Congrats to all the new chickie parents! I had a late start setting some NN and CL eggs this week because I put a new wafer thermostat in my incubator and couldn't get a steady temp at first. Guess it just needed to run for three days to break it in. Rock solid now at 99.5, so the eggs are finally started.
I'm planning to have as many of my advanced art students enter their work in the Tulsa State Fair fine arts competition as possible. If you have a favorite chicken, turkey, duck, peacock, etc. photo that you would "loan" to me to use as a model, I'd appreciate it. Students will study photographs (for most of the entries photos work best because they don't move around and the light doesn't change), make preliminary drawings, and then use what they learned to complete a graphite pencil drawing, colored pencil drawing, or a watercolor painting. I've got a few photos to use, but kids like choices, so I could use a few more.
Casper, our white barn cat, got into a tussle with something nasty last night. Her right ear is scratched and bitten. I've cleaned and medicated the ear, and she didn't mind too much, but now I'm concerned that we've got another nighttime predator that has made it past Vesta. It could be another cat... Vesta doesn't go after cats, and she might not notice a cat that's not part of our regular clowder, or would it be clutter of cats? I don't know the difference between a glaring of cats and a pounce of cats. A doubt of cats must be domestic and indoors, as are a nuisance of cats: also house cats. Who came up with the stuff? I need more coffee : (
Edited Again: If you have insect or plant photos you could loan the use of, let me know. I've seen some amazing photos over the years on this thread. I'd like you to say it's okay to use the photos as models, though, so you'll know that one or more of my students is doing his or her best to render the image in a medium other than photography. I never want my students to "take" images and claim them. I've insisted and will continue to insist that they get permission to use the work of others, even if it's just for inspiration.
I'm planning to have as many of my advanced art students enter their work in the Tulsa State Fair fine arts competition as possible. If you have a favorite chicken, turkey, duck, peacock, etc. photo that you would "loan" to me to use as a model, I'd appreciate it. Students will study photographs (for most of the entries photos work best because they don't move around and the light doesn't change), make preliminary drawings, and then use what they learned to complete a graphite pencil drawing, colored pencil drawing, or a watercolor painting. I've got a few photos to use, but kids like choices, so I could use a few more.
Casper, our white barn cat, got into a tussle with something nasty last night. Her right ear is scratched and bitten. I've cleaned and medicated the ear, and she didn't mind too much, but now I'm concerned that we've got another nighttime predator that has made it past Vesta. It could be another cat... Vesta doesn't go after cats, and she might not notice a cat that's not part of our regular clowder, or would it be clutter of cats? I don't know the difference between a glaring of cats and a pounce of cats. A doubt of cats must be domestic and indoors, as are a nuisance of cats: also house cats. Who came up with the stuff? I need more coffee : (
Edited Again: If you have insect or plant photos you could loan the use of, let me know. I've seen some amazing photos over the years on this thread. I'd like you to say it's okay to use the photos as models, though, so you'll know that one or more of my students is doing his or her best to render the image in a medium other than photography. I never want my students to "take" images and claim them. I've insisted and will continue to insist that they get permission to use the work of others, even if it's just for inspiration.
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