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July 29th is John F. Appreciation Day

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Any friend of my wife’s family is a friend of mine; but John F. Is different: John F. visits my blog via Facebook practically every time I post something; plus, he almost always likes it! He’s portfoliolongo.com’s most frequent flyer!

I hope he won’t mind that my rendition of him is only a rough approximation. I also hope he doesn’t mind that I expropriated a photo of him from his own Facebook page…and that I cropped out his buddy, my favorite uncle-in-law, Jack A..

So, I’d like to wish everyone at portfoliolongo.com a Happy John F. Appreciation Day, especially John F., himself. Thank you, John F. for visiting and for the enduring encouragement!

Click here for the accelerated, 40-second progress video. It’s all practice; so, if you have any technical advice, feel free to leave a comment in the space provided.

 

 

July 29 John F appreciation day

 

 

Cowboy with Ball in the Grass

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Yesterday’s post attracted the attention of a few dog lover bloggers, probably the #dog tag … :-). I’ve had a dog-on dog on my mind and at my side all day long, so earlier this afternoon I asked Annyth if she had a good picture of our Belgian Tervuren, Cowboy. She sent several. I chose this one because of his eyes.

cowboyinthegrasswithball

This is a digital, freehand, side-by-side, iPad drawing using a reference photo and a Sty-HD stylus.

Rest in Peace, Cuthbert

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On June 2, 2015 a friend and former confrère of mine, Fr. Cuthbert A. Jack, O.S.B., was laid to rest. You can read his obituary here. After his funeral the monks of St. Vincent Archabbey most certainly entoned the Benedictine Ultima, a rendition of which, accompanied by none other than Yo-Yo Ma, can be seen and heard by clicking on this YouTube link. See the Benedictine Ultima lyrics and sheet music below.

(Revised 6/12/15) Thirty five years ago Cuthbert and I – along with something like 13 others – were in the same, unusually large novice class. From that novice class only two remain, one at the abbey and the other at a parish not too far from the abbey. My condolences to them. Astonishingly, Cuthbert was the fifth to die from that group of novices. The others are off doing one thing or another. Read Cuthbert’s obituary; multiply it by 100. Why? He was a character for Christ’s sake!

See the three YouTube videos – inserted below – of Cuthbert making bread.

Cuthbert

Procreate, Sty-HD stylus, freehand with photo reference (See obituary or watch progress video.)

Benedictine Ultima

They’re Everywhere…

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…and there’s even a Facebook page: Carros Clásicos de Cuba! So, on our two flights back home, I put stylus to screen in Procreate for a side by side freehand guided by a photo that Annyth took with her iPhone. Habana-clásico

BB

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BB

I’ve been listening to a lot of BB King in the last couple of days. So I thought I’d pay my respects in a rendering.
Here’s the reference photo I used to do a side by side, freehand in Procreate of the one and only, BB King.

BB can play some face too, as illustrated so well in this clip I got from YouTube.

Legal Size Me

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LegalSizeMe

According to Annyth, these repeatedly signed, initialized, and dated documents hereby say, “You’re screwed; we’re not.” In just a few days they’ll also mark our reversion back to being home owners after being renters since June of 2008, when we sold our house in New Orleans (see digital story with original soundtrack), which, by the way, was the very last house to sell in the entire Western Hemisphere after the bursting of the housing bubble.

Pucker Danny – Updated: Now includes an 18-sec., silent PhotoSpeak animation.

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Technical: Here’s another one in Procreate (iPad) done by using a photo reference to guide a free-hand, side-by-side drawing, this time of Danny DeVito, puckering somewhat, well, not as much as he’s puckering in this photo.

See progress video.

Van

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Technical: A Bradley Quinn photo on Facebook of Van Morrison and colleagues caught my eye. Try here just in case. I saved and cropped the image to my iPad and imported it into Procreate, where I used it as a side-by-side, free-hand reference.
Here’s a progress video of most of the drawing.