Fred and I went to Cass Art today for a mixed media workshop. For once, this was a workshop which would have benefited from the wearing of industrial protective clothing like a boiler suit. However to contradict the title of today’s blog, no brushes were used in this art class. We did use pipettes, painting knives, sandpaper and kitchen towel, but no brushes were harmed in any way. It seemed to be an attempt at selling the Pebeo abstract paint products we were encouraged to use by a poorly prepared and inexperienced ‘tutor’ who admitted half way through the class that she hadn’t actually used these products very much. Hmm, as an ex teacher, I’d have to say that there were times when I ‘winged it’ through a class, but I was so much better than this – most of the time! I got the impression that the ‘sell’ was not very successful either, as very few of our peers bought any of the Pebeo products after the class. This is by far the poorest presentation I’ve been to at Cass Art. As far as the product goes, it seemed that there was very little creative artistry possible with it. Strange effects, but not a lot of control available. The paint looked like a thinned down version of Hammerite at a vastly inflated price. Maybe I just don’t understand this abstract nonsense art.
Once we got back and I’d had my lunch I spent the afternoon searching out the tracks from the ’70s album ‘Rockbuster’ on YouTube. It’s amazing the amount of music that’s available there.
Today’s photo solves two problems:
- I had no opportunity to take any pictures today.
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I’d recently bought a wireless remote for the E-PL5 and hadn’t managed to try it properly.
Problem solved. Picture taken and the remote works perfectly. In case you’re interested, it’s a Pixel RW-221/UC1 Wireless Shutter Remote. Such a pity that Oly didn’t think to produce their own remote for this excellent camera, like Nikon did.