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!!!

Tuesday, December 27, 2011

First Painting for 2012!


Yeah, I am cheating but I had a nice round 30 paintings done for 2011, and I want to get a headstart on 2012 plus I had the time alone at home today, so I did a painting that counts for 2012, lol.  I call it Misty Wintry Hills.  All aspects just flowed today on this project.  I was really pleased with the gradations for lavendar for the hills, and the foreground evergreens were the most effortless ones I have done.  Using the large fan brush, the foreground evergreens came out "feathery" with delicate tips and more background showing through parts of the trees.  The same brush was used for the bushes under the evergreens, except pushing upwards.  The effect is great.  Then I used a fan brush with white to drag the dark from the underbrush, out to create shadows and texture in the snow, creating the "lay of the land" per Bob Ross.  Totally magical, this method of oil painting.
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  1. TCDecember 29, 2011 at 12:22 PM

    Cool Beans. Beans, beans, the magical fruit, the more you eat the more you...

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  2. maukaonyxDecember 31, 2011 at 11:37 AM

    OK, I am "tooting" my own horn, LOL!

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