@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:
@BigDub
Very nice. I still don't know how you do it but please keep doing it.
Thank you, Dr-Mark....I don’t think I will be stopping any time soon, Lord willing. Not even sure I could stop. It is a very strong desire to continue.
Next I share another commissioned piece. There are plenty of things in this painting that I enjoy painting, the restrictions and things that had to go into it put a bit of a damper and made me feel a bit handcuffed in regard to my overall feeling of the whole thing.
People did like it a lot, however, and that is the bottom line, isn’t it?
Might be Switzerland? Looks like the license plate on the car has the Swiss cross on it.
Just a guess.
Kehaulani- I had mentioned to you the influence of family when answering you about the formal art education I did or didn’t have. Here is a sample of my older cousin's artwork. He was about the most influential person in my life when it came to art.
More from the "Commissioned Paintings"
This one is almost 40 years old.
As you can see here, this is not my typical choice of subject matter....
@Kehaulani said in Fun with Scales:
That's an equal sign. It is found on the key just to the left of my Backspace key and shares the symbol with a plus sign. All it does is type an = symbol. Still don't see what you mean.
Ok. When you are watching a video, there is this, > for play, and this, || for pause. Yeah. It was kind of lame.
@Kehaulani said in Fun with Scales:
I don't understand that, Big Dub.
You would have to turn your screen a quarter turn......
@Kehaulani said in Fun with Scales:
Gad! What's the reason some contemporary (especially internet) lecturers can't take pauses for things to sink in, to emphasize major ideas, etc. but just blast through the material without pause?
There is a key for that....it looks like: =
This was a family farm from Wisconsin ( I think I recall correctly ) that I did as a commission a few years ago.
Signs I have seen that make me say, “Huh?"
At the 99 cents store:
EVERYTHING IN THE STORE, 99c, OR MORE
TATTOOS AND PIERCINGS DONE ON PREMISES
( Barber Shop )
WALK INS WELCOME
OPEN 8 DAYS A WEEK, CLOSED SUNDAYS
That’s all I can think of right now. ( that was me talking, not s sign )
@SSmith1226 said in A little humour:
@J-Jericho said in A little humour:
@SSmith1226 A friend of mine in college used to laugh his ass off (pun intended) listening to this.
I first heard this at age 10 -12 in the late 1950’s. My father had recorded it on a reel to reel tape. I would sneak into his office and listen to it along with some recordings of Bell Barth.
The original recording of the International Crepitation Contest has an interesting history For those interested, here it is:“The Battle at Thunderblow: The Great Crepitation Contest of 1946” is a comedy record of mysterious origins that gives a play-by-play account of an international farting contest between Lord Windesmear and challenger Paul Boomer. The exact source of the record is unknown, but according to a post on Rand’s Esoteric OTR it was created by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation sports announcer Sydney S. Brown and producer Jules Lipton some time in the 1940s.
Although it appears to have been only produced as an internal joke and not commercially distributed, it managed to survive as a benchmark of high-end fart comedy for more than half a century.
As a matter of fact I demonstrated my low brow humor by only laughing at the sound effects, which were many.
@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@BigDub said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@BigDub said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@BigDub said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
Witness protection family portrait.
Now I see why you don’t do portaits!
What are you talking about?
You have to admit, I was close (portraits). I was talking about the the msaks.
Just messing back atcha
Back at you:
The scary thing is that I can read it faster than I can read normal writing
@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@BigDub said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@BigDub said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
Witness protection family portrait.
Now I see why you don’t do portaits!
What are you talking about?
You have to admit, I was close (portraits). I was talking about the the msaks.
Just messing back atcha
@SSmith1226 said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
@BigDub said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:
Witness protection family portrait.
Now I see why you don’t do portaits!
What are you talking about?
Witness protection family portrait.
I know how to get exercise without leaving my chair, and let me tell you, I am worn out just telling you.
First I was told I was sawing wood for a while, then I jogged my memory, ran my mouth, jumped to conclusions, laid down the law and stood on my principles. Now I am exhausted. I will repeat this pattern often.
One Christmas I gave my wife a washing machine.
She specifically asked for it.
In spite of the request, which I believed could be easily forgotten when we were together with people socially, and I feared being the butt of jokes ( not that I wasn’t accustomed )
This is what I did: I handed her an envelope that had a printed out waiver form for her to sign, promising she would not make me the butt of jokes when tempted to do so at family and social gatherings.
