jdb @jdb@octodon.social
Librarian, runner, baseball and hockey fan, art dabbler, and counter of things. I read a lot. I try to think more than I speak. He/him.
@shoutcacophony @ghost Dooooo it! I'll listen to whatever you've got!
Huh. Bandcamp has audiobooks, as well! Neat - and a very good time to discover and purchase them!
@eylul @theartguy @CountZero @Curator Oil. Even though I was the only first-time student in the class, I think the idea, along with figuring out tones, was to introduce working with mediums and solvents.
Next week: the Zorn palette!
@theartguy Had to look up serigraphy. I wish I'd had an art education. Sometimes.
@theartguy I was amazed by all of the health and safety precautions. I can see why you can't do this with kids.
I painted last night! With oils! First time ever - helped that it was monochrome so that my charcoal habits were transferable.
I was anxious for no reason. Thanks for the encouraging words the other day, @CountZero @eylul and @Curator
@CountZero nope. First time painting student!
Slightly terrified about my first painting class tomorrow.
#Krita Foundation in Trouble https://krita.org/en/item/krita-foundation-in-trouble/
Another library conference. Hope y'all give me something good to read throughout the day!
GIMP 2.8 is a solid photo editing and graphics program as many of you already know. The work is ongoing toward the 2.10 however, and the development release is somewhere around 2.9.4 and is already quite stable.
2.9 has support for 16bit and higher, and has the #MyPaint brushes engine integrated.
GIMP 2.8 (stable) is still actively maintained and is available for Linux/Win/OS X.
As for 2.9, nightly builds are available for windows. There are the options of an unofficial PPA out there for linux that you can use at your own risk, if you don't want to build it yourself, and flatpak packages are apparently in the works.
Working on more poppies.
ポピー連作作製中。
#watercolorpainting #art #watercolor #flowers #poppy #floral #painting #水彩 #芥子
It took a while, but I got my broken brain into production mode today and get to leave for the weekend all caught up for the first time in months.
Wishing you all the best and hope you all get a decent break.
Conference time. Surrounded by even more librarians than usual.
OH my gosh guys I'm back now, promise! I've been playing around with El Lawrence ink on watercolor paper (lines with a F Lamy nib and lighter tones diluted with water in a brush pen) and I'm a wee bit enthused with how this looks and feels 😀 https://mastodon.art/media/Io8flgaUS0rdvGGsdrQ https://mastodon.art/media/JT4XZlIjCp2S12YKXZg https://mastodon.art/media/qR6uKmXv87inhif10IU #pleinair #mastoart #fountainpens
