Tuesday, August 31, 2010
Monday, August 30, 2010
Sunday, August 29, 2010
Valerie Confections - Fine Chocolates, Cakes & Confections, For Gifts and Personal Indulgence. Handmade in Los Angeles, CA
Valerie Confections - Fine Chocolates, Cakes & Confections, For Gifts and Personal Indulgence. Handmade in Los Angeles, CA
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BLUM'S COFFEE CRUNCH CAKE
$45.00
Last year, Valerie was approached by the Los Angeles Times to recreate the famous Coffee Crunch Cake from Blum's Bakery for a special feature on Wedding Cakes. With locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Blum's iconic cake had fans all over the state, including Valerie, a San Francisco native. We were very proud to add this cake to our permanent collection, making it available to fans old and new alike.
The cake features two layers of sponge cake in a delicate coffee whipped cream frosting, covered in delicious bits of crunch.
Our 9" cake serves 12.
Please note that our cakes may require 48 hours notice and are only available for pick-up or local Los Angeles delivery.
When ordering, please specify the day and time you would like to pick up your cake, and we will confirm via email. Larger sizes are also available, please call 213-739-8149 with inquiries or to place an order for local Los Angeles delivery.
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BLUM'S COFFEE CRUNCH CAKE
$45.00
Last year, Valerie was approached by the Los Angeles Times to recreate the famous Coffee Crunch Cake from Blum's Bakery for a special feature on Wedding Cakes. With locations in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Blum's iconic cake had fans all over the state, including Valerie, a San Francisco native. We were very proud to add this cake to our permanent collection, making it available to fans old and new alike.
The cake features two layers of sponge cake in a delicate coffee whipped cream frosting, covered in delicious bits of crunch.
Our 9" cake serves 12.
Please note that our cakes may require 48 hours notice and are only available for pick-up or local Los Angeles delivery.
When ordering, please specify the day and time you would like to pick up your cake, and we will confirm via email. Larger sizes are also available, please call 213-739-8149 with inquiries or to place an order for local Los Angeles delivery.
Saturday, August 28, 2010
Amazon.com: The Alfred Hitchcock Signature Collection (Strangers on a Train Two-Disc Edition / North by Northwest / Dial M for Murder / Foreign Correspondent / Suspicion / The Wrong Man / Stage Fright / I Confess / Mr. and Mrs. Smith): Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, Marlene Dietrich, Jane Wyman, Richard Todd, Carole Lombard, Robert Montgomery, Joel McCrea, Laraine Day, Farley Granger, Robert Walker, Ray Milland, Alfred Hitchcock, Alma Reville, Angus MacPhail, Anthony Berkeley, Ben Hecht, Charles Bennett, Czenzi Ormonde, Ernest Lehman: Movies & TV
Amazon.com: Alfred Hitchcock - The Legend Begins (20 Movie Classics): Peter Lorre, John Gielgud, Barry Fitzgerald, Charles Laughton, Carolyn Jones, Maureen O'Hara, Michael Redgrave, Cyril Ritchard, Darren McGavin, Diana Dors, Sylvia Sidney, Robert Donat, Margaret Lockwood, Madeleine Carroll, Carl Brisson, George Macready, Brandon De Wilde, Robert Newton, Oskar Homolka, Paul Lukas: Movies & TV
Friday, August 27, 2010
Shopping In Downtown LA: Must-Visit Stores
Shopping In Downtown LA: Must-Visit Stores
Stella Dottir
430 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
"Fearless Icelandic fashion designer opens up shop on Skid Row." Even if the LA Times didn't run such a headline when local legend Dottir first started custom-designing clothes in our town, her move to the area was surprising back when these were the meanest of streets. These days, Angelenos already having lunch at a nearby cafe, or those simply out for a walk, pop by to meet her and peruse this original boutique full of pretty printed dresses and slightly more daring evening wear.
