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!!!

Friday, January 20, 2012

Stormy Seas


Watched  Bob Ross on OPB today and about an hour later I tried to recreate the painting.  It was a struggle at times, having to scrape the paint off a couple areas and repaint them, but in the end I am totally satisfied.  Most times my seascapes have smaller waves with crashes that are below the horizon.  This has a pretty big wave with crashes way above the horizon, so the impact is pretty high too!  Colors are different too, so it was a good show to watch and learn some more on color and layout variations.  Note to self...the sea has a background of black gesso (allowed to dry completely) with alizarin crimson in the center, followed by purple around that, and then brown on the bottom/sand areas.  The waves are then created on that layer.  My other seascapes typically have the black gesso base, with pthalo blue (top 3rd to horizon), pthalo green (middle 3rd), and brown with yellow on the beach.  All are blended slightly at the overlap.  BTW this is painting #57 since starting the Bob Ross method of wet-on-wet oil painting exactly 2 years ago, and it is my 7th painting for 2012.
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  1. TCJanuary 20, 2012 at 6:01 PM

    Bravo. I like the darker ocean color. Looks like a storm is a comin'... or a goin' Good job!

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