Color Clues, or Why Four Blue Sweaters Isn’t Enough
Posted by Cyn | Filed under Art
“Another blue sweater? You have four of those. Why not get something different for a change?”
“No, I have navy, cornflower, Williamsburg, and baby blue sweaters. This one is royal blue. That’s totally different!”
Okay guys, I know that you thought women were making up some of the color names we use. Chartreuse? Why not say green? And garnet — that’s red, right? What’s this about plum, amethyst, grape, violet, mauve, and fuschia all being different? They’re all purple, aren’t they?
No, really, they aren’t. We don’t make them up just to vex you. They’re all very, very different, which is why we would never consider wearing brick red lipstick with a cherry red sweater. Ick!
Now there’s help for you. Free help, even! Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Art, color, fashion, Needlework, reference, web
Whoops! Video Link Correction & Credit
Posted by Cyn | Filed under Art, Blogging, Critters, Fun, Humor, Links
The video I dedicated to Katie isn’t actually called Wake Up Cat, and it has been pulled from YouTube (or it was — it seems to be back, now).
The piece is by animator Simon Tofield of Tandem Films, and is properly titled Cat Man Won. You can view it on their site.
Tags: correction, Critters, Humor, morning, Simon Tofield, Tandem Films, video, YouTube
Baby in the Sink
Posted by Cyn | Filed under Art, Fun, Links
This joyous image was an Honorable Mention award winner in the People category of the 2nd Annual Spider Awards in 2006. The contest, apparently well known in the art world, seeks the best in black and white photography from around the world by both professionals and amateurs. I spent quite a while looking through the galleries of nominated and winning photographs from the past three years. Early entries are being accepted now for this year’s competition.
More of photographer Laurie Rhodes’ beautiful work can be seen in her gallery.
Via The Daily Buzzz
Tags: Art, baby, bath, child, Fun, Laurie Rhodes, photography, Spider Awards
Fantasy & science fiction art gallery
Posted by Cyn | Filed under Art, Needlework
I just learned about Epilogue, a marvelous online gallery and community, by way of a link from needlework designer and artist Teresa Wentzler’s blog.
Wentzler’s art has just been approved for inclusion there — congrats to her!
Epilogue could easily become another time sink!
Tags: Epilogue, Teresa Wentzler
