TODAY'S FEATURED POST
less is more
Dug a little deeper into the high key overexposed painting thing again this week. I’ve been wanting to do a portrait of Kevin, our other mastiff for a little while now. He’s such a sweet old boy. Had it in my head to do like a “night lighting” portrait of him. He’s blind, and his eyes have that cloudy look to them that i think could look cool in that lighting scenario. But then a…
YESTERDAY’S POST
Color Trends
September 5, 2024 - If you thought I was going to let the summer go by without mentioning brat green — you're wrong. From the day the new Charlie XCX album, brat, was released — long before it became a political meme — friends have been joking that it's MY SUMMER. And while I prefer a slightly more yellow green—a true chartreuse—as my favorite shade of green, even I have to admit, this is pretty close. And while the album cover looks like it was designed in 30 seconds, designers know better. There have been more than a few interviews with the design firm Special Offer Inc that handled the design, and hundreds of colors were narrowed down to get to this one. The New York Times and Architectural Digest articles about "brat green" are worth a read for…
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