I mixed up the palette for the new painting…
- Micaceous Iron Oxide, Carbon Black, Burnt Umber
- Red Oxide, Transparent Brown
- Raw Sienna, Golden Orange
- Iridescent Deep Gold, Yellow Oxide
- Cadmium Red Light, Transparent Yellow Oxide
- Primary Yellow, Titanium White
They each also have retardant mixed in (a necessity because it takes forever to paint these with a tiny brush), as well as a dash of opium (seriously). Just for fun… Two years ago I did an Easter Egg scavenger hunt for Nefarious in which the final “prize” included a whole bunch of Play-Doh — I saved the containers and now they’re being put to good use. Because they’re small, and relatively airtight, they’re perfect for the application of mixing small batches of custom colours.
Other than that, I saw an amazing idea on Treehugger about green retrofits for skyscrapers, essentially attaching windmill/greenhouse structures to the sides of buildings so that they’re both power generating stations and vertical farms — taking old, expensive buildings and updating them so they produce all their own power and food. Pretty amazing idea.
And this list of the most expensive accidents, which is rather USA-heavy, is missing the most obvious “oops” — the Iraq War, which has now cost about $600 billion and is expected to pass $1 trillion when it’s all done. Sorry! Hopefully that mistake starts to end tomorrow.
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Don’t think the Iraq war counts as an accident though; I’m pretty sure that one was on purpose.
Shannon….dare I ask why there’s a banner ad at the top of your blog supporting California’s proposition 8?
Google must believe that you’re a suitable target for that ad… Personally it shows me almost exclusively weight loss ads. I feel somewhat insulted.
Why opium?
Because it’s a painting of an opium den…
Beautiful autumn colours to boot. :)
Google is offering me links to modern christian women that tells you how to deal with homosexuality in the family.
Just what this blog needs, a strong stance on moral issues. :)
three cheers for google ads
and three cheers for the programs that can abort kill em before they’re born so it ain’t murder or censor
only because you’ve been one of my role models for several years, i hope you didn’t indulge in any of that opium =)
It’s not reallllly opium if we’re being literal — it’s OTC codeine (legal), which is an opium derivative.
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