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In Context: Compliments from an Engineer
On the journal page in today’s post I’ve done a TV study (verso page) and a watercolor sketch of a man from a 19th Century photo (exaggerating his hair of course; recto page). But I’d like to call your attention to the top left corner of this spread when I jotted down the best compliment […]
End-of-Year Journal Page Thoughts
OK it’s that time of year when I seem hilariously obsessive as I move towards and end-of-year-journal wrap up and look at the year I’ve just drawn and written through. I thought I’d show you this page spread to give you a chance to start giggling. This is a 5 x 6 (approx.) inch journal […]
In Context: Engineer Humor—A Laugh Riot Here, Really
To understand today’s post you’ll need to click on the image and read the text I put on my journal page. It’s that simple. I’ve made markers to guide you, but you do have to work for it by reading the text, because in context the humor works. Just like much of my life works […]
In Context: Two Conversations with Richard
As with other “In Context” posts you’ll need to click on the image to read the two conversations. The first conversation, on the verso page is small. I’ll just explain a little more for context—in the 1980s I worked mostly in color pencil in photorealism. I started a sketch of Dick one day and, as […]
In Context: Pears v. Apples
As you’ll learn from reading this “In Context” page, Pears v. Apples isn’t some weird digital war… I have to smile and say if you work in your journal long enough you end up making a vessel to contain everything ready when you need it. I had pre-painted several backgrounds intending to paint portraits opaquely […]
In Context: Aesthetic Environments?
Roz: I’m living in a midcentury modern house, drawing an 18th century woman in a 1960s style. Dick: The house has nothing to do with it. You’d still be drawing that way. Environment matters, but not always the way we think or anticipate. I’m still not unpacked so I’m not taking time to do the […]
Richard Reaches 70 (Not Years!)
First, today’s image doesn’t relate to the post at all. I just loved the sketch so much. And I do try to keep the blog festive with sketches. So as to today’s topic—Yep, in 44 years Dick has made me laugh 70 times. I make him laugh 5 to 15 times a day (you do […]
Wrapping Up Patreon—Going Forward
After four and a half years I closed my Patreon RozInterim paid-subscription blog on May 17, 2024. (Right now there are new videos for the subscribed in a final free month through June, but no new subscriptions are being accepted.) It contained over 57 main demonstration tutorials and hours and hours of themed video chats […]
In Context: An Interest in Gadgets
The text on this page sums up the topic for today.
What I Did in the Pandemic: Journaling of Course
Roz: I used to go out and overlisten…can’t think of the word…eavesdrop. Dick: Yeah, “overlisten”: You made up a new word for overhearing. [Above: an actual conversation recorded on an index page.] Returning readers will know that there were some digital glitches just when the Pandemic got started. My Drobo died and had to rebuild […]