Author Archives: mathdreads
Velma Mae’s 78th Birthday Celebration Powerpoint
For my mother’s 78th birthday, one of my sister’s thought it would be a great idea to have a surprise party. She chose an off year to throw mom off the scent. My one and only role, other than showing up was to create a powerpoint. Of course there was a technology fail and I … Continue reading
Sexiest Dictionary: Latest Round
Although I like the blending and contouring in “Contentious,” this guy’s chest remains undefined because the model in the picture was wearing a shirt. I have to develop a technique for painting an attractive man’s chest. I realized after the fact that his head was too small. In the picture I used, the guy wore … Continue reading
Alien Technology
If ever I were visited by aliens and they wanted to gift me some advanced technology, I’d ask for a device, which would allow me to unfuck up any situation. I realize that would be a large undertaking, at least to my Earthly intellect, but there are challenges that cannot be solved by 3D printing … Continue reading
Sexiest Dictionary: Contouring & Shading
This week’s painting challenge was to add contouring and shading, so I could possibly cure the facial paralysis my subjects had. I still used non-watercolor journal paper, which made blending rough and it wrinkled. Plus, I still hadn’t bought the watercolor crayon colors I needed: black, red, white, and brown.This was my first attempt at … Continue reading
Sexiest Dictionary Paintings: A New Approach
In the latest round of practicing my illustrating technique for the sexiest dictionary, I disassembled my home office. Totally worth the sacrifice. I had no desire to sit at my work desk on the weekend. Instead, I relocated my work computer and monitor to the living room, so I could paint while the TV entertained … Continue reading
Sexiest Dictionary Rough Draft Paintings
Despite the fact that computer paper isn’t the best for watercolor paintings, all practice is good practice at this stage in the project. Here’s my workaround to not knowing how to draw. I used painter’s tape to place my paper onto the laptop screen. Then I brightened the screen, turned off all other lights, then … Continue reading
Watercolor Crayons
After researching about which medium I wanted to use for my latest illustration project, I finally bought the biggest set of watercolor crayons the art store offered. Making the financial investment came in a roundabout way. I’d bought a plane ticket to go back east to attend an event, which was a financial sacrifice, but … Continue reading
48th Birthday Celebration
For the past couple of birthdays, I’ve posed with my yoga teacher while wearing my tiara before class. This was the first time I had a teacher who could truly sing. As a birthday gift, she quickly sang “Happy Birthday” during a third set of camel.As soon as I finished my yoga class, I jetted … Continue reading
Playing It By Ear
Out of tune like my guitar Nearly every time I played it because I’m tone deaf Out of tune like my singing for pretty much the same reason When I say I’m playing things by ear I can only mean that figuratively With either an inner wince of pain Since organization is my superpower Or … Continue reading
Tiny Home Jamboree
For the past two months, I’ve been researching the feasibility of buying my own place. Seems like a premature endeavor since I barely have two spare pennies to rub together, but this new insurance job that I have is promising. Nonetheless, one thing I concluded early on is that I didn’t want a house. I … Continue reading