Neocities

3 years ago

The budget watercolour paper I've got is not good for wet on wet... I had a feeling that would be the case, but it is better to find these things out for yourself than relying on the reviews of others because sometimes people are over critical of things if they are inexpensive. It is, however, OK for wet on dry watercolours, but I wouldn't use it for commissioned work or art where the original is to be sold.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

Artist on youtube makes free tutorials for people to learn how do watercolours... Thief decides to copy the format of her videos to make tutorials for Skillshare. I informed the artist whose content has been stolen and reported the thief to Skillshare. Folks, if you use free content to help you learn, please respect the artist making the free content so that the artist doesn't feel like they should take down their

bright-eyes 3 years ago

free content, which in turn hurts those who can't afford to pay for premium services.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

I have some cheap fineliners that have the potential to be refillable because you can screw the tip off them. Unfortunately you can't get refills for them. I'll have to see if gel pen refills will fit the pen, but it is annoying. If plastic waste is to be reduced then pens ought to be refillable. (Though I can imagine some of the premium pen companies like Copic hating the concept...) I hate having to throw out ,

bright-eyes 3 years ago

things that could be reused if the product available to make them recyclable existed.

bright-eyes 3 years ago

Refills shouldn't have to be a premium thing when the future of the environment is at stake.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

And of course, if they wanted a new weapons system for the high level characters over level 100, why not just create a new system for that instead of messing up the one that was there that now makes it impossible for mid-level players to advance?

bright-eyes

3 years ago

You need a legendary weapon to gain access to Moria. Problem: You can't obtain a legendary weapon to access Moria until you've accessed Moria, thanks to the new system. WTF? Great way to bollocks the game up, folks...

bright-eyes 3 years ago

Not to mention the fact that you have to waste a ton of gold to reforge the weapon. I don't think enough thought went into this at all!

bright-eyes

3 years ago

There is a massive bug in lotro which won't allow you to progress in the game....

bright-eyes

3 years ago

We had an awful snow storm in the night, with lots of wind. It put Max on edge. (Border collies tend to hate windy weather anyway.) I suspect that we have another 'Beast from the East' scenario. Climate change is the gift that keeps on giving.

1 like

bright-eyes

3 years ago

It's this Black Friday problem that is one: causing a lot of waste for the environment, putting a lot of people into unnecessary debt and contributing to the development of hoarding disorders. You also don't have to buy everyone presents for Christmas, either. In some places it has become customary for parents to buy all the children in their kids' class(es) a present and it's quite embarrassing on so many levels.

1 like

bright-eyes 3 years ago

Not everyone can afford to reciprocate. Family members of the child struggle to find something the child doesn't already own and quite frankly, do children really need all this stuff?

1 like

bright-eyes

3 years ago

I think that I must have deleted 150 e-mails about Christmas and Black Friday this month. Quit sending them already.

1 like

bright-eyes 3 years ago

And the majority of them are sent by the same small handful of companies.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

I hope that everyone is having a Happy Buy Nothing Day!

bright-eyes

3 years ago

What a load of bullshit... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-59421259 Maybe dads, grandfathers, uncles and older male relatives of all kinds have more of a part to play in how males behave than fictional characters? Stop blaming your shit upbringing of boys on things other than yourselves. (And the same goes for women, too...) It's pathetic, really.

2 likes

bright-eyes 3 years ago

The majority of the men who are criminals in my area are ones that have had a long history of criminal behaviour in their family, so it is /most/ likely that family has more of an influence on people's behaviour than fictional characters. It's just yet another attempt to pass the blame on to something else than it is to own up to where the fault really lies.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

I have quite a number of sketch books that need filling. I bought a pack of 10 from Hobbycraft a few months ago and I might give the ones that I've not drawn in yet a theme/subject. I hope to do some art throughout December, as I've not been doing a lot since I started doing the course - not had time, really, and there is a lot that I'd like to do. I'm not going to do Christmas themed stuff, though. It doesn't

1 like

bright-eyes 3 years ago

inspire me that much.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

We may have some snow on Saturday.

1 like

bright-eyes

3 years ago

I felt quite bad about my deviant art account a few days ago, but looked at it today and found that people have been liking some of my pieces. Not many, but it is nice... After next week, I shall some free time because the course I am currently doing will have ended.

1 like

bright-eyes

3 years ago

The cold weather is well and truly here now.

4 likes

bright-eyes

3 years ago

Oh, one other thing. Young people have always been concerned about political issues like the environment, racism, etc... It's not a new thing. But when you get older, your concerns change. You might even change the way you view things because of experiences you have. You might even get some of the idealism that you had when you are young eroded because you become disappointed with how the world is. I doubt that the

1 like

bright-eyes 3 years ago

majority of older people are callous or deliberately nasty, but life changes your focus.

bright-eyes 3 years ago

One of the biggest changes in attitude that I had was after I lost my mum. Before that, I thought that animal rights and environmental issues were the most important! things! ever! It still was a concern to me, but it just didn't seem as urgent, or as big as it was before. You have to put more of your energy into coping and finding ways of compensating for what you have just lost, so the concern has shifted.

bright-eyes 3 years ago

Your health also changes what you can do too. Political issues can get you angry (and rightly so), but that anger is also stressful so if you develop an illness when you get older, it places a burden on your health so you are forced to become less involved in things.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

I take the dog out for a walk every day and one day I can't take him because I don't feel up to it, a fuss is made.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

I do like the colours, though, but I can see that I need more practice with these.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

It is apparent that when I paint with watercolours, I need guidelines to know where the paint should go... Perhaps I can fix it when it's dried with a bit of smudge-proof fine-liner.

bright-eyes

3 years ago

Why is it these days you must argue with companies when they have not fulfilled their obligations to you to get the service that you are due? Last year it happened with a gardening company, this year it has happened multiple times with a catalogue company, it has happened with two different magazine titles and now a subscription box company. A number of years ago, I got ripped off by a clothing company which never

1 like

bright-eyes 3 years ago

returned money after goods not being sent and returning shoddy goods which I now refuse to purchase from.

Neocities.org

Latest Activity > thehobbit

Sites

All the latest Neocities site news!

Popular Tags