The Persistence of Hard Wiring

The grey area in this photo is the natural looking mountain that this student originally painted when I guided the class through that step in the composition. She lost focus for a few minutes then when it returned remembered "Oh right...mountains!" and proceeded to paint what I consider the International Symbol For Mountains right over top. I think it's a triumph that she was able to actually *see* what she'd done when I brought it to her attention; the student told me she had forgotten that she'd already painted the mountains.

This is a perfect illustration of how our brain will superimpose its own internal short hand symbolism over top of what is literally right in front of our nose.

And it's *my* job to get in there and rip out the wiring. ; )
Override it anyway.

The Toys REALLY Take Over

This would be my set. I had no idea that depicting individual boards would be so time consuming. -woodgrain/shadow/highlight - woodgrain/shadow/highlight Repeat as necessary a few thousand times................aaaaggh!!

The Uprising Part II.

The Toymaker attempts to draw attention to his plight utillising public service materials.

Sunny Doll

TwinB took a look through the photos of The Toys Take Over Christmas and commented that my doll and clown make-up looked rather familiar...kind of like how I used to dress them up when they were 3 to 5 years old.

The Toys Take Over Christmas

Soldier 1, The Captain and Soldier 2. (Gabby- take off your glasses!)

I was merciful to Mike and rather than forcing him to shave his beard, I incorporated it into a more nutcracker type look.

And see! Mr. Jones is the Captain!

First Snow

'Bout 20 centimeters, then rain...buckets of rain.

As usual.

Hey...Did You Remember To Lock the Basement Windows??

TwinB as zombie in 2007

Happy Halloween!

Don't overdo the goodies...'specially the liquid kind!

This is TwinA's creation - I'm still waiting for a photo from 'B