Stella Dottir
430 S Main St, Los Angeles, CA 90013
"Fearless Icelandic fashion designer opens up shop on Skid Row." Even if the LA Times didn't run such a headline when local legend Dottir first started custom-designing clothes in our town, her move to the area was surprising back when these were the meanest of streets. These days, Angelenos already having lunch at a nearby cafe, or those simply out for a walk, pop by to meet her and peruse this original boutique full of pretty printed dresses and slightly more daring evening wear.
Shopping In Downtown LA: Must-Visit Stores
Shopping In Downtown LA: Must-Visit Stores
Shareen Vintage
350 N Ave 21, Los Angeles, CA 90031
If gorgeous, proper high-end vintage is your thing, (and whose isn't it?), then you're probably already familiar with this space brimming with red-carpet-ready frocks, flowing bohemian skirts and fiercely fashion-forward separates. And because there's so much stock, prices are within reach of all party-hopping sartorialists, not just those, a la Olsen twin, with deep coffers of gold sitting around the house.
Shareen Vintage
350 N Ave 21, Los Angeles, CA 90031
If gorgeous, proper high-end vintage is your thing, (and whose isn't it?), then you're probably already familiar with this space brimming with red-carpet-ready frocks, flowing bohemian skirts and fiercely fashion-forward separates. And because there's so much stock, prices are within reach of all party-hopping sartorialists, not just those, a la Olsen twin, with deep coffers of gold sitting around the house.
BOOKS - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
BOOKS - ArtsBeat Blog - NYTimes.com
Not Busy Enough, Betty White to Also Write Two Books
By JULIE BOSMANBetty White may be 88 years old, but she’s certainly not finished acting. And she’s not finished writing books, either.
Ms. White — the “Hot in Cleveland” star who will also be seen on “Community,” and just about anywhere else that a television set or computer monitor is on — just signed a deal to write two books for G. P. Putnam’s Sons, the publisher announced on Wednesday. The first book, “Listen Up!,” is about “life lessons learned during her incredibly varied and long career in Hollywood, with an emphasis on the extraordinary past 15 years of the star’s life,” according to a statement, and is scheduled for release in spring 2011.
The second book, scheduled for publication in 2012, is called “The Zoo and I,” and will have stories about Ms. White and the animals at the Los Angeles Zoo. (She is a board member there and an animal rights advocate.)
She has written or co-authored five books. In a statement, Ms. White said, “Much as I love what I do for a living in show business, I love writing even more.”
Jason Pinter: Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner Speak Out On Franzen Feud: HuffPost Exclusive
Jason Pinter: Jodi Picoult and Jennifer Weiner Speak Out On Franzen Feud: HuffPost Exclusive
A while back, the NYTBR ran a review by Mark Sarvas in which he asserted that there are very few novels written about work (note: here is the review Weiner refers to). Well, as even the most casual chick-lit reader knows, work is one of the great subjects of all of those single (or married) girls in the city novels. The Devil Wears Prada, I Don't Know How She Does It, Piece of Work, Make Him Look Good, Lily White, Free Food for Millionaires...all books about women in the workplace. But because they're women's work - commercial books by women, about women - Sarvas, presumably, had never read or even heard of them, and there was no one at the Times to say, "Hey, actually, fella, there are lots of books about work," because, I'm guessing, no one at the Times had read them or heard of them, either.
A while back, the NYTBR ran a review by Mark Sarvas in which he asserted that there are very few novels written about work (note: here is the review Weiner refers to). Well, as even the most casual chick-lit reader knows, work is one of the great subjects of all of those single (or married) girls in the city novels. The Devil Wears Prada, I Don't Know How She Does It, Piece of Work, Make Him Look Good, Lily White, Free Food for Millionaires...all books about women in the workplace. But because they're women's work - commercial books by women, about women - Sarvas, presumably, had never read or even heard of them, and there was no one at the Times to say, "Hey, actually, fella, there are lots of books about work," because, I'm guessing, no one at the Times had read them or heard of them, either.
Thursday, August 26, 2010
The 8 Crusades Explained - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
The 8 Crusades Explained - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
A collection of wikipedia outtakes for the sole purpose of generating ad revenue. WTF.
Ooops. I just helped them generate more revenue. lol. with irony.
