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Dishwasher: November 2011

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To see an art career unfold and an artist unhinge. Tuesday, November 15, 2011. Lately, I have been hearing the word "sophisticated" thrown around too often. In a general sense "sophisticated" can be used to imply that something is under the influence of a strong education, proper manners, and a deep respect to cultural knowledge. In other uses it can also describe something that is complex or intricate, or something that is satisfactory to high class taste. Always be conscious of someone trying to apply ...

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Dishwasher: January 2012

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To see an art career unfold and an artist unhinge. Sunday, January 22, 2012. Varnish and Synthetic Brush Update. Knowing that I still would prefer to not brush-apply an alternative, such as Soluvar, I asked him if the spray varnish could be applied in parts without showing lines in the surface. Apparently, this is an option as long as you follow the line work on the painting. Instead of applying the varnish in one step like this:. I would apply it in two steps like this:. Sunday, January 15, 2012. Co-Fou...

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Dishwasher: August 2011

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To see an art career unfold and an artist unhinge. Monday, August 22, 2011. Framing: Hinging for Floating Artwork. A perfect way to ruin a good drawing is to throw it in an ugly frame. This is a problem considering that most frames are either expensive or embarrassingly low quality. Face it, the odds of selling a drawing are much slimmer if they are unframed. Here is Dave Fallis's contact info:. Box cutter or X-acto knife. Cutting surface (I have a sheet of plexi). SELF ADHESIVE hinge tape. It doesn't wo...

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Dishwasher: July 2011

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To see an art career unfold and an artist unhinge. Thursday, July 28, 2011. It is important to avoid building a sleep deficit. Five years ago I could get through the week on a few hours of sleep a night. Now I can really feel my exhaustion start manipulating my judgment and emotions. It is a dangerous combination for painting. Last major studio melt down. So much wasted paint. A very real Mike Steffen drawing from high school. Monday, July 25, 2011. Get There 1.4. This is a good example of what happens t...

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Dishwasher: On Your Own Internet (Part Two)

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To see an art career unfold and an artist unhinge. Sunday, June 10, 2012. On Your Own Internet (Part Two). As quite a bit of time has passed from when I first posted Part One. I have come across quite a few examples of well structured business models taking advantage of digital media's power in direct networking. I would like to think that my post was perfectly timed but in reality these types of examples are always occurring. I just pay closer attention now. Quick and easy to pay. The simplicity of his ...

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Dishwasher: Get There 2.5 Mid-Levels

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To see an art career unfold and an artist unhinge. Monday, June 4, 2012. Get There 2.5 Mid-Levels. At this point with these paintings many of the steps are pretty much the same techniques, repeated over and over with different colors. Fortunately, that makes this post easy for me and requires much less writing. The cooler gray-brown of the higher elevated mountains. The warmer ochre-ish brown of the mid-range mountains. The brighter green-brown of the benches and valley. Though this color looked awkward ...

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Dishwasher: December 2011

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To see an art career unfold and an artist unhinge. Sunday, December 4, 2011. Get There 2.4 (Painting the Base Layers of Land). How to use Photoshop cutout:. Load your photo into Photoshop. Select Filter Artistic Cutout. Adjust the number of layers, edge simplicity, and edge fidelity until you have an accurate and workably simplified version of your photograph. You should now have a relatively soothing silhouette of land under your sky. Soak that up for a few days while you wait for the paint to dry c...

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Path to Literary Success: October 2013

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Path to Literary Success. Monday, October 14, 2013. On Getting There 2. By now rewrites and re-rewrites are a common step in the process. The thought of them shouldn't even break your stride. It will break your stride, because you felt closure for the piece. You felt you might be able to stop dragging that dead limb around. As much as you would like to quit at this point, you cannot. There are a thousand ways to rewrite a novel. This is one. It has only been a year since your last email. This will be a b...

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Dishwasher: April 2012

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To see an art career unfold and an artist unhinge. Tuesday, April 3, 2012. Sorry for the lack of new posts. I will continue working on the blog starting April 16th. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Co-Founder/Director of FM in Oakland, CA. View my complete profile. There was an error in this gadget. There was an error in this gadget. Picture Window template. Powered by Blogger.

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Path to Literary Success: October 2012

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Path to Literary Success. Friday, October 5, 2012. On Publishing Your First Book. Publishing a book should feel nothing short of a total unwinding of your character. You should feel the eighteen wheeler of your failures and disappointments speeding down the highway right into the oncoming locomotive of happiness and pride. Why does a highway cross railroad tracks in this metaphor? A few days ago, I approved the proof copy of my book Thank You for Supporting Our Dreams. My brother (Michael Steffen). Know ...