I try not to be condescending. That’s when you assume the person to whom you’re speaking needs help understanding the very intelligent things you are saying.
Now, I heard that Julie Andrews will no longer endorse cheap lipstick. It crumbles easily and makes her breath smell. She explained, "The super colour fragile lipstick gives me halitosis."
That means...........well, if you don’t get it........never mind.....
@Tobylou8 said in A little humour:
A State Trooper pulled over a Man for Speeding one afternoon. After the car pulled over the officer took the Gentleman out of the car and told him to put his hands on the hood of his car.
The Trooper told the man, "Sir, the reason i stopped your vehicle is you were going 80 miles over the posted speed limit and it took me miles to catch up to you." The man looked at the Officer and said "I'm sorry Officer but theres a good reason why I was Speeding"
The Officer looked at the Man and said "if you can give me one good reason why you were Speeding, I will let you off with a warning."
The man began to explain.... "A few years ago my Wife ran off with a State Trooper and when I saw you in my rearview mirror I panicked. I thought You Were Bringing Her Back."
The officer LAUGHING told the man, "Have a Nice Day......"
Another guy gets stopped for speeding by a Texas State trooper. The officer asks him for his paperwork and then why he was driving so fast. Driver says, I am with the Circus that is performing up the road and I am trying not to be late. I am so sorry for speeding. Trooper says, what do you do for the circus?
I'm a juggler.
Hmm, says the trooper, get out, and show me some juggling and I'll let you off with a warning. I LOVE juggling.
Oh, says the driver, my stuff is in the equipment van, so I don’t have anything to juggle.
That didn’t stop the Trooper.
He insisted he could use a couple of flares, the jack handle and a safety triangle from the trunk.
Next thing you know, two guys from Oklahoma drive by and see the act happening on the side of the road. One says to the other Okie, remind me never to drink and drive in Texas, I'd never pass that sobriety test!
Some of you might appreciate a little southern comfort Art.
This is a scene I painted from a friend's great photo of a South Carolina inlet, somewhere on or near Hilton Head Island. By the way, I was unhappy with the first version and did it over. This is the new version.
Did these two for our NJ grandkids for Christmas. They both loved their paintings!
Finished another you might like....this one from somewhere near College Station, Texas
Here is my own modern day update to myGreat Grandfather’ s painting. I didn’t keep strictly to any details....BTW
Here is a set of photos showing my process to do a dog portrait. I may not always work this way, but this is how I am approaching this one. I may have to do two posts to handle all the shots. Some photoshopping was done on the first one, BTW
My newest thing, also I did a time-lapse video of the whole thing from start to finish on FaceBook for those who want to watch paint dry, so to speak....
A commission I am working on, it may be done. The paint isn’t even quite dry yet, and acrylics dry pretty fast! 
During the quarantine I more or less decided that I shouldn’t expect to be too optimistic about selling anything, period.
Well, that was not to be the case. Through various connections, and by that I mean a lot of different means, I was able to sell 8 different pieces of art. This one was purchased from someone in Georgia who had moved away from my area and saw another painting posted by somebody on Google. It was in the photo selections of a Church in Rocky Hill, NJ. Somebody I don’t know posted a photo of my painting on Google for Rocky Hill Reformed Church. That is how this person hunted me down, and then also bought this ship painting! 
This is the painting for day two. From the best of my recollection, I tried to show how it looked driving along a highway from Charleston, South Carolina to Bluffton, SC as I drove, the boredom became exhilarating with the flaming sunset. Here’s the best I could remember.
Not sure what happened with my post, but here goes again.
This is the last of my “one painting a day sky scapes”.
I added some water and maybe a sailboat, for the topping.
This was done in the total real time of approximately 2 1/2 hrs start to finish.
@Dr-GO said in Railroad Photography:
@BigDub said in Railroad Photography:
@Dale-Proctor
These are great, some of which could be a nice challenge for me to paint. I love them. The older the better, of course.The question is: Are you trained in painting trains?
You may question my training, but not my motives. My motives are sane, not loco motives.
The Hopewell, NJ train station, where our community band does about 4 concerts each summer, weather permitting.
Almost every concert is visited by at least one passing freight train. The station is no longer in operation for passengers.
Here are some shots of a long abandoned, historic train station not 10 minutes from my home. Here you see the north bound side and south bound side. The north bound station is where the tracks are on the right side of the picture. This is Belle Meade, New Jersey. One could easily commute in comfort and without stress to NYC inside an hour from here. Parking was free, too. 
Well, here's something I just completed. You might like this one, DrGO? 
This was beside the track as my wife and I travelled from New York City to Montreal, Canada. Nice looking engine.