A collection of wikipedia outtakes for the sole purpose of generating ad revenue. WTF.
Ooops. I just helped them generate more revenue. lol. with irony.
10 Astounding Actions Earning A Medal of�Honor - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
10 Astounding Actions Earning A Medal of�Honor - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
One of the hardest fights the Allies had in Europe was outside Aachen, Germany, the Battle of Crucifix Hill. The crucifix is still there, now a monument to the battle. Brown was placed in charge of Company C, with about 120 men, assigned to take the hill or die trying. The entire American force on the hill was a full regiment of about 500. They were facing an equal number of well entrenched Germans. If the hill was not taken, the Allies could not encircle Aachen. The Germans could pour down artillery on the entire town.
There were at least 43 pillboxes and bunkers, bristling with machine guns and plenty of men. Company C was assigned pillboxes 17, 18, 19, 20, 26, 29, and 30. The worst of these was 20, with a 360 degree turret on top armed with an 88 mm cannon. The walls were 6 feet of steel reinforced concrete.
After crawling 150 yards under heavy enemy fire to 18 and blowing it up with a satchel charge, Brown crawled again through heavy enemy fire, 35 yards to 19, and several mortar rounds landed around him, knocking him down. He got back up, climbed on top of the bunker and dropped a bangalore torpedo through a hole in the roof. This blew a larger hole, into which he dropped a satchel, and destroyed the emplacement.
20, however, had 45 men and 6 machine guns aimed out around it. When he returned for more demolition, his sergeant told him, “There’s bullet holes in your canteen.” He had been hit in the hip and was bleeding profusely. He crawled down a communications trench 20 yards from 19 to 20, and saw a German entering a steel door in the side. Brown was an ex-boxer, and knocked this man out with one swing, through him inside, and then threw 2 in satchel charges, and ran.
20 exploded so violently that flames flew out the top and caught a tree on fire. Brown personally led his men on a path of destruction through the rest of their assignments, and after an hour of tooth-and-nail fighting, Crucifix Hill was reduced to smoking rubble.
Brown shot himself in 1971, plagued ever since the war with bad memories and pain from his wounds.
10 Astounding Actions Earning A Medal of�Honor - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
10 Astounding Actions Earning A Medal of�Honor - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
In one of the most awe-inspiring displays of reckless bravery WWII has to offer the history books, Cmdr. Evans, three-fourths Cherokee from Oklahoma, led his destroyer, the USS Johnston, straight into the face of a gargantuan Japanese naval fleet, on 25 October 1944, off Samar Island, in the Battle of Leyte Gulf.
He was part of a very small fleet designed to support the marines currently assaulting Leyte. This fleet had 3 destroyers, very small ships, 4 destroyer escorts, even smaller, and 6 escort carriers, with only about 30 planes each. The fleet was not expecting a naval engagement because Adm. Halsey’s much larger fleet was supposed to be guarding the north flank. Halsey, however, had gone after another Japanese fleet and left the flank open.
Down came another Japanese fleet intent on destroying the marines on Leyte. Task Unit 77.4.3 (Taffy 3) initially tried to flee the area when confronted by such massive force. Evans, however, refused to yield to the enemy. As soon as the Johnston sighted the enemy, Evans came over the intercom, “A large Japanese fleet has been contacted. They are fifteen miles away and headed in our direction. They are believed to have four battleships, eight cruisers, and a number of destroyers. This will be a fight against overwhelming odds from which survival cannot be expected. We will do what damage we can.”
He ordered the Johnston to come about and attack at flank speed, charging the entire fleet alone. When Adm. Sprague, in charge of Taffy 3, saw this, he laughed and said, “Well, what the hell. You gotta die of something. Small boys attack.”
The rest of the destroyers and destroyer escorts turned and followed the Johnston, and the Japanese opened fire with 18.1 inch guns, 16 inch guns, 14 inch guns, 8 and 6 inch guns, blasting up the water on both sides of the Johnston. Astoundingly, Evans conned the ship through the splashes in a zigzag until he was within range with his 5 inch guns, which could not penetrate the hulls of the IJN’s battleships and cruisers. He ordered fire concentrated on the upper decks to do the most damage, and this succeeded in knocking down the superstructures and setting the ships afire.
