tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:17:29 +0000Awesome!! Al with an A is a blog about my adventures through art, random thoughts about life, and quest for great things to come.http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/yourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)Blogger701125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-785022233092525618Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:17:00 +00002009-11-21T15:17:29.377-06:00 I've been working all day to create the composition. This should be a fun animation to make! http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/11/sneakpeak-of-my-next-animation.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-9057760768397305618Sat, 21 Nov 2009 02:32:00 +00002009-11-20T20:40:39.353-06:00An Artist's LifeI appreciate all of the Happy Birthday Wishes. Thanks Big Sis for the card and pic of my nephew. I can’t wait to see him! Lena, thank you for the card you sent.Your really are something else. Your words were beautiful. I’m putting something special in the mail for you! Let’s hope it makes it safely to Russia. Bobby, where would I be without all your advice and wisdom over the years. Thanks for http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/11/thanks.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-8152973279960050547Thu, 19 Nov 2009 12:51:00 +00002009-11-19T06:54:44.283-06:00An Artist's LifeToday is my birthday. I woke up on my concrete studio floor, after a night of partying and consoling the crew after a rough day of crits.My crits went great. I think I spilled ( It could have been someone else) every can of house paint in my studio. I chose not to clean it up because it was beautiful. I want to go home and get back in the bed but I also want to tough it out. Catch you later, Alhttp://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/11/just-start.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-7926626068085677651Wed, 18 Nov 2009 03:37:00 +00002009-11-17T21:37:56.995-06:00An Artist's Life   Today has been a busy day. My drawings have been crated and shipped off to Jersey.My babies are off in the world to fend for themselves for awhile. I had crits with Stoney before he heads to Memphis. I hope my Memphis friends treat him well and that he has a good time. I'm sure Mom will take good care of him. Now I'm off to hear Hilary Wilder speak. Should I have a beer before her lecture? http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/11/crated-and-shipped_17.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-2955688258328258921Sat, 14 Nov 2009 20:40:00 +00002009-11-14T14:41:56.861-06:00An Artist's Life I’ve been super busy. I’m getting work to be ready to sent out, building crates and frames, and preparing for a show in the Spring, and critiques.What do I have three more critiques next week.  Every thing is going to come together. That is what I keep telling myself. Thanks to Arney and Arney’s dad for the crash course in building frames and crates from scratch and introducing me to the dado http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/11/busy-past-weeks.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-6294568899544822171Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:59:00 +00002009-11-07T09:01:24.901-06:00artAn Artist's Life   http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/11/open-studio-day-setup.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-6947989519851193927Fri, 30 Oct 2009 21:08:00 +00002009-10-30T16:08:50.903-05:00artAn Artist's LifeYesterday my man Josh needed a break from teaching his drawing class so he could get his paper done. Somehow after buying pitcher after pitcher of beer the previous night before he convinced me to babysit his class for a class period. Sometimes to be a good friend you have to be willing to be a sucker.My standard practice is to tell people to fuck off if they are trying to talk about important http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/wearing-professor-hat-for-day.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-4382320579999260235Fri, 30 Oct 2009 20:08:00 +00002009-10-30T18:59:53.706-05:00An Artist's Life                     http://www.manifestgallery.org/nda/inda2008/index.html  I just got my copy today. I can get used to being in print. I am still short of my publication goal for the year but hopefully I can change that! http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/check-me-out.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-8530994109031274968Wed, 28 Oct 2009 01:47:00 +00002009-10-27T20:47:39.708-05:00Animations This is the first video I’ve made in After Effects. It still is a bit buggy but I’m ok with my first attempt. My 2d drawings call so my 4d drawings will have to wait. Later, Your Pal AL http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/memyself-and-i.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-255141741604493872Tue, 27 Oct 2009 23:56:00 +00002009-10-27T18:56:04.696-05:00An Artist's Life Today I needed a break from my studio and just felt like being in a hardware store. The hardware store is a place for the lost and  people in need of fixing something in their life. What I needed to fix was my sink. Wisconsin water is not up to my standards.I keep having to by filters for my faucet , which break after a a few months, or deal with the white chalky residue http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-love-yellow-lately.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-3760225686736194821Sat, 24 Oct 2009 22:56:00 +00002009-10-24T22:54:03.226-05:00An Artist's LifeI took a walk to get away from the computer screen and enjoy a rain free day. Tomorrow the rain is supposed to return and stick around for anther 4 or 5 days. Last week was a very rainy week so today I had to take advantage of good walking weather. Walking is something I enjoy because it slows the pace of the world down. When walking you can see things that you normally miss viewing in a car or ahttp://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/break-from-rain.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-3364014908961722394Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:55:00 +00002009-10-23T15:55:55.556-05:00Animationshttp://www.plymptoons.com/biography/anishorts.htmlI I was hoping “Eat” would be online. I really enjoy his work;they are twisted and uncomfortably funny. http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/bill-plympton-animations-i-like.