Posts made by BigDub

I was asked if I do commissions. Here I will share in the next couple of days commissioned pieces I have done, and I would suggest you see if you can discern a difference in the subject matter. This will be easy, I think.

@Kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:

Ach so. You might find this observation interesting, then.

I was doing an abstract water colour in class at the Honolulu Academy of the Arts once, and felt this presence behind me. It was my teacher peering at what I was painting and he said, out of the blue, "Are you a musician?" And I said "Yes. How do you know?" And he answered, "I can tell by the way you use colour". Astute.

And I guess you just can't get away from it.

Wow. That is very interesting for sure.

I think one thing does help the other, in that you want to have ebb and flow, loud and soft, things like that, and the creativity of it all.
I have listened to some wonderful music ( to me, at least ) while painting, so maybe the right things align themselves there as well. Very interesting.
When I am playing, I think about the shape and texture of the notes, varying the dynamics, subtle stuff like that which almost mirror what I do when I paint as well.

This. Random. Got to hand it to you SSmith, with the strings, though.
Real photograph taken by yours truly

@Kehaulani said in Artist on BOARD:

Big Dub, did you study at an art program or otherwise?

My only real formal education was a two year program at my local community college but I would be remiss if I didn’t mention the influence from family members. Then there is my constant appetite to read as much about technique and theory, and observe other artists work, and learn from as many people as I could whether it be negative or positive- all the time.

I asked my friend what’s the difference between a loaf of bread and an elephant. He said, haha, I don’t know.
I said, remind me not to send you to the grocery store for anything.

@Niner said in A little humour:

Some things to think about when drinking :

Why doesn't a chicken egg taste like chicken?

Why is it that cargo is transported by ship while a shipment is transported by car?

Does peanut butter really have butter in it?

Do mimes watch silent movies?

Is the fear of flying groundless?

What would you use to dilute water?

Can atheists get insurance for acts of God?

Do you need a silencer if you are going to shoot a mime?

Can I get arrested for running into a Fire House yelling, "Movie! Movie!" ?

Can you be a closet claustrophobic?

Could someone ever get addicted to counseling? If so, how could you treat them?

Did Adam and Eve have navels?

Did the early settlers ever go on a camping trip

I am not drinker, but I think about these sort of things all the time. You're not surprised. I know.

@Dr-Mark said in Artist on BOARD:

Hi BigDub,
I don't know how you do it. How a person can take splotches of color and make me see stuff that's not there is magic. Keep up the good magic!
Thanks, Dr-Mark! I guess to answer your question, how I do it is often a mystery to me as well, lots and lots of flops and disappointments, trial, error and repetition.
Few are the times when I feel like the paintbrush is simply taking me along for the ride, but when it happens, it is quite exhilarating, to say the least. Most times it’s quite a battle and struggle. I cannot NOT paint, though, at least it would be hard to stop.

@administrator said in Artist on BOARD:

This is quite beautiful. Do you take commissions?

I do take commissions. They take up maybe a quarter to a third of my work, actually. Email me and I can give you more information. Thanks.

I probably have posted this one in the past, but not on this site.......
this is known locally as the Bridge Tender's Station. Actually it is a former switch tender's house from the Penn.RR.
They purchased the Delaware and Raritan Canal in the early 1930's and pretty much put the canal out of business simultaneously. I was able to learn this from my friend who had his little shop and art studio right across the street from this.

@Dr-Mark said in How about a "Random Meaningless Image...let's see them string"?:

@Niner
Her Bell & Howell?
Which is Bell and which is Howell?

I think they had to be registered, though.

@N1684T said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

They read the first few words and boom, the brain is working on solving the problem....

This can be a mechanic thing too. Or just a man thing as my girlfriend points out. She starts out talking about a problem, wondering about it and trying to understand it, and my simple "man brain" tries to solve it;)

Yeah. Sometimes you just have to shut up and listen, later you say, "uh, huh, uh huh, right, I know. Uh, huh."
They know there’s no solution. It’s just how they want to deal with it, to just discuss it.

At no time does my tongue leave my mouth nor detach itself from the host in question.
On a similar, but barely that, topic- my Father used to be able to form his tongue into a tube shape and actually whistle through it. He was not able to do that while playing the trumpet, which he never got the chance to learn.

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.....

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

@BigDub said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

When I said you don’t have to think to breathe, I meant in your normal daily activities. It is an unconscious activity. Not, however, while playing trumpet. Yes. I knew that.

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OOPS! My bad. That's me once again not putting my common sense in gear.

Maybe it’s just a Dr kind of thing. They read the first few words and boom, the brain is working on solving the problem....

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

@BigDub
This isn't about this topic but you may still enjoy it. Check out "what in tune sounds like"
I hope you like it. Matt Harloff is great in the videos

Very nice. I am surprised I found it. There was no link......I just highlighted it and pressed "look up"
I would like to hear that done by a pro trumpet player with various models of trumpets from yard sale to custom made for a top symphony trumpet player.

@Dr-Mark said in What Does The Tongue Do When The Trumpet Is Played:

Hi BigDub,
You stated that, "You don’t have to think to breathe. It just happens automatically."
There's nothing natural about the proper breathing needed to play the trumpet.
Look at all the info that's out there addressing just that topic. For example Circle of Breath.
As for the tongue, it's just one way of monitoring tension and force.
When I said you don’t have to think to breathe, I meant in your normal daily activities. It is an unconscious activity. Not, however, while playing trumpet. Yes. I knew that.

It’s a funny thing. You don’t have to think to breathe. It just happens automatically. But when you are playing you have to think about how to breathe correctly and in fact when I am playing in front of a crowd I find it’s very helpful to remind myself to breathe, breathe, breathe!
I don’t think about the tongue or what its doing. It just knows what to do.