Then the Johnston fired torpedoes and blew the bow off the Kumano, a heavy cruiser, which necessitated another cruiser leaving the fight to assist evacuation. Finally, the Japanese scored hits, a 14 incher, and three 6 inchers, which went clean through the entire vessel without detonating. The first knocked out half the engine power and the electricity to the aft gun turrets.
Evans was struck by one of the blasts and had 2 fingers ripped from his left hand and his shirt burned off.
The Johnston was crippled, but still refused to withdraw and set out a smoke screen. The other destroyers and escorts arrived and every man was consigned to death in order to enable the escort carriers to escape.
By the time it was over, the Johnston had slugged it out with titanic battleships and cruisers, and a line of 4 IJN destroyers, driving the latter off, until another salvo knocked the engine out and detonated several 5 inch shells in the forward magazine.
The Johnston was dead in the water and the IJN surrounded it and fired from all sides. Incredibly, Evans refused to order “abandon ship” until all remaining rounds had been fired, even the starbusts, which are like flares, and the sandbag rounds for practice. When the Japanese passed the survivors in the water, they threw them food and water and saluted them, shouting, “Samurai! Samurai!”
Evans was not among the survivors pulled from the water after the battle. His fate is unknown. He may have been eaten by sharks.
Top 10 Traitors in US�History - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
Top 10 Traitors in US�History - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
In 1967, Navy communications officer John Walker, Jr. snuck into the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., and offered to sell secrets. He then handed over settings for the KL-47 cipher machine, which decoded sensitive US Navy messages. His motivations were purely financial, and he proved to be a screaming bargain: over the next 17 years, Walker gave the KGB the locations of all American nuclear submarines, as well as the procedures the US would follow to launch nuclear missiles at the Soviet Union in the event of war. The Soviets also learned the locations of underwater microphones tracking Soviet nuclear submarines. Moreover, KGB agents learned every American troop and air movement to Vietnam from 1971-1973, and they passed this on to their allies, including the planned sites and times for U.S. airstrikes against North Vietnam. According to Vitaly Yurchenko, a KGB defector, “It was the greatest case in KGB history. We deciphered millions of your messages. If there had been a war, we would have won it.”
In 1967, Navy communications officer John Walker, Jr. snuck into the Soviet Embassy in Washington, D.C., and offered to sell secrets. He then handed over settings for the KL-47 cipher machine, which decoded sensitive US Navy messages. His motivations were purely financial, and he proved to be a screaming bargain: over the next 17 years, Walker gave the KGB the locations of all American nuclear submarines, as well as the procedures the US would follow to launch nuclear missiles at the Soviet Union in the event of war. The Soviets also learned the locations of underwater microphones tracking Soviet nuclear submarines. Moreover, KGB agents learned every American troop and air movement to Vietnam from 1971-1973, and they passed this on to their allies, including the planned sites and times for U.S. airstrikes against North Vietnam. According to Vitaly Yurchenko, a KGB defector, “It was the greatest case in KGB history. We deciphered millions of your messages. If there had been a war, we would have won it.”
Top 10 Traitors in US�History - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
Top 10 Traitors in US�History - Top 10 Lists | Listverse
Yes, an American Vice President was also one of its greatest traitors. Fresh off his duel with Alexander Hamilton, Aaron Burr noticed his political career was now as dead as Hamilton was. So he looked fondly on the Louisiana territory, with its disputed borders, and residents toying with secessionist notions. Burr believed a small army could steal Louisiana away, so he contacted Britain’s ambassador, offering to help Britain take the territory. In return, Burr wanted money and ships. But he also needed a general. So Burr sent the infamous “Cipher Letter” to General James Wilkinson, Commander-in-Chief of the US Army, detailing the plot and requesting his services. However, Wilkinson believed the plan would fail, and ratted him out to President Thomas Jefferson. Thus, on December 9, 1806, the US Army seized most of Burr’s boats and supplies. But Burr knew it was REALLY over when he saw a New Orleans newspaper article with a verbatim copy of the Cipher Letter to Britain. Burr appeared in court and was not initially indicted, but fled when asked to appear a second time. After recapture, he was found not guilty, due to a very precise Supreme Court reading of the Constitution’s definition of treason. He then fled to Europe but returned after four years, finding work as an attorney.
