After the problems I had with my new PC last week I went back to using my old computer. Which worked nicely for a few days. But Saturday windows tried to install the new windows xp sp3 upgrade. After that I started getting blue screens of death.
My dealer advised my to install a [...]

Working hard for a year to find out why I want to keep what I already have.
A year ago I started a program at BAVO-RNO to find work that was suitable for me considering the fact that I’m autistic.
In the first part of the program I research my own qualities and those of other people. [...]

My blog had an unexpected three weeks vacation.
Here’s why.
About a year ago I thought it would be a good idea to buy a new PC with windows XP before Vista would completely take the market over. But it turned out I was a little late. I could choose between an of the shelf PC that [...]

Stairway to haven

Paintings by Clive Powsey and Johnson and illustrations by Sergio Martinez.
Paintings by Clive Powsey
Clive Powsey has three blogs where he shows his watercolour paintings, paintings for animated television, drawings and sketches and digital art.
Personal I like the watercolours best. The links to the other three blog are at the top of the first page of [...]

The advantage and disadvantage of drawing less perfect.
My experiment yesterday to draw while tired taught me an important lesson: Either the lines are perfect or the overall picture is perfect. Never both of them.
In trying to get every line perfect you invest a lot of time and effort. So much so that you will never [...]

I’ve never dared to draw when I’m tiered or intoxicated. Since I see every detail I always felt that if I wasn’t at my very best I would make a lot of mistakes. Mistakes I either would have to correct later on. Or I would have to through the whole drawing out.
But things have changed. [...]

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The nice thing about taking more then one day for a drawing is that I get more time to think about it.
At first I was planning to fill the paper with these square shapes. But yesterday I realized that not only would be a lot of work but it would change the picture. At this [...]

Barry Manilows 100th concert at the Las Vegas Hilton.
This afternoon I suddenly felt the need to listen to some music. Music by Barry Manilow.
After some searching I found a video recording of his 100th concert at the Las Vegas Hilton. A very good concert in which he sings most of his famous songs and tells [...]

Paintings by Linda, LoveItaly and John Taylor. (And a few flowers by Dubonnet.)
Some paintings just make you happy. They don’t have to be that good. Don’t even have to have a very interesting subject matter. But they do have something bright and sparkling.
Today I have three Flickr sets with just that quality:
Linda paints Gods creation
Linda [...]