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-616569362312653663Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:29:00 +00002009-10-23T15:29:38.546-05:00Random ThoughtsA certain swordsman in his declining years said the following: In one’s life, there are levels in the pursuit of study. In the lowest level, a person studies but nothing comes of it, and he feels that both he and others are unskillful. At this point he is worthless. In the middle level he is still useless but is aware of his own insufficiencies and can also see the insufficiencies of others. Inhttp://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/excerpt-from-hagakure-book-of-samurai.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-3515169983035051481Fri, 23 Oct 2009 19:41:00 +00002009-10-23T14:42:00.048-05:00Random Thoughtshttp://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/10263372/As-Phillips-falls-from-grace,-we-need-to-change-rules http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/funny-satirical-sports-article.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-7497729594909984257Thu, 22 Oct 2009 15:54:00 +00002009-10-22T10:54:50.414-05:00artAn Artist's LifeThis morning was spent drawing. I’ve been up since about 4:40 am. If you wake early ,can you drink your lunch time beer early? I’m tempted but I am going to stay on the path of productivity. I have a lot to get done. There is still tons of drawing to do then I have to get everything scanned in and Photoshoped. After that process is over I can pull the images into After Effects CS4 and begin my http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/morning-drawing.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-5070850685426052000Thu, 22 Oct 2009 02:23:00 +00002009-10-21T21:23:57.782-05:00An Artist's LifeIt has been a long day. I’m trying to recall the highlights but they are few and far in between. I woke up early enough to enjoy a couple cups of coffee before I had to rush out of the door.Usually I am dragging on Wednesday’s because I know no matter what, it is going to be a long day. Breakfast, I skipped but eating would have only made my attention span even shorter than it already is. http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/flaming-pumpkin-cock.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-1763030942275731834Tue, 20 Oct 2009 04:42:00 +00002009-10-20T00:13:43.835-05:00An Artist's Life Today we had our  Art 2d discipline pizza party and presentation introductions. I saw a few people’s work that I felt had potential and a few people’s work that made me question the program’s acceptance policies. I’m now home thinking about what would be the main categories for work that gets made in art school or for that matter, work being shown around the world http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/categories-of-art-being-made.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-9037083917874742390Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:26:00 +00002009-10-17T10:26:06.391-05:00News Articleshttp://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/16/opinion/16dutton.html?_r=2 http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/has-conceptual-art-jumped-shark-tank-by.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-6018820913610824011Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:11:00 +00002009-10-16T12:11:15.721-05:00News Articles http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=113802982&ft=1&f=1008 http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/r-crumb-awesome-affecting-take-on-by.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-1346210927389423374Tue, 13 Oct 2009 21:27:00 +00002009-10-13T16:30:20.658-05:00An Artist's LifeToday has been a great day because I’ve made progress on my drawing  and the flow of the day has been superb. When I manage to start my morning routine without any kinks the day usually goes smoothly. Agreeable surprises and pleasant discoveries add to the “good day” vibes.” My surprise of the day was the article Carol Dunham wrote about Picasso’s Late Musketeer Paintings in September’s http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/back-in-dojo.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-1450993180683804667Tue, 13 Oct 2009 15:47:00 +00002009-10-13T10:47:37.777-05:00list “Love Don’t Love Nobody” The Spinners How Sweet it Is Marvin Gaye You’ve Really Got a Hold on Me The Miracles Walk Away from Love David Ruffin This Old Heart of Mine The Isley Brothers What songs start your mornings in the studio? My work is getting good so it’s time to play music that has a little more edge. I’m having an awesome work day and I hope you http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/list-morning-playlist.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-3183039368120024991Mon, 12 Oct 2009 14:26:00 +00002009-10-12T09:26:30.405-05:00An Artist's LifeI  am dragging ass on this Monday morning. I had a weird night of dreams and woke up way to early. Unluckily, I managed to take an hour and a half cat nap around 7 am and it is has me feeling like I wish I had not. Actually, I wish I had overslept and missed class all together. Since I woke up on time I feel obligated to go. If had missed class then I could just  play in the studio all day. The http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/me-time-need-some.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-4107206825069073965Mon, 12 Oct 2009 03:03:00 +00002009-10-11T22:03:55.799-05:00An Artist's LifeSaturday did not work out like I wanted. As soon as I started working I got the  first snow flurry of the year. Snow, ice, and freezing temperatures is something I have wished for but was not really prepared for. My body went into hibernation mode when the flurries began. This reaction is something I blame on growing up in the south.Snow combined with cold pills had me in a comatose state of mindhttp://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/average-out.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-8918690244094161189Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:13:00 +00002009-10-10T10:13:28.937-05:00An Artist's LifeThis probably really pleases the manager but I expect to have an epic day in the studio. I’m drinking my first cup of coffee and thanking myself for doing all the prep work yesterday. My ink trays are clean and my pencils are sharpened. My old studio light started working again and my new studio lights arrived yesterday. I have a fresh bag of microns and Pitt brush pens. I also have an idea for ahttp://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/saturday-studio-days.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8149761347064130297.post-8752028207142491728Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:02:00 +00002009-10-08T19:02:32.510-05:00list Martin Ramirez Howard Hodgkin Kelli Williams Mark Greenwald Trimpin Anthony Gomley Kenneth Noland http://youreyeswhenitrains.blogspot.com/2009/10/list-artist-ive-googled-this-week.htmlyourpalyoureyes@aol.com (YourPal_Al)0