tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478201407511428968.post161497055910070057..comments2024-03-27T03:37:34.831-04:00Comments on An Urban Cottage: Putting it Back TogetherAn Urban Cottagehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08666212353075804092noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478201407511428968.post-14253666880361375552010-08-10T15:55:39.758-04:002010-08-10T15:55:39.758-04:00I'm watching this progress through gaps betwee...I'm watching this progress through gaps between my fingers! Demolition makes a house look so vulnerable, and I'm accustomed to stone dwellings. I'm sure that it is going to be a great result. Somewhere to lie on your back and watch the moon come up?<br />On the subject of rigidity in your artwork, I know just how you feel - I'm fine art trained and earned my living as an illustrator - I think that working from photographs often results in too much control in the finished picture. Try direct, full colour studies in place of your tonal sketching and see what happens.Share my Gardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08817611851604816123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478201407511428968.post-40957404574403075402010-08-05T22:37:24.244-04:002010-08-05T22:37:24.244-04:00Amazing how fast it's progressing! I road by ...Amazing how fast it's progressing! I road by your street on my Trader's Joe run last week and honestly was a bit taken aback at the sight. Those rains were crazy. I do think you've got some house angels on your side! What's happening on the top and sides - are those next?anniebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03622770300381811435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478201407511428968.post-81781096955514222662010-08-05T21:37:25.165-04:002010-08-05T21:37:25.165-04:00hi steve,
see that's what kills me about my h...hi steve,<br /><br />see that's what kills me about my house. as you know it's red but we can see tiny bits of paint around windows and such that show it was once pale green and there are even traces of pink. but b/c it's been red for the last 50 years everyone thinks it must be red forever. this really pisses me off.<br /><br />oh yeah, this post is about you, i forgot. you are gonna be so happy this winter with insulation. your house is going to be so toasty!<br /><br />~janetthe gardener's cottagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16447809353998632722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4478201407511428968.post-68049087865817373852010-08-05T21:30:42.014-04:002010-08-05T21:30:42.014-04:00You WERE really lucky the rain held off until that...You WERE really lucky the rain held off until that moment. I love the gray. You are in sync with your house!Debhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13872411319194316039noreply@blogger.com