Arts & Crafts

Steve Cronin is a British high-speed, watercolor artist.

His Youtube content is like an indie- watercolor version of Bob Ross
He does a painting in like 20 to 35 minutes.
His subject matter are modest, unspectacular, muted landscapes.
His palette has a very limited range.



While Bob Ross was a more professional entertainer, I think I respect Cronin's art more.

Another 'ridiculous' Japanese craft.

Urushi lacquer work. Urushi is a natural (from a plant) phenolic resin (like Epoxy, Polyurethane) which have been used for a very long time.
It's quite toxic and requires a licence/permit to work with or purchase. It hardens (polymerizes) with water vapour + heat (same as some polyurethanes).



Pens like this cost $3000 - $15000. The "lower cost", are made to be used (whether they will be is another thing). Those around $10000 are not. Not really.

So you're saying I can spam this thread with hip-hop music videos or better post actual paintings, sculptures, arabesques, garden-art etc. ?!

Alright, alright, alright!

Just posting ancient and medieval mosaic art!

This thread title is used in my work.

Arts&Crafts is the name we give to any project that requires some precision and construction. This can be anything from building an electrical adapter to making a snoot for a lamp, to cutting gels for flourescent tubes. It is usually a pain in the ass, and it takes some skill. I get to do these jobs often, as a middle manager.



This is an example. I needed to power 3 refrigeration units, but did not have all the materials I needed to do this properly. The budget on the show was tight, so I Rube Goldberg'd a solution.

What you see is a small L6-20 220v distro box. That has a ground and two hot conductors to feed to a 3 pin connector. I needed a neutral as well for this application, so I added a neutral wire fed from the system neutral and taped it to the L6-20 feeder, installed the four wires into an L14-30 connector, and powered the unit.

For those who understand electricity - this is not electrically correct. I am feeding a 30a device with 20a cable and a 30a neutral. This is however, show business. I did careful load calculation and determined that at worst case, the largest unit pulled 21amp on one leg and 19 on another, and the breaker held. That was with the 150w lightbulb inside on - I replaced with a lower wattage enclosure-rated LED and brought that under 20a.

Arts & Crafts

What I really got a kick out of, in this short and highly edited video, is the amount of meticulous planning and preparations. That is something I can relate to.

A magnificent Model Railroad.
The video is half an hour long, but it needs to be.

Almost forgot to post this. This guy is so good that he must thoroughly enjoy painting with oils. Imagine having that amount of confidence and virtuosity. Noteworthy is how he nails the values. This is really the hard trick in painting.

   

The level and extreme sophistication that the "worst" scale modelers have brought their hobby to, is mind blowing.
I don't know what else to say.

This just way beyond most crafts.

I wanted to post this video as a contrast to Volegov. Volegov paints in a technique called a la prima. Which means he splashes in the color directly, until the values have come out right (which it does immediately for him), then works detail and smoothing.

Palumbo uses a layered technique, with an underpainting, then applies transparent layers over, and finally finishes with blending in opaque colors for highlights. And adds definition with details of course.