Ok.. So evidently I missed Marches’ recap.. So I’m back for April.

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February was a good month, I’m slightly happier with the photos this month…

I had this image printed on aluminum and hung it in my son’s room! It looks incredible! I have started a Kids Wall Art Gallery of fun prints for kids rooms!

I’m happy with most of the photos from Month 2, there are a few duds, but for the most part I’m happy with my progress! Keep track of month 3’s daily photos-Here

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So one of my New Year’s resolutions was to take a picture a day and post it online. On January 31, 2011 I have taken and posted 30 of the 31 pictures, as of now I have yet to take a picture today. Here are a few of my favorites from this month:

So far it’s been a fun project. Inspired by the creative process. So how are your resolutions going? Still going? Stopped? If so why not start again, there’s no magic in January 1! If you wish to follow Month #2 I post new photos daily in this gallery

So, I’ve been thinking about New Years Resolutions lately. I always think about setting them but often never write them down. I have heard some call them ‘intentions”. I really don’t know what to call them, but I have decided to try and follow Ed Dale’s advice from this FB post: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=7426133&id=7299288734 “2011 The Year To Flick The Switch from Consumption to Creation”

So I’ve decided to start creating..

My first endeavor is taking a Picture A Day.. Every day I’ll take a picture and post it to this gallery: http://sandquist.smugmug.com/PAD/Picture-A-Day-2011/15292273_FHUaJ#1144034566_hF5QG

and second I really need to post more here… So check back in a few as I’ll share what else I’ve started to create!

Happy New Year!

After the rocks were placed and carved in the White plaster was painted with multiple layers of paint in various colors. A base color was added first to cover the all the white, then I used diluted acrylic paint in water. Applied with a water sprayer. This allowed the paint to be added in drips and dribbles. This is how I added the darker shades. At the very end I used diluted India ink in the same water sprayer to add the runs as you would see in real rock formations. Then of course the trees were added in a way to try and replicate a real forest, definitely easier said than done. The trees were placed by drilling holes in the plaster and then filing the hole with hot glue from a hot glue gun and the tree placed and held in placed while the glue briefly set.

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This is the lower railyard with the floodlights:

And here’s another view:

These are pretty cool and very realistic…

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