I (well, BME HQ) got a new camera today; a Canon Rebel XTI… I'll use it to take pictures of art and BME-related stuff, and Jon's going to use it for Fishing Fury — and finally I can get Phil to take a photo for Tristan because I'm dying for a portrait. I did some painting today (more just prepping a canvas really), made a big maze outside with chalk, and other fun stuff… and tomorrow is Nefarious's birthday party so it's a full weekend!
So my back yard was full of cigarettes that someone tossed off the balcony… So I mixed them, a whole lot of dirt, leaves, and other junk with a bunch of plastic resin and black gesso and coated the canvas. I'm not sure what I'm going to paint on it. Maybe a picture of the smoker, haha… That would be fun given the backing.
I was reading this story about how the police in Iran are snapping down on “Western haircuts” as part of some “bad hijab” dragnet or something. The story is ridiculous, and the reporter is so clueless that they've apparently never heard of people spiking their hair into fauxhawks or whatever this is a reference to…
Watch your inbox this weekend for an invite and more details! Phil and I and others have been working hard to really put together a killer event. BMEfest and ModProm (and Hooker School and ModCon) should be really fun this year, and hopefully one of the more memorable ones yet.
I finished this quickie painting today — you may recognize the sketch that Nefarious drew for it earlier. It's a poster paint base with a thin polymer layer over that, and the top layer is standard acrylics on a 24″x48″ canvas.
