, 2011 at 6:39 AM

    You know you can take the pick of the litter anytime! :)

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