Uphaa.com
Uphaa.com
Code Adam: was invented by Walmart but it is now an internationally recognized alert. It means “missing child”. The code was first coined in 1994 in memory of Adam Walsh, a six-year old, who went missing in a Sears department store in Florida in 1981. Adam was later found murdered. The person making the announcement will state “we have a code Adam,” followed by a description of the missing child. As soon as the alert is heard, security staff will begin to monitor the doors and other exits. If the child is not found within 10 minutes, the police are alerted and a store search begins. Also, if the child is found in the first 10 minutes in the company of an unknown adult, the police must be called and the person detained if it is safe to do so.
Code Adam: was invented by Walmart but it is now an internationally recognized alert. It means “missing child”. The code was first coined in 1994 in memory of Adam Walsh, a six-year old, who went missing in a Sears department store in Florida in 1981. Adam was later found murdered. The person making the announcement will state “we have a code Adam,” followed by a description of the missing child. As soon as the alert is heard, security staff will begin to monitor the doors and other exits. If the child is not found within 10 minutes, the police are alerted and a store search begins. Also, if the child is found in the first 10 minutes in the company of an unknown adult, the police must be called and the person detained if it is safe to do so.
Native breeds of dogs in Iran
Native breeds of dogs in Iran
"It seems that shepherd dogs are used in Iran from the ancient times may be from 8000 years ago. Persians were land workers and shepherds from the earlier times. For example we know that goats became domisticated for the first time in the world in south west of Iran. Sheeps were among the first animals domesticated too. An archeological site in Iran produced a statuette of a wooled sheep which suggests that selection for woolly sheep had begun to occur over 6000 years ago."
Wait a minute! Dogs are Western corruption! What the hell!
"It seems that shepherd dogs are used in Iran from the ancient times may be from 8000 years ago. Persians were land workers and shepherds from the earlier times. For example we know that goats became domisticated for the first time in the world in south west of Iran. Sheeps were among the first animals domesticated too. An archeological site in Iran produced a statuette of a wooled sheep which suggests that selection for woolly sheep had begun to occur over 6000 years ago."
Wait a minute! Dogs are Western corruption! What the hell!
IRAN: Pet-product advertising banned as dog owners come under fire | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times
IRAN: Pet-product advertising banned as dog owners come under fire | Babylon & Beyond | Los Angeles Times
"Iranian authorities are cracking down, but this time their target isn't political dissidents or drug traffickers. It's dogs. Or rather, pets in general."
Well, finally the Iranian government is getting to the heart of the matter! Dogs are a corrupting Western influence. It's shocking that the crack down on pets didn't come sooner. What in dogs name has the world come to? Iran was clearly going to the dogs. And who knows what kind of sinful behavior bowser and meow-miu would have promoted?! Good dog! people being kind to animals?! How anti-Iranian can you get? Such corruption.
Imagine people loving a pet. What in the hell was the country going to? The cats and dogs?
But no one please tell the Iranian government about the Persian mastiff, the Persian cat. And especially not about the Persian Greyhound, or Saluki, which the " Muslims considered them a sacred gift of Allah, and they were never sold but only offered as gifts of friendship or honor".
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/saluki.htm
"Iranian authorities are cracking down, but this time their target isn't political dissidents or drug traffickers. It's dogs. Or rather, pets in general."
Well, finally the Iranian government is getting to the heart of the matter! Dogs are a corrupting Western influence. It's shocking that the crack down on pets didn't come sooner. What in dogs name has the world come to? Iran was clearly going to the dogs. And who knows what kind of sinful behavior bowser and meow-miu would have promoted?! Good dog! people being kind to animals?! How anti-Iranian can you get? Such corruption.
