And now for something more academic, my rendition of a fortified hilltop town in Provence:
The reference photo
I had also started this painting in class and was quite happy about where it was going after the first evening. but that wall! Did it ever cause me problems on my second go. after leaving this for a [...]
so here is the reference photo that i took with me to art class on wed
and here is what i came up with by the end of class
i had started with the notion that i was going to go for a ‘wolf khan’ look and ended up with something altogether different. generally, that is a [...]
I’ve only recently come across his work, but I find his landscapes captivating.
Tonight, I tried to do a forest-scape loosely based on his style. It didn’t come close to evoking the mesmerizing state of ahhhhh that I strived for. That said, I had a fantastic time playing with the saturated colors, dabbing in my sun [...]
There are several certification programs out there for buildings and products that attempt to standardize the definition of green. FSC for wood and wood products, LEEDS for buildings, Passivhaus for homes, to name just a few. Might try to contrast and compare in an upcoming post, but I want to start by expanding briefly upon [...]
This is truly the kicker. How on earth to define what makes ‘green’ design live up to the hopes of idealists and pragmatists alike?
My husband and I are contemplating building a new house. Not just any house, our eco urban tree house. Tricky part is to decide what criteria we are looking at when designing [...]
How many times have I said that I should write a letter to the editor about this; or, wanted to tell everyone about that. Or thought, ‘wouldn’t it be so much easier to collate my research about a given topic online’… but haven’t. Now I have.
My objectives for this site are:
1) Collate info about ‘green‘ [...]