A Week for Planning

OK, I've been known to procrastinate from time to time, but not this week. I plan to plan my week, or so I think. No really, I'm going to get to Friday on a cloud, but hopefully not a storm cloud.

Let's begin with my website. Designer Joe has mocked-up the site and we'll finalize the design over some wonderful Mexican food this Wednesday at Taqueria Jalisco. Anyone in the Douglasville area willing to listen to me talk about myself for an hour is welcome to come.

My gallery show at the Earl Smith Strand Theatre will be on May 7th during Art Walk Marietta. I'm currently working on six new pieces, which I plan to unveil that night. I'm strongly debating doing one as an oil for those folks that don't think I have the skill, when in reality it's that I don't have the patience for things that dry slow. I guess one Alla Prima in oil will be interesting.

It looks like Claire Dunaway and Brandon Hunt will both be featured as artist for Art Walk Marietta. Please support them and check out their sites.

This weekend is the big "Life is a Circus" Gala variety show hosted by the Humane Society of Cobb County. They're an independent, nonprofit, humane animal welfare charity. They're also a NO-KILL shelter, which means they're nice to animals so support them. I hope to post some pictures next Monday.

Have a great week!

Bambooya

Why would anyone spend $100 on a Wacom Bamboo tablet? Because it's so much freakin fun people. I must admit that it took me 3 months debating if I really needed this thing. So far, it's lived up to my expectations and then some. I'm not a big fan of Adobe, so I was a little worried I wouldn't be able to use it with GIMP, but it worked just fine. Here are a few things I really love about this thing:

1. I can adjust the opacity and size to pressure, so it's just like a marker.
2. It has 3 drawing parts. I can smudge with my finger, I can draw with the tip and I can flip the pen over and ERASE.
3. The size is perfect to put in front of my keyboard. I thought a bigger drawing area would be better, but this one was perfect.
4. No batteries needed. I'll say it again. "NO BATTERIES NEEDED!"

Now to the real question. Did it draw like I expected it to? At first it was hard to adjust from using a mouse. You don't pick up the pen and re-center like a mouse. The tablet adjust to the screen size and you will adjust to it because it's so natural. If you get one, be aware that you shouldn't sit in front of a screen for 36 hours. Enjoy.

Febuloso

So the month of Love and Animals is here. OK, not so much animals, the Cobb County Human Society is have their 2nd Annual Winter Variety Show/ Gala event this month. I will be attending because I'm a Gala Ho, as my wife likes to call me. I hear the show will be fabulous, but I'm still wondering who will provide the food. I'm a bit of a food critic and will rate 60% of any Gala event on food quality and presentation. If it's Chef Jeff from Carriage House Catering or theSugar Cakes folks, I'll be fine.

I finally finished the commissioned piece and will be saying goodbye to it this week. I've become attached to this painting more than any other commission. Now it's on to doing 6 pieces in the next 3 months. Ouch! I have a confirmed show date of May 7th and it's going to be spectacular. I need to finalize the 6 topics today, so I can get cranking.

I had a weird image pop in head last week as I was going to sleep and had to draw it. It's not what I would normally draw but here it is.