T. Strange's Blog, page 36
February 10, 2014
mugenmcfugen:
yungvermeer:
Today I had the pleasure of making...
Today I had the pleasure of making genuine ultramarine blue oil paint. The pigment, powdered lapis lazuli, creates one of the most sought after blue paints in all of art history. It is a paint that Vermeer used extensively.
While I’m not going to share the paint (it’s expensive!), I will share these nearly pornographic photos of the the paint-making process.
Enjoy!
I remember working with pigments in uni and that class was the most exciting in the whole 4 years that I attended. We prepared oil paint from scratch with techniques they used 300-400 years ago and then reproduced various paintings from old masters. I learned really a lot about color mixing. I hope I equip myself with oil paint sometime in the future.
February 9, 2014
Mask of Zorro AU where Zorro is Valjean and Alejandro is Grantaire.
Mask of Zorro AU where Zorro is Valjean and Alejandro is Grantaire.
February 8, 2014
As a gay Russian, Heavy is crying right now.
As a gay Russian, Heavy is crying right now.
dragonlordoferebor:
was-that-a-pun:
benedictsbanana:
leonawriter:
skinnysanity:
The horrifying...
The horrifying moment when you look around for an adult and realize you are one.
#’I NEED AN ADULT’ #’SHIT I AM AN ADULT’ #’I NEED AN OLDER ADULT’
I need adultier adult
#I NEED A BETTER ADULT
AN ADULT WHO CAN SUCCESSFULLY ADULT
February 7, 2014
gaywitch-practisingabortion:
situationalstudent:
purplespacecat...
THIS.
I have never thought about it in this context
that’s actually really, really creepy.
I… fuck.
Yeah, basically.
I once pointed this out to my mother and she just stared at me, in stunned silence for ages.
February 6, 2014
idkmansrsly:
queerfabulousmermaid:
girlsgetbusyzine:
dashuri96...
http://www.inglotcosmetics.com/nails/products/141
this retailer sells a halal nail polish. this allows for oxygen and water to go through the nail, which makes it acceptable to wear during prayer. spread the word.
“Being a relatively modern creation, nail polish remains obviously unaddressed by early Islamic sources. But the general consensus in the Islamic community is that praying with nail polish is impermissible because of the waterproof barrier it creates on nails, which prevents the wudu ritual from being completed five times a day.” (source)
For any Muslim followers.
omg thanks so much that’s so cool!
February 5, 2014
Oh, this computer.
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve inadvertently opened the...
Oh, this computer.
I can’t tell you the number of times I’ve inadvertently opened the CD tray.
And, now, the one time I actually want to open it…I can’t.
Hello there Grantaire in a bathtub. (I’m pretty sure...
Hello there Grantaire in a bathtub.
(I’m pretty sure that’s why my wife reblogged this)
February 4, 2014
smackintyre:
markula:
millennium-lily:
And that’s the most...
And that’s the most frustrating thing about depression. It isn’t always something you can fight back against with hope. It isn’t even something — it’s nothing. And you can’t combat nothing. You can’t fill it up. You can’t cover it. It’s just there, pulling the meaning out of everything. That being the case, all the hopeful, proactive solutions start to sound completely insane in contrast to the scope of the problem.
It would be like having a bunch of dead fish, but no one around you will acknowledge that the fish are dead. Instead, they offer to help you look for the fish or try to help you figure out why they disappeared.
(x)
This is actually a really good way to explain it, I think.
I WILL NEVER NOT REBLOG THIS
Favorite line will always be “No, see, that solution is for a different problem than the one I have.”
