"If you're wondering whether or not blending stumps are suitable for blending, the answer is simple, it's yes. That's why they're called blending stumps!...... Many artists grow up using their fingers to blend, but take a moment and look at your finger. Does it have a fine point on it? Probably not. "
https://improvedrawing.com/what-is-the-difference-between-blending-stumps-and-tortillions/
Take a detailed look at what occurred in Texas Thursday night and Friday morning.
https://theeyewall.substack.com/p/making-sense-of-the-weather-that?r=6bg74&triedRedirect=true
Goin to D and J 's for beers, food and depression. But will pick up pencils and sketch pad from Michael's on the way.
I reckon I'll invest $15 is some real art pencils and a sketch pad. Gotta stop doomscrolling in the evening.
Moon last night July 2 2025 8:50 PM EDT, taken with iphone mini through a home made 150 mm f/9.3 reflector and 18 mm Tele Vue eyepiece. There were some high clouds/haze but still a good view
via Keith. He still has his hand on the pulse of the populace.
https://thenarwhal.ca/birds-tiny-backpacks-migration-conservation/
Let us all raise a glass to Reverend Jimmy Swaggart, who left us this day but will be forever immortalized in song by Frank Zappa.
#ChunderRoad #music #zappa #TheBestBandYouNeverHeard #Swaggart
https://youtu.be/ic9h68dAqrM
European Eels. Eating and conservation of.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2m-XjK5NPw
#Europeaneel #Jelliedeels #ChunderRoad
Grace's tremolo on the bridge is sexy, dontcha think?
#ChunderRoad https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ncr0U7TTyCM
Never knew..........I always just thought of them as a kind of shaggy dog stories.
Uhhhh. Hoffman is kind of a big deal, so I reckon using speech recognition. Or very high.
On the bright side, I had a typo on the alt of Gratefuk Dead.