I took pictures after each session of work on this painting. Apparently I worked on it for seven days over many months. It should give an idea of how basic my initial outline is, and how I work. Here they are.


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...for this doll I got at an estate sale down the street. By the way, estate sales are pretty creepy, but I appreciated the recycling aspect of it. I got two records and this little doll:


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A mid-week day off today, since I'll be working the weekend. The greatest traditions are popping up around here. We have a regular Monday night get-together to watch the episode of Doctor Who we torrented that showed in Britain Saturday night, and used to have a 30 Rock date before the season ended (Good God, Lemon) and now there's a standard ( Read more... )

Saturday was the day I took my MCAT. I can't really say yet how I did. It was tough. I just have to wait to find out ( Read more... )

My MCAT test is next Saturday. It's a really, really, really hard test. It's like 5 hours long, and tests you on physics, chemistry, organic chemistry, biology, verbal reasoning and writing skills ( Read more... )

After something like a year of sporadic work, I am finally finished with the portrait of Mr. Marshall. What a handsome guy! I enjoyed every minute of caressing him with my brush ^_^


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After something like three weeks, I have at last finished The Mysteries of Udolpho, written in 1794 by Ann Radcliffe. At 672 extremely dense and dialogue-deficient pages, I can agree with the author of the preface, who writes: "Art is long and life is short and Udolpho is long indeed ( Read more... )

In the quest to compile the ULTIMATE originals/ covers by the Beatles playlist I've been getting into the stuff THEY listened to before they got big ( Read more... )

While Dave plays Mass Effect 2, I've been exploring the Netflix instant queue ( Read more... )

I am pleased to announce that I have just finished reading George Eliot's "Middlemarch," a feat indeed because it is 800 pages of extremely dense small-print text. I did it ( Read more... )