Stretch 2

 Greetings

Here is the first variant of this new computer art

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Adieu

Stretch 1

 Greetings

Here is a new piece of computer art that I have been working on.

I will post other versions later...

Until next time

Adieu

Lunge 13

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Here is the last version of this piece...

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Working on painting

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I have done some more work to my latest oil painting.

I have added glazes to the landscape  and done more work to the figure.

it now looks like this

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Lunge 12

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Some censorship has been applied to this version to make it appropriate for this blog...

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More Work to Painting

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I have been living with my latest oil painting for a while now.

It recently indicated that it need a bit more work

It now looks like this

I am probably going to do more to it.

Until next time

Adieu

Filkcon 1

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Due to there being much unhappiness about the hotel for last year's filkcon, a new hotel had had to be found.

Thus, this time, I did not have to drive all the way up to Buxton. I did, however, have to drive deep into Norfolk- Beyond Norwich...

I turned out that most of this journey was the same as I used to drive to an annual Far Isles Medieval Society event at Letton and, despite our sat nav throwing a bit of a fit when it realised it wasn't on A roads anymore, we arrived at the Hotel without too much trouble.

I had booked a dealer's table and had brought my fimo figures and mounted prints of some of my cartoons to see how well they might sell before taking some to Eastercon. Following a last minute brainwave I had as we were packing the car, we had also brought some costume we  had outgrown to sell on.

This last proved to be a truly excellent idea, as we sold quite a few pieces of costume.

My Rifles jacket was one of the bits that went and suited the buyer very well...

One of the minor disadvantages of the new hotel was that it's primary function was to serve a golf  course, which meant it was miles from anywhere and this meant that we really had to eat there.

The food, however, was excellent and the prices were reasonable.

It is not often, gentle reader,  that I impose pictures of my food on you, but this dessert- well, see for yourself...

It was a sort of chocolate caramel brownie with vanilla ice cream, chocolate sauce and cream, garnished with strawberry and tasted as good as it looked.

It was generally felt that the hotel was keeper and the new committee booked it for next year's convention.

The convention had excellent US and UK guests and much excellent music was made. I even managed to stay awake long enough one night to sing several songs in the circle.

As I have mentioned in a previous blog, I had a set on the Sunday ( singing A Cappella), which was very well received.

...and I sold five prints

So, all in all, a most successful event.

Until next time

Adieu