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Post by ChrisLAdams on Mar 3, 2020 7:05:53 GMT -8
Mangle? It looks like the wringer we had for use after washing something, to wring out the water. I got me left arm caught between the rollers when I was about 4 and it rolled me right up to my left shoulder. Still have the scar today. Freaked my mom to come downstairs and see her little boy passed out and the machine rolling and rolling on my left shoulder. Curiosity. Ouchhhhh, Ted! Holy Wow. That sounds painful. Glad your shoulder survived!
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Mar 3, 2020 7:08:01 GMT -8
ChrisLAdams I am looking forward to see your finished painting. Getting closer, DJ. I got the mammoth skull worked in last night. Going to add some more bony parts lying around in the snow. Then some scrubby grass and sticks, and call finis. djmills Dj, painting is pretty much complete. I may touch up a bit later, but having to stop on it for now to work on a couple others needed in April.
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Post by garyweston on Mar 3, 2020 11:07:50 GMT -8
We'll have to rename this forum smashpaint if we carry on. I've had a positive day at the uni with preparation for my 'BIG' painting (about 5 ft x 3ft 6, oil on canvas) I need to do for the exhibition in May. Inspired by Julie Harris, the painting which was first conceptualised as a soldier with a wounded angel, now becomes soldier with a little lost girl. A professional project from start to finish, this will be a significant work. Finally pinned down Richard, fellow artist a year ahead of me, will pose as the black soldier. I mentioned a child who has lost everything in the carnage will be the second figure, the soldier holding her hand. Turns out he has a beautiful daughter who will love the experience. A top photography student will studio photograph the two of them. All I have to do (yeah, right) is paint the picture!!! No pressure then. Perhaps Julie might want it for a cover?
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Post by djmills on Mar 3, 2020 11:52:32 GMT -8
Chris, I love the painting. The yellow/orange sky does warm up the painting. I would never think to use that for a winter sky. And the skull sets the scene. :-)
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Mar 3, 2020 13:38:29 GMT -8
We'll have to rename this forum smashpaint if we carry on... This one is going to be my cover art for one of my next stories I'm planning to release, though! I'll post an image in the Cover Art thread when I finish the text layout.
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Post by ChrisLAdams on Mar 3, 2020 13:39:46 GMT -8
Chris, I love the painting. The yellow/orange sky does warm up the painting. I would never think to use that for a winter sky. And the skull sets the scene. :-) Did you notice that sneaky Puddy Tat in the cave? Thanks DJ.
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Post by djmills on Mar 4, 2020 11:32:35 GMT -8
Yes, I did. And the little islet with trees. All well done. :-)
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Post by Julie Harris on Mar 6, 2020 2:54:19 GMT -8
Gary, sounds cool. Alas my girl still needs to be woman with wings. I am glad my original request was so inspiring and has ramped up your talent. If I was artistic I’d do the damned cover myself. In my head it will remain. Slightly envious of all you artistic people!
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Post by garyweston on Mar 6, 2020 14:27:53 GMT -8
Julie. I've not ruled out the 'angel picture. I have less than two months to paint for the end of semester exhibition. The soldier with child will be for the exhibition but I have another large canvas and intend doing the angel version. I'll start that after the exhibition. Theoretically, it could be better than the soldier / child one as it will be a learning curve. If it works out, the photo image of this second painting is yours to use as you wish.It would cost hundreds to send you the actual painting. Even my own writing is shelved until then. I'm nine chapters along on Drifta's Quest 2 and on Sunday I'm meeting the woman who wants her biography written, but nothing will start for a couple of months. The bio is an interesting one with a British woman marrying a man from the middle east who turned out to be a drug and arms dealer. All names will have to be changed to protect the woman and her family.
