Over the Red Line

 

Finally I managed to balance our budget in the laboratory, although the fiscal year ends on April 30^th so there is still a bit of time to worry about it! The painting's name, over the red line, is just like a (barely) balanced budget. Nothing happens if we overspend though, its a University after all. If need be, I can just enter a random account number into the system until I get one that works, that way I don't end up paying. Creative accounting. But seriously,  its all above board. 

Recently I learned that many famous artists (Vermeer, Normal Rockwell and others) used elaborate projection equipment to make their paintings. Vermeer of course pre-dated photography but might have used a camera obscura to project images onto his canvas. He posed his models, set up the props, and used the wooden box with mirrors and lenses to project the image upside-down onto the canvas. Normal Rockwell, the American cover illustrator used photos and projectors to achieve much the same effect as Vermeer. Knowing this doesn't take away from those great artists or any other artist who uses methods to cut corners, if it were that easy, then everyone would do it.  

Over the Red Line, watercolour 9 x 12" watercolour paper, March 2023 (No. 3376b)