Author Archives: Virtual Brush Box

Just Because You Enjoy An Activity Doesn’t Mean You Want To Be Paid To Do It With Strangers

Thoughts Ready For Their Close-ups When AJ at The Errant Moon agreed to create portraits of my horses, they refused payment. “I work to pay the mortgage and I doodle to keep myself sane. I don’t want to cross those streams yet, if ever.” While the result is far more than a doodle, I can seeContinue reading “Just Because You Enjoy An Activity Doesn’t Mean You Want To Be Paid To Do It With Strangers”

Ready For Their Close-ups

Celebrating Art     Rodney & Milton Ink portraits By AJ The Errant Moon Border & watermark added The story behind in the art work, The Errant Moon: Horses! Photo posts, [Getting Our Hunter On] & [For This I Cleaned My Tack?] Update Follow-up thoughts [Just Because You Enjoy An Activity Doesn’t Mean You WantContinue reading “Ready For Their Close-ups”

Have You Got All Day? Anatomy of A Saddle Seat Lesson

Adventures in Saddle Seat Enjoy the ride.     I have not had a saddle seat lesson since December. It shouldn’t been this hard. Maybe if I were getting two horses fit for Prelim, I might have an excuse. As is, my life is not that busy. I should be able to fit in aContinue reading “Have You Got All Day? Anatomy of A Saddle Seat Lesson”

Not From Around These Parts, Schooling Report, Southern Sunday Barrel Association, March 2020

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.     Southern Sunday Barrel Association D&D Arena Vincent AL USA Sunday March 1, 2020     Music: Turn and Burn by Sam Riggs, also know as the Barrel Racing Song, “Pay no mind to the glitter and shine its a cover up/Cause the girlContinue reading “Not From Around These Parts, Schooling Report, Southern Sunday Barrel Association, March 2020”

Get A Free Helmet Poster

Training Journal If you’re riding a horse, you’ve already won.     A digital poster displaying helmet facts and myths: the advisability of replacing a older helmet, the inadvisability of using a bicycle helmet, and so on. The above is a smaller, low resolution image to let you know this exists. For a full-scale, high-res,Continue reading “Get A Free Helmet Poster”

State Of The Blog Logo & Color Reference

Celebrating Art     Red, Green, Blue “This color model is based on adding and mixing light – when you add Red, Green, and Blue light together, you create a pure white.” Modern Soapmaking, DIY Design: What’s the difference between RGB and CMYK?. Think of aiming spotlights onto a dark stage. R0 B0 G0 =Continue reading “State Of The Blog Logo & Color Reference”