Comments for The Orchard

Comment on Compared: Water-Soluble Mediums by Alan Vickery

Alan Vickery — Mon, 20 Aug 2012 01:24:51 +0000

Thank you so much for this review. i have a green box of 20 FC Aquarelle Sticks but haven’t used them much. I thought they stopped making them in 2008.

Comment on Girls Gone…? by Alice Schwarzer – Sexismus am Computer | Nicht die Welt – das Nachrichten-Magazin

Thu, 16 Aug 2012 05:38:32 +0000

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Comment on What is this Nonsense? by I Keep Coming Back to the Figure

I Keep Coming Back to the Figure — Wed, 08 Aug 2012 04:30:33 +0000

[...] yet I keep coming back to the figure. Figure drawing is my strength. It’s what I unconsciously doodle in the margins of my notes. It’s most satisfying to me to figure out how bones and muscle create shadows and curves. [...]

Comment on Scene 1: Summer. Hot and Humid. by The First Thing About Boulder Is

The First Thing About Boulder Is — Sun, 05 Aug 2012 22:04:44 +0000

[...] In Virginia, we’re supposed to be a lush, humid, water- and flower-soaked region. And it’s sad (even a little heartbreaking, to me) that more Southerners and Appalachians don’t have the free time or resources to have their own gardens. But here in Boulder, this is land of forest-fires, droughts and flash floods. I don’t want to feel guilty every time I turn on the faucet– but I also don’t want to be building a life that is unnatural to the landscape. That would be counterproductive to everything that is healthy, for my own life and for the land where I’m settling in. Not to mention, counterproductive to this blog… [...]

Comment on Pen Review: Parker IM/Profile by Sonneteer

Sonneteer — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 08:02:14 +0000

Parker IM is great… It’s very practical for a Sonnet Writer like me…
It’s cheap yet classic in value… It’s form is simple… yet elegant in manner of writing…very smooth… and very like-”Able”.
Thanks for the review… and also … Introduce me to your friend.

Comment on Handmade Book with Clairefontaine Paper by An Assorted But Cohesive Paper Review

An Assorted But Cohesive Paper Review — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:43:57 +0000

[...] this post, I outlined my initial impressions of four different Clairefontaine papers, which I received [...]

Comment on Rurality 101 by Rurality in the News

Rurality in the News — Sat, 07 Jul 2012 18:42:48 +0000

[...] to my exploration of how rurality can counteract or coexist with technology and the internet, a recent study links internet use and depression. (via [...]

Comment on How to be a Starving Artist (with a Full Belly) by Michael Carter

Michael Carter — Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:48:16 +0000

Great article… especially like #3. I have a relationship with a couple of art stores. Thanks for this.