Imagine people loving a pet. What in the hell was the country going to? The cats and dogs?
But no one please tell the Iranian government about the Persian mastiff, the Persian cat. And especially not about the Persian Greyhound, or Saluki, which the " Muslims considered them a sacred gift of Allah, and they were never sold but only offered as gifts of friendship or honor".
http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/saluki.htm
Blogging sucks
Yeah, i realize this is a blog. But blogging sucks. The blogosphere is bringing down the quality of writing put out by newspapers, magazines and even books.
Every damn article includes something about the author. If I wanted to know about you, stupid journalist, I would read a column, not a new story.
Newspapers used to have editorial staff who made certain that writers chose good quality stories to write about, and proof readers who made certain that typos, misprints and bad grammar were stopped before they went to press. Now in this world of instant publication, the written word has become sloppy, messy, icky, ughy, crummy, cruddy, yuckiness. And yes, I really could have used an editor and a proof reader for that last sentence, and probably for this one and the next one too.
Ironically, good writing is sorely lacking at a time good writing is needed. This whole huge web is waiting to be filled with writing, thoughts, questions, learnings, and more, just at the moment when writing is being downgraded into scribbles on a blog and articles are being sold for pennies on amazon turk. While public figures are deriding a liberal arts education and condemning those who would go to college for the sake of learning! horrors to the English literature majors! , at the time when those same public figures are bemoaning the quality of the work force! and corporate America is looking for people who can....wait for it....write!
Please do forgive the run on sentences and exclamation points. My editor and proof reader were outsourced and the new ones are asleep when I'm awake. What's a blogger to do?
Every damn article includes something about the author. If I wanted to know about you, stupid journalist, I would read a column, not a new story.
Newspapers used to have editorial staff who made certain that writers chose good quality stories to write about, and proof readers who made certain that typos, misprints and bad grammar were stopped before they went to press. Now in this world of instant publication, the written word has become sloppy, messy, icky, ughy, crummy, cruddy, yuckiness. And yes, I really could have used an editor and a proof reader for that last sentence, and probably for this one and the next one too.
Ironically, good writing is sorely lacking at a time good writing is needed. This whole huge web is waiting to be filled with writing, thoughts, questions, learnings, and more, just at the moment when writing is being downgraded into scribbles on a blog and articles are being sold for pennies on amazon turk. While public figures are deriding a liberal arts education and condemning those who would go to college for the sake of learning! horrors to the English literature majors! , at the time when those same public figures are bemoaning the quality of the work force! and corporate America is looking for people who can....wait for it....write!
Please do forgive the run on sentences and exclamation points. My editor and proof reader were outsourced and the new ones are asleep when I'm awake. What's a blogger to do?
Tuesday, August 24, 2010
Born in Panama
Religious Fundamentalist
War Monger
Started 2 Wars
Gave Tax breaks to the wealthiest 2% of Americans
Put America into 1.3 Trillion dollars in debt
Missed the signs of an al qaeda attack
Created a divisive strategy to stay in power
Sent jobs overseas
Did not finish the 2 Wars he started
Caused the death of 5000 American's by invading Iraq under false pretenses
Caused the death over 100,000 Iraqi's by invading Iraq under false pretenses
Let Osama bin Laden get away by moving key people to Iraq instead of Afghanistan
Bailed out the biggest banks and let the rest of us flounder
Religious Fundamentalist
War Monger
Started 2 Wars
Gave Tax breaks to the wealthiest 2% of Americans
Put America into 1.3 Trillion dollars in debt
Missed the signs of an al qaeda attack
Created a divisive strategy to stay in power
Sent jobs overseas
Did not finish the 2 Wars he started
Caused the death of 5000 American's by invading Iraq under false pretenses
Caused the death over 100,000 Iraqi's by invading Iraq under false pretenses
Let Osama bin Laden get away by moving key people to Iraq instead of Afghanistan
Bailed out the biggest banks and let the rest of us flounder
Monday, August 23, 2010
Sunday, August 22, 2010
Supply List
Supply List
Kline Academy
Kline Academy
SUPPLY LIST BY CLASS
There are some areas of shopping were finding the cheapest and best deals are very rewarding.
