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Sunday, 28 April 2013

Beanie's Travelling Paint Box!!!

 You may have seen pictures of me using a little travelling paint box...... well, a couple of weeks ago, Andrea went to an art shop in town, and got five more little pots of paint to put in it!!!  She got Payne's Grey (which is actually blue), Dick Van Dyke Brown (which is Bob T Bear colour), Sepia (a grey brown colour - if you mix it with Indigo blue, you get a terrific tarmac grey colour), Caput Mortuum (a rather strange but interesting purple-y colour) and Olive Green (which isn't Olive colour.  You need to use Indigo or Prussian Blue to make a good Olive colour and they didn't) all by the Lukas brand!!!

 And now, my travelling paint box is all full up and ready to go!!!!  The Olive Green is the top row at the far right (as you look at the picture), Caput Mortuum and Sepia is the middle row on the left together, Dick Van Dyke brown is the bottom left hand side but the right hand pot of paint and the Payne's Grey which is actually blue is the bottom right hand pair but the right hand pot of paint.

 And that gold tube at the top is a travelling paint brush!!  You can pull it in half and then the brush bit can be inserted into the middle of the other bit for travelling, and then when you need to use it, you pull it apart and stick the other end in the tube so the brush bit is sticking out!!

 Those are all my colours.....

I need to go travelling now so I can paint pictures!!!!

Thursday, 25 April 2013

Movie Review - "The Manchurian Candidate"

Movie review number six!!

PLOT
This is set just after the Korean War of 1952, when the army has returned back to the USA.  It stars Frank Sinatra as one of the returning Army chaps and Janet Leigh as his (later on in the story) girlfriend.  Frank and his unit return to the US as big heros having rescued the unit, allegedly, from The Opposition in a big fight.  When they're home, they start having nightmares..... but the nightmares are about Russian interrogations and mind control!  It turns out that one of the US unit has been brainwashed into being The Ideal Assassin for the Russian Communists, set up to murder a US Senator!!!  His contact in the US turns out to be....... his own overbearing mother (played by Angela Lansbury)!!  And her husband, another senator, wants to win the next election and they need the Army chap has been brainwashed to kill!!  Frank Sinatra has to try and stop the assassination from happening at a televised political debate at Madison Square Gardens in New York.... but will he get there in time???!!?!  (The ending of this got recycled in one of the Star Trek movies!!  I'll have to look up which one though - I think number 6, The Undiscovered whatsit)

RECOMMENDED??
Oh yes, indeed!!!  This is a really exciting story!!!

SCORE 
Beanie gives this one 9 squeaks out of 10!!! 

RECOMMENDED SCOOBY SNACKS
M&Ms, large packet, peanut style.  



Wednesday, 17 April 2013

Random Acts of Kindness - Boston Marathon

Following the Boston Marathon last Monday, there have been several stories reported in the UK and on Facebook of Random Acts of Kindness from total strangers to victims and survivors of the bombings.  These range from basic first aid, to transport from the bomb site to various hotels, offers of food and accommodation and even marathon finishers giving their medals to those that were stopped before the finishing line.

I would like to suggest to all readers of this blog that Random Acts of Kindness are continued beyond this devastation even in a small way such as paying for the coffee of the customer behind you in Starbucks as well as your own.  Once a month at least.  Or once a week. 

Beats using violence to "get back" at whoever did this.  More productive too.

Pass the message on.....


Sunday, 14 April 2013

Random photos....

 The daffodils in the back garden finally decided to open!!!

....and a cloud with corners.....?!?!

Saturday, 13 April 2013

Sketchbook project - new dates!!

The Sketchbook project has just added new dates for the Big Tour!  It's at the Painted Bride Art Center, 230 Vine Street, Philadelphia, PA on April 26th and 27th from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.