art and sundries

[radiantfracture]

On Sunday, I made spider cake after sovay and was not disappointed. I made it with goat's milk yogurt instead of cow milk and cream, and the bread was wonderfully tart and fluffy, with the thick custardy "spider" running through it. That, with maple syrup? Damn.

I'm in the middle of tonight's second batch of ordinary cornbread, because I am out of goat yogurt but not out of the stone soup I make every Sunday during my family calls. That I have a great deal of, frozen, and the cornbread will go nicely with it.

(Though I guess solo stone soup would be... just a stone in hot water. So it's more like whatchagot stew.)

I got three prompts into the Faebruary art challenge, and then I got bogged down on "fairy dance" because the dancers I chose as a reference were wearing masks and no matter what I did I got the faces All Wrong. The bodies had more flow than the last drawing, but the heads, augh.

(Pauses, listens closely) I think there's a... goose.. in the yard. Hang on.

...No goose. Must have flown off.  Early this morning there was something on the roof with a strange pattern of movement and a peculiar yowl and I'm a bit skittish today. I don't think that was a goose.

Anyway, tonight I sat down and painted for another prompt, #faeriesfestivalfrock in order to catch up a little bit and feel more like a competent painter. The reference photo is a Jean Paul Gaultier dress I have had saved for ages because it was so lovely. (I didn't paint the designs in on the wrap, but now I think maybe I should.) So this fairy seems to be off to a festival that involves catwalks and photo shoots. Must be urban fantasy.




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Comments

[sovay]

I made it with goat's milk yogurt instead of cow milk and cream, and the bread was wonderfully tart and fluffy, with the thick custardy "spider" running through it. That, with maple syrup? Damn.

I'm so glad!

(We have also been known to decorate ours with maple syrup, or honey.)

I like your catwalk fairy.

[sabotabby]

I adore her. So glam. I have Tori Amos in my head today for reasons and she reminds me a little of her.

[oracne]

I love the colors in your painting.

[thewayne]

I've never heard of a spider cake before, sounds interesting! I've found a recipe and hope to make one soon.

[yarrowkat]

on ig i saw you mentioned your camera does weird things to the color of your paintings and that was frustrating you. could it be the white balance on the camera settings? what lighting conditions are you shooting in?

[radiantfracture]

That's so smart!

I'm just using the camera on my iPhone (oldie, 8). I did a websearch, but I can't find a white balance function. Do you think it has one?

[yarrowkat]

unfortunately i don't know much about iPhones, as I am an android person. their camera reputation is good, tho. do you know if it has a "pro mode"? if it does, white balance should be one of the adjustable things in that mode. If it has pro mode, I'd find out how to turn thai on, and then fiddle with the settings under different kinds of lighting. you'll likely get the best results in natural light, indirect sunlight. but if you want to take pictures at night, there should be a way to either change the warm/cool balance (if it's adding yellows, to tone that down), or directly adjust the WB.

[radiantfracture]

Putting recipe here for reference

https://wednesdaychef.typepad.com/the_wednesday_chef/2006/07/jonathan_reynol.html