Notre Dame Color Palette
Monday, September 30, 2019
Friday, September 27, 2019
The Two Crowns Color Palette
Inscr. ‘Frank Dicksee 1900’ b.r.
Canvas, 91×72 1/2 (231×184).
Chantrey Purchase from the artist 1900.
Exh: R.A., 1900 (167).
Lit: E. Rimbault Dibdin, ‘Frank Dicksee’ in The Art Annual, 1905, pp.16–18, repr. p.11.
The subject, a medieval king riding home in triumph from victory past a crucifix, does not appear to represent any particular historical event. The moral purpose of this picture contrasts with the pure romance of his earlier ‘Harmony’. It was acclaimed as the best picture of the year by a Daily News plebiscite.
https://www.tate.org.uk/art/artworks/dicksee-the-two-crowns-n01839
Harmony
Friday, September 13, 2019
Hollow Mask Illusion - Royal Institution
How do we perceive faces? With some balloons, newspaper, some paste for paper mâché, and paints, you can create a hollow mask that appears to follow you as you move back and forth around the room. Rachel and her children Eva and Daniel investigate the illusion in this video from The Royal Institution‘s ExpeRimental series, a resource that can help parents set up fun, easy, and cheap science experiments at home.
This classic illusion can baffle brains of all ages. Making the masks can help us explore why it works (or doesn’t work), and why our brains can be so easily tricked. Here’s the Einstein mask in video form:
This series of ExpeRimental is supported by The British Psychological Society. To avoid any spoilers/test conclusions, pause the video at 3m50s. Find the full instruction sheet here (pdf).
Wednesday, September 11, 2019
Wednesday, September 4, 2019
Fancy Sprinkles, Ridiculous and Amazing
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| A Sampling of Sprinkles |
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| I Scream |
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| Big Vegan Birthday |
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| Animal Crackers |
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| Banana Split |
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| Birthday Balloon |
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| Little Prince |
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| Hop Scotch |
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| Comic Book |
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| Splendid |
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| String Bikini |
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| Firecracker |
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| Grinchmas |
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| Pony Party Purple |
NASA's Women's Equality Day Video
It was on August 26th, 1920 that the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, giving some American women full voting rights. August 26th is now Women’s Equality Day. Designated in 1973, the date celebrates the Women’s Suffrage Movement and underscores the continuing work for equality for women and girls.
NASA has marked this persistent effort with a video introduction to eleven space pioneers, including physicist Pearl Young, engineer Kitty O’Brien Joyner, mathematician Dorothy Vaughan, mathematician Katherine Johnson, Chief of Astronomy and “Mother of Hubble” Nancy Grace Roman, and launch director Charlie Blackwell-Thompson.
Plus: Firsts by astronauts Sally Ride, Kathryn Sullivan, Dr. Mae Jemison, Eileen M. Collins, and pictured below, Peggy Whitson.
Learn more at women.nasa.gov.
Tuesday, September 3, 2019
Rainbow Catona Blanket
Made this blanket for friends' new baby.
Using the remaining 8 g of each of the 109 colors in the Sheepjes Colour Pack.
09-03-2019
I decided to reverse row direction, in order to keep the blanket from “drifting” to the right.
The pattern only includes 105 colors, while the box includes 109. I have fit in the other four colors where I felt they were appropriate.
However, I didn’t realize that there were four “bonus” colors until I was into the blues, beyond the purples. I decided to fit the dark orchid purple color in with the browns after a lot of debate.
