Adobe vs Affinity Photo
Adobe got into trouble earlier this year after they updated their terms of service and users discovered that Adobe claimed the right to use user-created content to train their AI. Adobe defended its action by…
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Loaded again
I know what you're thinking but, no, not that kind of loaded. I get excited when I prepare my palette for another painting session. Seeing the waiting colors is inviting. I coat the glass palette…
Camera woes
For many years, I have exclusively used photos from my Nikon cameras in my designs. The Nikon D750 remains a great camera. I got mine not long after it was introduced in 2014, I am…
My summer vacation
What is a vacation summary without photographs? Originally, the seven of us planned to tour Virginia and North Carolina with a stop in Washington. No sooner had we started than Hurricane Debby plopped squarely in…
Delicious copal jelly
I haven't been a fan of gelling paint mediums since my early interest in maroger, a gelling medium made from mastic. But I like to experiment with mediums, sometimes to my harm. My go-to for…
Customizing my easel
I was forced to customize--that is, fix--my easel when its wheels broke. A heavy-duty easel without wheels is next to useless. Now I am glad the easel broke because my fix is a significant upgrade.…
Photography Summer
I've been busy this summer with my new Nikon Z8 camera. Since getting the camera in April I've taken thousands of photographs. Earlier this month I revisited Cedar Point, a NE Ohio amusement park known…
Tissot etchings at Cleveland
I think James Tissot (1836–1902) is a much better artist than I once believed. I had lumped him with Sargent and other late-19th-century artists who I consider superficial and fashionable. He's much better than Sargent.…