I've done 30 out of 38 stupid things...
The more [X]'s the dumber you are.Be completely Honest!18 or lower means you're not stupid.
[x]Gum has fallen out of your mouth when you were talking. [ ] Gum has fallen out of your mouth when you were NOT talking. [x]You have ran into a glass/screen door.[WALL] [x] You have jumped out of a moving vehicle. [x] You have thought of something funny and laughed, then people gave you weird looks.
Total: 4
[ x]You have run into a tree.[Pole] [ ] It IS possible to lick your elbow [ ] You just tried to lick your elbow. [ x]You never knew that the Alphabet and Twinkle Twinkle Little Star have the same rhythm.
[ x]You just tried to sing them.
Total: 7
[x] You have tripped on your shoelace and fallen. [x]You have choked on your own spit. [ ] You have seen the the Matrix and still don't get it. [x]You didn't notice that in the last question "the" was spelled twice [ x]You just looked at it again [ x] Your hair is blonde/dirty blonde. [ ]People have called you slow.
Total: 12
[x] You have accidentally caught something on fire [x] You tried to drink out of a straw, but it went into your nose/eyes... [x]You have caught yourself drooling. [x] You've fallen asleep in class (who hasnt)
Total: 16
[ x]Sometimes you just stop thinking. [x]You are telling a story and forget what you were talking about [x]People are often shaking their heads when they walk away from you [x]You are often told to use your "inside voice". [x] You use your fingers to do simple math.
Total: 21
[x] You have eaten a bug. [x] You are taking this test when you should be doing something important [x]You have put your clothes on backwards or inside out, and didn't realize it [x] you've looked all over for something and realized it was in your hand/pocket.
Total: 25
[] You sometimes post bulletins because you are scared that what they say will happen to you if you don't even when you know it won't happen to you. [x]You lose a lot of things.
Total: 26
[ ] Your friends know not to use big words around you [ x]You sometimes tilt your head when you're confused [x] You have fallen out of your chair before [x ]When you're laying in bed, you try to find pictures in the texture of the ceiling [x]The word "umm" is used many times a day. [ ] You struggle when counting up your X's on a small section
Total: 30
Repost this survey with the number of Stupid Things YOU'VE done in the subject line.
LOLOLOL...this survey nearly had me on the floor this morning. I was laughing so hard that I had tears ROLLING down my face. What a great way to start the day...laughing and feeling stupid!
Klimt continued.........

At least I have been working on her! I thought she would have been finished by now, but some other events occurred that I hadn't anticipated.
A Flash of Inspiration

I have no idea where this popped up from, but out of the blue last night I got this desire to paint a Klimt inspired painting. The scanned image above is about 1/4th of the entire painting. The paint isn't dry yet, but I'm going in there again today to add more of the Klimt look to it. It's all in the detailing when it comes to his work. I have to get my colors sorted out, too. It feels great to be excited about painting again as it has been quite a while since I felt that way. I was quite surprised to discover that Klimt has not been included or even mentioned in my Techniques of the Great Masters of Art book. ???? How can this be? Instead they added some obscure painters that I have never heard of and overlook Klimt? It was easy enough to find 20 of his works online to look at for inspiration. There were hundreds available on one site alone. What would we do without the internet?
Out of town

Here is Pip. I scanned him in, so parts of him have been cut off in this image, but I have yet to photograph him. So...
Since I have to be out of town for the next few days, my contest ending for the Free Painting has had to be postponed until the 12th. Only a few extra days, and it gives folks a bit more time to Subscribe to my YouTube Channel.
Have a great weekend!
And the Winner IS...
Our panel of judges deliberated today and it was decided that The Laughing Parrot is the winner of our very first Pet Portrait Contest. Enyagirl was the YouTuber that submitted this winning video. You simply cannot watch this video without chuckling or laughing out loud...at least I can't.
We have now moved onto Phase 2 of this contest which is to pick the winning artist that will portray The Laughing Parrot and send the winning artwork to Enyagirl. I posted directions for this artist contest into about 20 different eBay artist groups today and we soon had at least one artist say she wanted to enter the contest.
I'm expecting about a dozen animal artists to enter this first contest, as it's still basically unknown territory to people. Each of the artists that enters this contest will have their very own video made of their artwork as it is being created. I asked the artists to photo or scan their artwork in the various stages of its development so that I could use those images to make the videos.
Beginning on Saturday June 9th, I will start posting the first of the videos into YouTube. As people visit and view these videos, the counter will keep tabs on those views and the artists having the top 3 views/hits on their video will be named. From there, Enyagirl will choose which of those three images she wants to receive as her prize.
The ending date for this second phase of the contest is Saturday June 16th. I might extend that for one more week just to give people more opportunity to have their videos viewed, but we must first see how many artists participate in this event.
I have another contest that is ending next weekend on Saturday June 10th and that is the Free Painting Contest I have mentioned here in the blog. That one applies ONLY to subscribers of my YouTube Channel, however. Currently there are 113 subscribers, so the odds are still very good for new folks to join in!!!
Pet Portrait Contest
We had 11 video entries in our first Pet Portrait Contest, and I am happy about that. Naturally, I was hoping for MORE entries, but we did have over 600 views on the video so it isn't like people weren't looking. Maybe they thought it was a sham, I don't know.
But 11 entries is a respectable number. The panel of judges can now deliberate and make a decision on the winner and no one will be overwhelmed by the number of videos to watch. That's a good thing, right? It sure is if you are a judge!
Just imagine what it would be like if you had thousands upon thousands of video entries to watch! Well, I had that idea already and it was why I took so long to decide upon doing this contest in the first place. I was scared half to death that we would be bombarded with entrants.
I plan to do more contests in the near future, but first I have to complete the second part of this Pet Portrait Contest. That involves getting some of the eBay animal artists to submit their artwork for the winner of the video contest. The artists won't get paid for this...but they will get a video featuring their artwork and the progessive stages of creating it.
The winner of the video contest gets the free artwork. That's how this one works, and I'm hoping that we will have several artists enter this contest, too. This is our inaugural contest and if it goes smoothly and everyone is pleased with the results, we will move onto the next contest.
MEANWHILE, the Free Painting contest is still taking place. Anyone that is a subscriber to my YouTube Channel is eligible to win the Vino painting shown in this video. There is one more week until that contest ends, so you still have time to subscribe.
Subscribing to my YouTube channel is very easy as there is an orange Subscribe button on each page of YouTube when you are viewing people's videos. It's off to the right of the video that is playing.
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