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Post by unclegarf on Mar 14, 2020 5:21:08 GMT -8
We are in for interesting times with the dreaded 'C'. Due to preexisting respiratory conditions and my ripe old age, I'm in the 'at risk' group. We have had cases around my area including a few deaths. (two more deaths today). I put my chances of surviving catching this bug at slightly better than 50%. I fully expect poor old farts like me will soon be obliged to stay at home. I also expect the uni will be on shut down within the next few weeks. All well and good. However, I have a very large painting barely started and needs to be ready for the beginning of may for the end of semester exhibition. Not practical to take it home to work on as the bus driver would undoubtedly tell me where I can shove it. Already a doctors appointment yesterday was conducted on the phone so I didn't have to go in. My mother on the other hand had to be taken to her doctors for her B12 jab. Very few home visits these days. Jobs are already being affected. Yes, things are already happening so hang on to your hats.
ignore the way I'm both a god and a member. Unclegarf and Gary Weston. Still me. Yeah. Even I get confused.
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Post by djmills on Mar 14, 2020 14:15:34 GMT -8
Yes, for me too. Age and asthma are ripe for pneumonia after catching the flu, let alone Corona virus. :-)
So, take care Gary. I am stocking up on whiskey, just in case. :-)
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Post by chelsfield on Mar 14, 2020 23:44:26 GMT -8
My university has just closed, and academics have to record classes for distance learning. This is after about a month's worth of strikes. My niece who lives in a dorm at her university in the States has just been sent home for the rest of the term.
I am thinking,Gary, that that exhibition might not happen...
Everyone take care, and no fisticuffs in the food aisles!
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Post by unclegarf on Mar 17, 2020 8:34:48 GMT -8
Although not affected (yet) I've decided to put myself out of harms way and not attend uni for the foreseeable future, up to four months. As an 'at risk and vulnerable person' Our already struggling health service doesn't want the likes of me clogging up the place. So stock up on essentials like chocolate, beer and dog food. I'll do the online stuff at uni and painting projects for the exhibition which I expect to be cancelled, will have to be deferred. With luck I'll scrape through with none painting stuff. As for year two, who knows? So back to pre-uni days, more actual painting, get on with writing and lose myself in my own little bubble. Face to face lectures have been cancelled and the place will I expect shut its doors at least to students. One thing is certain. We ain't seen nothin' yet.
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Post by djmills on Mar 17, 2020 12:40:19 GMT -8
Best to put yourselves in a bubble to stall for time. :-)
Australia have discovered an AIDS drug, or two, works on COVID-19, and Canada (I think) announced they had a breakthrough, so while everyone locks themselves away from carriers of the virus, testing can be carried out before the general public get to try the new drugs.
And while we enjoy peace and quiet alone at home, the hospitals can heal and release all the current patients, and finish all the booked elective surgery, so there are lots of empty beds ready for the new batch of COVID-19 patients.
My sister said all hospital shifts are now 10 hours, and no nurses can have holidays for the next 6 months. All planned holidays are now cancelled. And the shift hours will get longer as more nurses come down with the virus, making the nurses still healthy pick up more of the workload and get worn out. I told her to make sure she gets 8 hours sleep a day to build up her immune system again. She said only gets 5 hours to sleep after feeding the animals and other farm duties. At least she gets 3 days off to catch up on sleep.
The grocery stores are not restocking fast enough for everyone to buy supplies. Total madness.
In Australia, one Industrial Law limits the of number of trucks delivering to each town each day (something to do with noise, polution, etc). Not sure how many deliveries can be made, (eg 2, 3 or 4+) but even blind Freddy knows that 'red tape' rule should be dropped under the current circumstances.
I am fascinated with the holes in all the "rules" now the world has been "blindsided" with this virus.
Why would every country get rid of their own manufacturing to let a country with cheaper labour do the manufacturing? Then the supply stops during a lock down. Just-in-time stock is not working now. :-)
Why would Australia only keep 5 days worth of fuel onshore, and the rest in Japan?
Why has no country seen the risks associated with "FREE TRADE" deals during a lockdown?
I don't need the questions answered, because that would slip into political discussion, which we don't need. But it is fascinating to watch how the world handles this incident. :-)
Make the most of it and write more novels. :-)
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Post by djmills on Mar 17, 2020 14:47:15 GMT -8
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