[Baren]: The mailing list / discussion forum for woodblock printmaking. Baren Digest Wednesday, 28 January 1998 Volume 02 : Number 051 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- From: Dan Wasserman Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:11:21 -0800 Subject: [Baren 250] mouse art Dear Baren: I like drawing with the mouse. I have a stylus pad I use for the preasure sensitive feature but I end up using the mouse more often than not because I like how gestural it is... lets me draw from the shoulder not the wrist. I have a faux blockprint done by drawing white on black with the mouse at ...looks real jagged at 72dpi but at 600dpi everyone takes it for the real thing. - -DAN W- http://members.aol.com/oilcolors/images/bottle.gif ? ------------------------------ From: amoss@mindspring.com (John Amoss) Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 17:03:05 +0300 Subject: [Baren 251] mouse art Dan, I really like your faux block print. That additive/subtractive work is very effective. No woodgrain to worry about! Who is the little girl? She's pretty darn cute. - -john online: http://www.mindspring.com/~amoss ------------------------------ From: Dan Wasserman Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 15:52:15 -0800 Subject: [Baren 252] John Amoss Site! amoss@mindspring.com wrote: > Do you discourage establishing links to your pages? I have to offer is > a course on book illustration online if you are interested as a feeble > swap . John's site is EXCELENT. I can't wait to link it at my site. I often get questions on the topic of Children's Book Illustration and know nothing about it despite having a deep and abiding regard for it! John, want to see the flip side of Children's book illustration? Try *outsider artist* Henry Darger. http://www.wizvax.net/ayers/darger.htm http://www.users.interport.net/~outpost/darger/index.html ~Dan http://members.aol.com/oilcolors/ ------------------------------ From: Ray Esposito Date: Tue, 27 Jan 1998 23:37:47 -0500 Subject: [Baren 253] wood Graham and Matt: This is for you but anyone can respond. I am still trying to find a wood to begin my wood cutting with. Dave likes magnolia for me but forget finding it anywhere. He tells me you two are raving about basswood. I have been to every lumber yard in Central Florida and a wood working specialty shop and can't find a stick of it. When I ask about it all I get are blank stares. Where have you guys found a source for basswood? If anyone has a source for magnolia let me know. Thanks all. Ray Esposito ------------------------------ From: David Bull Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 18:39:28 +0900 Subject: [Baren 254] 'Beta' testers wanted! Baren members, I've been working on something during the past few weeks, and although it's certainly not ready yet (it will _never_ be 'ready'), it's time to put something up for general testing and for reactions/comments. I won't explain it here, but will just ask you to hop over and take a look at: http://www.woodblock.com/encyclopedia/index.html I guess you can tell from that file name just what it is! **** Those of you who have been asking about barens (is that _all_ of you?) will find some information there ... **** I have many questions I want to ask you about this, but I'll wait until you've had a chance to browse a bit. Dave ------------------------------ From: Gary Luedtke Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 07:45:18 -0500 Subject: [Baren 255] wood Ray, I believe a lot of Basswood comes from the northern states, my home state of Wisconsin for one. I used to handle tons of it here in Kansas when I worked for a model railroad company, running miles of it through the planer. I believe he got it from Wisconsin. It is still accessible here at some lumber companies but I don't know where they get it from specifically. If you have any specialty woodworking shops around there, check with them. Places that sell woodworking tools might have a selection of specialty woods for hobbyists possibly. If you still come up empty, let me know and I'll dig further here. Gary ------------------------------ End of Baren Digest V2 #51 **************************