The Isolated Blurt BDSM Thread

[Homburg]

I don't know that I could make a living by painting. I'm in the process of trying to find gallery representation and have just received my first rejection. I know that I'm going to get a lot more, but I can't help but wonder what my work lacks to them.

Well, in my case, it was painting miniature toy soldiers, not canvas, so a gallery was not an issue. I just had to show my work on the web and the orders started coming in. These days, as I said, I work with the clientele that I like and don't sweat the rest. I'm just doing it for extra pocket money though.

ETA: Maybe making your name with the non-"serious" stuff will pave the way for your name to help carry your paintings? Heck, if you look on the crafty thread, the minis I did that are getting the most comments are the dwarfs, and they were done as a lark. No effort, totally not serious. That's how it works sometimes.
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My sculpture teacher keeps trying to talk me into doing art, but I won't. I don't want to spend that much time in college to be a starving artists, and I don't want to teach. Oddly enough, I want to get to a point in my life where I am not raising kids. LOL

You don't need to go to college to do art. You just need to do art. College will help, but it's not necessary.

And, crazily enough, I am interested in that "not raising kids" point to. I love my small humans (as CM calls them), but life is simpler sans small humans. And VASTLY quieter.

Though, truth be told, every year viv and her mom take the kids to the beach for a week. The quiet gets weird after a couple of days.

 

[Ham Murabi]

I see I'm still #8 in the "who posted here" list.... some one of you needs to step up to the plate and step up your posting if I'm going to fall out of the top 10 by the end of the year.


Now for some really special news:
My son is playing in his first pro-am tourney tomorrow and Monday! (That's golf, for you who don't know.)

I think I'll try and be on the 18th hole on Monday... waiting and watching!

Needless to say, he's a little bit nervous. ;-) I, on the other hand, am just a proud Mom.


And this is NOT Ham... it's me. But I'm not going to mess up his computer for a couple of posts, by logging him out and logging myself in.

Sincerely,
Roxanne

 

[midwestyankee]

Confusion, thy middle name appeareth to be yankster.

 

[WriterDom]

Smitten by Jean Reynolds. A Georgia girl who went to UGA. Oddly she didn't play on the golf team because she wanted a more normal college experience. She's tearing up the Futures Tour and is tied for 3rd in the Open. Only 5'2" but she has a very nice swing. They called her peanut in college. She's 24.
See how she handles Sunday pressure.

 

[nh23]

I always thought I had weird fetishes. I've found out in the last few days, there are things out there you'd never dream of.

 

[myinnerslut]

I always thought I had weird fetishes. I've found out in the last few days, there are things out there you'd never dream of.

if you can think of it, someone wants to do it and someone wants to watch it

 

[nh23]

if you can think of it, someone wants to do it and someone wants to watch it

Well we met someone who wanted to be fed until he was over a ton and died, and someone who wanted to be possessed by demons.

 

[Kajira Callista]

Well we met someone who wanted to be fed until he was over a ton and died, and someone who wanted to be possessed by demons.

I dunno if i would call those fetish or mental illness.

 

[nh23]

I dunno if i would call those fetish or mental illness.

*nods* Well I suppose it depends on if it remains in fantasy or not. If it does woo hoo for them. If not..

 

[graceanne]

Why do I fucking bother?

 

[minx1]

omg. you have such a huge chip on your shoulder, I find it amusing..all the jealousy and the petulent outbursts *laugh*

I am so glad I'm not like you

 

[Sir_Winston54]

What's up with this "sleep for three or four hours, wake up to pee and find myself WIDE awake, futz around on the puter for an hour or two, then go back to sleep for another three or four hours" shit? I've never had a problem (unless I stubbed my toe or something ) getting up no more than 10-15% awake and going right back to sleep!

 

[ecstaticsub]

Tomorrow is big, very big. Please, please make everything go according to plan.

 

[rida]

Tomorrow is big, very big. Please, please make everything go according to plan.

crossing all crossable

 

[ultramarineblue]

My sculpture teacher keeps trying to talk me into doing art, but I won't. I don't want to spend that much time in college to be a starving artists, and I don't want to teach. Oddly enough, I want to get to a point in my life where I am not raising kids. LOL

You could go into graphic design or something. I just don't want to be behind a computer all day. I like the sensory experience from paint, clay, etc. Besides it's always good to find a career where you have enough time off and make enough money to support your art habit.

Well, in my case, it was painting miniature toy soldiers, not canvas, so a gallery was not an issue. I just had to show my work on the web and the orders started coming in. These days, as I said, I work with the clientele that I like and don't sweat the rest. I'm just doing it for extra pocket money though.

ETA: Maybe making your name with the non-"serious" stuff will pave the way for your name to help carry your paintings? Heck, if you look on the crafty thread, the minis I did that are getting the most comments are the dwarfs, and they were done as a lark. No effort, totally not serious. That's how it works sometimes.
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I've definitely considered how the non-"serious" stuff will be a part of what paves the way for me. Because of them, I've been given an in on one thing that's not accepting any more artists. So I've got to make use of them.

Thankfully, I've recently finished updating my website with current work so people can see other stuff I do if they look it up. The website is definitely going to be an asset.

I've loved looking at your miniatures. I have such an appreciation for that type of painting because I don't have the patience it requires.

 

[graceanne]

You could go into graphic design or something. I just don't want to be behind a computer all day. I like the sensory experience from paint, clay, etc. Besides it's always good to find a career where you have enough time off and make enough money to support your art habit.

True enough. I also don't want to be behind the computer all day, either I want to play with clay all day!

Honestly, if I had the choice I'd just take sculpture all the time.

