http://www.blivets.com/ The philosophising, preaching, ranting, teaching, journaling, and joking of a man named Steve Collins. en-us 2007-01-15T15:32:37-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2007/01/where_have_all.html Starting now, you will find our artwork on a new site, collinsartworks.com Direct links are:Sherry Collins Steve Collins Works that are currently available for purchase via PayPal:Sherry Collins Steve CollinsFrom now on, blivets.com will remain a repository for whatever I... Art blivets 2007-01-15T15:32:37-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2006/08/more_new_painti_1.html I posted five new paintings in My Collected Watercolors and four in Sherry's Collected Watercolors.... Art blivets 2006-08-09T22:15:28-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2006/07/more_new_painti.html I posted four new paintings in My Collected Watercolors. The collection has grown to the point where the index page is now split, with 24 thumbnails on the first page, and the rest on the second.... Art blivets 2006-07-08T23:10:56-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2006/06/new_painting_by.html I posted another new painting from Sherry, titled "Dinner by Candlelight", on Sherry's Collected Watercolors.I also removed all comments from each painting, with the exception of title, dimensions, paper used and year painted. It seemed more fitting to let each... Art blivets 2006-06-26T22:46:34-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2006/06/new_painting_ro.html I posted a new painting, titled "Roses", on Stephen's Collected Watercolors.I also removed all comments from each painting, with the exception of title, dimensions, paper used and year painted. It seemed more fitting to let each painting speak for itself.... Art blivets 2006-06-26T01:06:28-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2006/06/new_paintings_p.html Links to our painting collection pages can be found in the "Links" section of my home page.... Art blivets 2006-06-17T21:36:12-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2006/02/new_paintings_f.html I scanned our latest watercolor paintings, covering the past month or two, and posted them on our collection pages. Specifically, I posted six of my most recent paintings, four self-portraits and two landscapes. For Sherry, I posted three recent paintings... Art blivets 2006-02-05T22:44:03-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2006/01/new_page_with_a_1.html Using the same approach I used for the collection of my paintings, I made a second collection, this time of my wife's watercolors. Here's the link: Sherry's Collected Watercolors On a fairly regular basis, as she finishes more paintings, I... Art blivets 2006-01-04T23:47:49-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2005/12/new_page_with_a.html Using JAlbum 6.1, an excellent and free photo album generator for the web, I put together a collection of my watercolors. In the future, rather than haphazardly adding new pages to my main site, I'll simply add them to the... Art blivets 2005-12-22T01:10:58-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2005/09/rachels_first_w.html My daughter, Rachel, is taking the same watercolor class as us (taught by Kat O'Connor at the Worcester Art Museum, Worcester, MA), and decided to paint something beforehand just to get a sense for her current level of skill. In... Art blivets 2005-09-25T22:57:18-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2005/09/portrait_of_jer.html After finishing my summer watercolor assignment, I decided to try the almost impossible, which was a watercolor portrait of my 6 month old grandson, Jerimiah. I say "almost impossible" for several reasons. First, I haven't painted a portrait of anyone... Art blivets 2005-09-25T22:32:36-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2005/09/summer_watercol.html Our watercolor teacher, Kat O'Connor, gave us a two part assignment for summer break, part 1 of which is: "4 paintings created that will hang together as a group, but not as a single piece, using one of the following... Art blivets 2005-09-25T21:39:09-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2005/08/colored_pencil.html Sherry and I attended an art workshop at the Acadia Workshop Center in Southwest Harbor, Maine, from July 31, 2005 to August 7, 2005. The subject was colored pencil, a medium I hadn't taken seriously until quite recently. The... Art blivets 2005-08-14T20:36:44-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2005/06/watercolor_clas.html This past spring, Sherry and I finally got around to doing something of value with our shared interest in art, which was to attend a watercolor class at the Worcester Art Museum in Worcester, MA. It marked the first time... Art blivets 2005-06-01T20:04:03-05:00 http://www.blivets.com/archives/2005/04/after_a_year_an.html After a year and a half of wishing I'd kept my 2001 Miata, I finally caved in, sold my RX-8, cut my hair, joined the Mass Miata Club again, and bought another Miata, this time a red 2005 Mazdaspeed. Since... Cars blivets 2005-04-30T14:04:52-05:00