Donkeys

Not all of my scientific experiments have been going as planned.

Looking at the calendar I notice that September 11 has come and gone. It has been eight years since the attacks, and the World Trade Center is still a hole in the ground. Why? Who is in the way? What are their names? It seems to me that replacement buildings should have been completed years ago. I think the people should demand to know exactly who has been doing what for EIGHT YEARS, and what benefits to the public have been achieved due to this activity. We should know this already. Why don't we?

New pic and thoughts about pastels

This is my new creation, now on sale at ImageKind.com.

I have been looking at my pastel collection with the idea of using them for a new artwork. Although I have several good brands, my favorite are Nupastels by Prismacolor. They are very hard compared to other brands, but you get far less dust on your hands and clothes. You have to do more work to get the pastel on the paper. My favorite papers are Canson Mi-Teintes. I discovered that one side has more texture than the other, and for me the less textured side works out better with the hard pastels. I have used Winsor & Newton Artists' Workable Fixative, which causes little or no change in the colors. "Workable" means that you can apply more pastels on top of the fixative. This brand also works with charcoal and pencil.