Cosmetic surgury and art supplies are not among them. Painting is difficult enough to master and
the last thing you want to do is to struggle with inferior brushes and paint.
Brushes:
During the first class for the Mandala project you will not need many if any brushes
#1, #2, Fan Brush - white bristle
#3 through #20- Brights- medium soft -Isabey "memory"
1/2 inch soft blending brush
1 1/2" inexpensive large paint brush
Isabey has fantastic selection of soft, brights
I will recommend brands that have the nicest color. Please though, do not try to
buy cheap paint, I also do not recommend Windsor Newton-the color of their paint varies
greatly from other brands -for instance- Naples Yellow is a huge difference
Mandala Project- FOUNDATIONS IN CLASSICAL PAINTING Thursday am and Wednesday PM :
- one 24" x 24" Canvas
(The more expensive canvases, like the 1.5" box frame, have a nicer surface to paint on)
-Pencil, Gum eraser, spray fix or cheap hair spray
-Thin Cotton rags --- t-shirt or pillow cases work well
-Walnut Oil or Linseed Oil refined
-Palette- Light wood palette if you are working with a model
or disposable palette pad
Roll of Tape,
Roll of Paper Towels
Raw Umber- brownish (oil paint) by Norma or Old Holland brands have a beautiful
golden shade. Other brands of raw umber tend to be much cooler
Titanium White -Rembrandt, original formula - Large Tube
After the 3rd or fourth class we will begin color and here are the paints you will
need:
Alizarin Crimson
Quinacridone Red
Mars Orange
Yellow Ochre - Le Franc or Gamblin is okay -If you use another brand, make sure it is not too dark
Naples Yellow - Mussini or Sennelier only- also do not buy Naples Yellow light or dark just plain Naples yellow
Ultra Marine Blue - Deep
Pthalo Blue
Chrome Green Opaque (Also called Chromium oxide Green)
Pthalo Green
Transparent Red Oxide - Rembrandt is okay
Transparent Brown Oxide - Rembrandt is okay
Ivory Black
2nd Project for a Master Copy Paints to Add:
English Red
Viridian Green
Indian Yellow
Chinese Orange- Sennelier
Vermillion (French) -Sennelier
Cerulean Blue
Portrait Class Paints- Wed 2pm to 5pm
If you are taking a Portrait Painting class then I assume you are serious about your results. This is where good quality paint is essential.
I can't tell you how many times I have been helping a student with their painting, I grab their palette and begin to mix a color and for instance
their Vermillion makes very little affect on the color! I try again and add more, nothing, finally I look at the brand of paint they are using and "bingo"
cheap paint! Cheaper brands of paint use less pigment. So you end up frustrated and using more paint. If you have the money the following 2 brands
I highly reccomend: Michael Harding and Robert Doak especially Doak's incredibly colors (except his Naples Yellow-its too dark) and Michael Harding's
Cremnitz White is a very good lead white.
Sennielier and Old Holland are also good choices as well as Mussini. Bottom line is buy some good quality paint.
Wood Palette to hold
Little container for holding medium
Roll of Tape,
Roll of Paper Towels
Walnut or Linseed Oil
Cotton t-shirt type rags
Paints (see info above for brands):
Titanium White or (lead white if you can find it)
Yellow Ochre
French Vermillion
Ivory Black
Later we will add:
Raw Umber
Ultra Marine Blue
Naples Yellow
Transparent Red Oxide
Chrome Green
Alizarin Crimson
English Red
Cerulean Blue
Hal's Figure Painting/Drawing Workshop- Monday 11am to 2pm:
Some of you may want to just draw and that is fine, make sure that you buy some sheets of
practice paper and some nice ones for the final drawing
Drawing materials:
willow charcoal, medium size sticks
Kneaded erasers
soft paper towels or chammy
charcoal pencils, medium density
Jar of powdered charcoal
salt shaker for shaking charcoal powder on paper
Paper- Ingre, Rives, Roma, or other fine drawing sheet
as well as inexpensive practice sheets- even newsprint
Drawing Board or smooth piece of wood to attach your paper to
Roll of Tape
Painting Materials:
Stretched Canvas 20 x 30" or no larger than 24 x 36"
Gamblin is fine for the following (you may already have most of these)
Titanium white, naples yellow, yellow ochre, raw sienna, napthol red, burnt sienna, ultramarine, thalo blue, ivory black
Old Holland brand flesh ochre
Brush washer with spring inside for cleaning brushes
Odorless Mineral Spirits (Please bring your own bottle or container -for disposal-do not dispose of in the studio)
Galkyd painting medium no.1
Gamblin refined linseed oil
Brushes: Hogs hair assortment of long handle flats and filberts 2,4,6,8,10,12,14.
