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, February 12, 2014

Surf at Sunset

I used a totally blacked out canvas (black gesso) for this painting, and it came out pretty satisfactory!  Had fun just being very loose on what I deemed a practice canvas.  Bob Ross did one on Monday, so I tried my hand at it.  One thing he did not say he did, but I took it upon myself to coat the canvas with liquid clear on top of the yellow, lavendar and brown that is below the horizon.  I did the sky first without using the liquid clear, and that made blending the sky very difficult, as I added white on top of the yellow, alizarin crimson, and lavendar/blue.  Next time, liquid clear goes on top of the black gesso, then the undercolors, then the white on top.  Hard to explain unless you paint with the Bob Ross wet on wet method.

This is my 84th painting overall, and 4th for 2014.  :)

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