Amazonia LCBO, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Freddy, one of the local guides that accompanied us, summarized the wealth of the gentleman behind the counter when he told me that his family “own 143 hectares.” This gentleman’s family , again from Freddy, was a “pioneer family” in the region and consequently has done well for themselves. […]
The RadioShack Armatron, originally uploaded by Gavatron. I found a discarded Armatron while walking the dog last week. Likley something that all 30-year-old boys oogled over as a kid. Back when RadioShack was cool. Back when there was RadioShack. Man, can you believe I bought shareware on floppy disks from that place? Thats when a […]
Long-tailed Mockingbird, originally uploaded by Gavatron. So, Heather and I are officially back from our three-week trip to Peru. Heath is starting classes this week and I started lecturing last Friday. In the meantime, I’m keeping busy by going through the 1600-odd photographs that I took while away. Here’s one. This is a Long-tailed Mockingbird […]
Miniature Union Station, originally uploaded by Gavatron.
Week 8: Chalk pastel still life, originally uploaded by Gavatron. This week was another still life and took all evening (so three hours) to complete. I’m pleased with how it turned out. I did notice how everything is stretched out (even though we did an underdrawing); I think this has to do with the fact […]
Mulberry leaves, originally uploaded by Gavatron. A view of green leaves and snow along Philosopher’s Walk.
Featured!, originally uploaded by Gavatron. Flickr has just launched its Places feature (which is very cool), and so I decided to have a poke around. Looking up the Yukon Territory, much to my surprise, up pops me as one of the “Featured Photographers.” Too Cool. If you haven’t seen my Yukon & Alaska photos yet, […]
Beachcombers, originally uploaded by Gavatron.
OK, so I’ve got a number of pieces from this week. Let me just start by saying that I loved this week’s work. Loved it. As you can tell, we had a model and we were doing life drawing. It was a real additive class. Starting with the gesture pieces (the triptych you can see […]
Week #5, originally uploaded by Gavatron. This week was all about texture. The bottom piece of work was closest to what we were supposed to be doing, but its the one that I like the least. The top piece is actually where I was drying my brush before working, with an india ink gesture still […]