I'm considering putting out my own money, though, to take some photography classes.

I'm also hoping that when we buy our own place that I can have a room for making stuff. Not likely, but it's on my 'in a perfect world' list.

 

[ultramarineblue]

True enough. I also don't want to be behind the computer all day, either I want to play with clay all day!

Honestly, if I had the choice I'd just take sculpture all the time.

I'm considering putting out my own money, though, to take some photography classes.

I'm also hoping that when we buy our own place that I can have a room for making stuff. Not likely, but it's on my 'in a perfect world' list.

It's so funny that I did everything I could to get out of taking sculpture classes but that's what I keep finding myself drawn to making lately. Even my paintings have become more and more textural.

Photography would be cool. It's a good way to make money.

 

[graceanne]

It's so funny that I did everything I could to get out of taking sculpture classes but that's what I keep finding myself drawn to making lately. Even my paintings have become more and more textural.

Photography would be cool. It's a good way to make money.

When I was skipping track practice I'd go into the art room and he'd let me play with the clay. So it's the first art class I took. Honestly, I can't paint or draw for shit. (I mean, I draw better than the average person, but not as well as some.) But I love the feel of clay under my fingers. I like that it's easy to fix if you mess up or don't like what you did.

I want to take photography for two reasons. (1) I plan on going into journalism - being able to take a decent picture would be handy. (2) I figure I can use it at home more than I can sculpture.

 

[Homburg]

I've definitely considered how the non-"serious" stuff will be a part of what paves the way for me. Because of them, I've been given an in on one thing that's not accepting any more artists. So I've got to make use of them.

Thankfully, I've recently finished updating my website with current work so people can see other stuff I do if they look it up. The website is definitely going to be an asset.

In my case, it was the other way around. My serious work (high-end, technique-heavy, detailed worky stuff) that got me the much less serious, but much more commercially viable, work that I do now. I found that I get more satisfaction out of a job done than out of a difficult job that takes forever, no matter how cool it is. Yeah, it's great to get that big job done, but I'm pretty much just as happy with the basic, simple stuff. To a point, the challenge becomes how fast I can do it, and still do it well.

I've loved looking at your miniatures. I have such an appreciation for that type of painting because I don't have the patience it requires.

Thank you. Though, to be honest, patience isn't an issue with the techniques I use these days. It goes pretty quick. Each dwarf took around ten minutes to do, if you count them individually. I've done other stuff that was 5-6 minutes each, and looked fantastic. It's a matter of what I'm doing, and how I'm doing it.

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True enough. I also don't want to be behind the computer all day, either I want to play with clay all day!

Honestly, if I had the choice I'd just take sculpture all the time.

You've got ability at it, and apparently some passion. Why not pursue it?

 

[graceanne]

You've got ability at it, and apparently some passion. Why not pursue it?

I'm going to college because I'm sick of living on welfare. K is, eventually, going to seminary. The pay of a pastor isn't real dependable.

But who knows. I really want to do art, so maybe I'll just bite the bullet and teach. lol

 

[ultramarineblue]

When I was skipping track practice I'd go into the art room and he'd let me play with the clay. So it's the first art class I took. Honestly, I can't paint or draw for shit. (I mean, I draw better than the average person, but not as well as some.) But I love the feel of clay under my fingers. I like that it's easy to fix if you mess up or don't like what you did.

I want to take photography for two reasons. (1) I plan on going into journalism - being able to take a decent picture would be handy. (2) I figure I can use it at home more than I can sculpture.

Clay is a lot of fun. I'm much better with the pottery wheel than I am at handbuilding though. There's only a few things that I like doing with handbuilding that will keep my attention long enough for me to finish them well.

Journalism would be cool. Taking your own pictures will definitely help with that.

In my case, it was the other way around. My serious work (high-end, technique-heavy, detailed worky stuff) that got me the much less serious, but much more commercially viable, work that I do now. I found that I get more satisfaction out of a job done than out of a difficult job that takes forever, no matter how cool it is. Yeah, it's great to get that big job done, but I'm pretty much just as happy with the basic, simple stuff. To a point, the challenge becomes how fast I can do it, and still do it well.



Thank you. Though, to be honest, patience isn't an issue with the techniques I use these days. It goes pretty quick. Each dwarf took around ten minutes to do, if you count them individually. I've done other stuff that was 5-6 minutes each, and looked fantastic. It's a matter of what I'm doing, and how I'm doing it.

I'm pretty interested in process and making things efficient so I can definitely see where you're coming from. I also can be fairly lazy so I do try to find the easiest way to make something still look fantastic.

I guess the problem I would have with the miniatures is making sure the paint ended up where I want it. I can definitely see that you work in washy layers so everything doesn't have to be perfectly exact but it has to be fairly close with most and spot on with some layers.

I absolutely love layers in things. I love being able to see through layers to see part of the process too and not being able to see all of it so that there is some mystery to the piece as well.

 

[graceanne]

Clay is a lot of fun. I'm much better with the pottery wheel than I am at handbuilding though. There's only a few things that I like doing with handbuilding that will keep my attention long enough for me to finish them well.

Journalism would be cool. Taking your own pictures will definitely help with that.

I want to learn how to do pottery, too. lol

 

[ultramarineblue]

I want to learn how to do pottery, too. lol

I really like it because it forces me to focus and calm down.

 

[MisterSir]

Anybody here from Cajun country? I'd like a couple of sentences "translated" into the Cajun dialect and I'm not good at doing it myself.

 

[graceanne]

I really like it because it forces me to focus and calm down.

That's what I like about sculpture. I can get totally lost, and lose track of time and everything.