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In Context—Sarcasm and Compliments
The page spread is the post. You can click on it to enlarge it for reading. (A brush pen sketch in a gridded journal from Hemlock & Oak.) I always think it’s a good idea to capture these discussions in my journal.
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 […]
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—There’s A Story in That…
One of the things journaling teaches you, if you didn’t already know it and didn’t start journaling specifically because of this fact, is that there is a story in everything—in every minute, in a bit of discussion, in a fleeting glance at the light. And the journal lets you capture all that, assimilate it, draw […]
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: 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 […]
Thoughts on Nose Rings
Dick claims that we talk more than most married couples. I don’t know about that, but I do know that our conversations are far-ranging. This past fall my lung situation was pretty bad. I didn’t have a lot of energy for multiple bouts of the downsizing packing, unpacking, sorting—as well as work and cooking. So […]
Roz’s Preoccupation with Villainy
There is no excerpt because this is a protected post.