Fabric and Painting

Gary Faigin showed his Still Life Painting Atelier last week how to render fabric, and how to determine what folds and wrinkles should be not included to make the image read well.

Profits Again by Reducing Mortgages

This New York Times article hit a nerve.

Shopping and Real Beauty

This is the most wonderful thing I've seen recently. I was in a shop, women looking at sale racks, men rushing past, looking tired, and in the midst of this swirling retail therapy, this little princess was looking at her image in the mirror, adjusting her tiara, and twirling. I recalled my daughters asking when they were this age, "How does the new dress twirl?"

That was the measure of an excellent dress, one that flew all around you when you spun.

Atelier and Skulls

It's before Halloween, and yet.. I am painting a still life with

a skull in it. I am looking at sketches, hung upside-down n

front of my fireplace... the one on the right makes it back into the atelier

for the painting...

Here is a home stager that seems to be as busy as ever:

http://ping.fm/vwTgt

Again! I hate those compact fluorescents...and so do many others.
http://ping.fm/bO92t

NO BLOGGING about bad real estate photos

New rule from the NWMLS. Northwest Multiple Listing Service.

NO BLOGGING! Check this box, if you allow blogging. I am not allowed to give my opinion on a blog about anyone's property. What? Well, here is my favorite worst photo of the day. I won't say what house it is from, because it's a good representation of a million bad photos. Really...people! Hire a professional photographer. Please.