An Evening with Júlio Ribeiro Alves

Last night the Episcopal Church of the Good Shepherd on the campus of Ohio University in Athens, Ohio hosted guitarist Dr. Júlio Ribeiro Alves, a faculty member of the Marshall University School of Music since 2006. No microphone, no sound system; only the maestro, his guitar, and the beautiful music their collaboration produced.
Before the night had ended I began committing to memory this digital rendition of Alves and his guitar on my iPad Pro in the Sketch Club app using an Apple Pencil and a reference photo that I took towards the end of the performance. I “finished” the piece this morning in Sketch Club adding a tweak or two in iColorama. Below I’ve inserted the behind-the-scenes “Sketch Stats.”

Accelerating Extinction

God damn, we have a lot out of which to snap!

Another Unsplash Practice Face

Tuesday pm Practice Face

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A Face from Unsplash for Practice

Digital iPad painting in Sketch Club followed by some stats and the Unsplash image.

Unsplash Guy (click on image to enlarge)

The stats

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The Unsplash image.

autorretrato

Who else besides yourself can you get to sit still long enough for a portrait?

Allen Weisselberg: MAGA Archetype

To one degree or another, every MAGA Republican is Allen Weisselberg.

Twilight Zone: Georgia, District 14

Don’t ask me why I wanted to paint her, but once I did, I thought I’d run the freehand, Sketch Club image through PhotoSpeak to make it even creepier. Go ahead, click.

Here’s the image itself.

6 Months Till Election 2024

…and we’re entering the full-throttle-BS stage.
“The real opposition is the media. And the way to deal with them is to flood the zone with shit.” Steve Bannon

Reference: That’s the Bannon business model: Flood the zone. Stink up the joint. As Jonathan Rauch once said, citing Bannon’s infamous quote, “This is not about persuasion: This is about disorientation.” [SOURCE]

(See fire-hydrant-related posts.)

…and call me in the morning.

Here in Athens, Ohio, naturally, you’ll find the Cannabis Museum. Please take a good, long look at the Museum’s website in case you’re unfamiliar with or interested in learning more about the artistic, historic, medical, and industrial uses of cannabis…especially prior to 1937, when sadly, fear, ignorance, and greed vilified and marginalized this lucrative and self-sustaining venture. Here’s yet another similar museum in Barcelona, Spain (Catalonia), where you’ll find the photo reference I used  to paint (freehand) the vintage-looking medicine bottle using my iPad Pro, an Apple Pencil, the Sketch Club app, and a tweak or two in iColorama.

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I’m intrigued by the amber-colored, old-fashioned medicine bottles; and by the way, the Cannabis Museum in Athens, Ohio has a ton of these artifacts! Here’s just a glimpse of the ever-evolving exhibits. Check it out. When you do, you’ll see first hand that this story didn’t end in 1937; far from it! There is a promising future thanks to the vision, competence, and creativity of folks of all ages and from all walks of life.