Assorted filbert long handle synthetic sable.Dick blick makes there own that I like to use.
Utrecht also makes their own synthetics. Good for glazing. 2,4,6,8,10,12
#2 round synthetic long handle
Big Palette
Little container for holding medium
Roll of Tape,
Roll of Paper Towels
Contemporary Painting - Thurs. 7pm to 10pm:
Anything goes, as long as you clean up after yourself and don't bring anything toxic.
Its also a good idea to bring several projects to work on
Here are some ideas to add to your supplies:
Marble Dust
Cement- quickset
Assortment of Acrylics
Card board
Crackle Paste and Venetian plaster
Wood panels, metal panels, un stretched canvas
collage material
Dorland's Wax
Glazing mediums
Large palettes knives
sand paper
bucket
drop cloth if you are going to be messy
Roll of paper towels and cotton rags
roll of tape
Inspirational images, printed materials
and of course, all the other materials you are used to using
Saturday, August 21, 2010
Jennifer Aniston's 10 Most Memorable Red Carpet Looks - Photo Gallery on Yahoo! Movies
Jennifer Aniston's 10 Most Memorable Red Carpet Looks - Photo Gallery on Yahoo! Movies
"He's Just Not That Into You" LA Premiere (2009)
We're into this perfectly tailored Burberry pantsuit. Aniston layers the look with chunky necklaces, and surprises even further by wearing her hair in a ponytail, keeping the outfit just girlie enough.
"He's Just Not That Into You" LA Premiere (2009)
We're into this perfectly tailored Burberry pantsuit. Aniston layers the look with chunky necklaces, and surprises even further by wearing her hair in a ponytail, keeping the outfit just girlie enough.
Monday, August 16, 2010
Sunday, August 15, 2010
Friday, August 13, 2010
Drew Barrymore's $25 Red Carpet Hit on Shine
Drew Barrymore's $25 Red Carpet Hit on Shine
"Don't you love it when vintage Drew -- the irreverent, quirky, girl power praising, throw-a-daisy-in-her-hair Drew that we all idolized in the 90's--steps out on the red carpet?"
"Don't you love it when vintage Drew -- the irreverent, quirky, girl power praising, throw-a-daisy-in-her-hair Drew that we all idolized in the 90's--steps out on the red carpet?"
Tuesday, August 03, 2010
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This was a fascinating series which looked at the most marginal members of our society without judgement and explored contributions of an extraordinary woman who was able to start a program to reach them.
The comments are intriguing. It seems that the people who have the motivation to write a comment are tending to be less interested in the story and the purpose of both the program and the telling of the story than in condemning people who are already condemned by their own flaws.
The program objective was to reduce the expense to the public of emergency room visits by the most likely to be involved in a health emergency. Not to change people, nor cure them, not get them to improve themselves and their lives, albeit those are goals are worthy and would hopefully be a side effect.
As a first world country, we don't leave people to die on the street when their lives can be saved. We don't turn people away from emergency rooms for having flawed characters or being destitute. Well perhaps for being destitute.
In purely economic terms, the goal was to spend a less on housing than on emergency medical care, the question was would shelter be enough to make a difference.
It's ok to feel compassion for people who fail at helping themselves, for the destitute mired in their own personal hells, for the condemned.