Before you can do anything, you need to head over to the Avidemux homepage (http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/)and download, then install, Avidemux. The site has installer applications for Windows, Linux and Mac.
So, when you first load up Avidemux you’ll see:
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Riverside - oil on box canvas - 16" x 12"
When creating the Riverside painting (shown left) I set up a camera, on a tripod, and recorded the entire painting process from start to finish.
Unfortunately, YouTube only allows ten minute videos, so I’ve sped up the video so you can watch the full 70mins in only 7mins.
If you’d like to see how I did a particular section of the painting, drop me an email, and I can put up chunks of the movie, in real time, on YouTube.
Anyway… enjoy the video!
Feb 21
Yes, I finally got off my lazy ass and did a new oil painting.
Riverside - oil on box canvas - 16" x 12"
I also recorded the entire painting process which I’ll hopefully be uploading to YouTube shortly, as a ten minute video, although it’s a biiiig file as I’ve kept it at 640 pixels wide rather than the usual teeny tiny 320 pixels wide. I’ll post again when the video is up and running.
CustomWines.co.uk
You can now buy my artwork through Custom Wines!
You can either buy an original or buy a bottle of wine from them and they will send me a percentage of the sale price.
When you go to my page, which is here, you can select one of my pieces of artwork, shown down on the right-hand side, choose to buy the label, which is (obviously!) a print of my work, then a wine of your choice, add some greetings/text and preview the label:
Simple as that! So, in the above case, you’re buying a print of my work which gets me a few pennies and gets you a nice bottle of wine with a custom label with whatever greeting you choose. Nifty!
So spread the word about this pretty unique gift site, and buy some wine!
Finally managed to complete the ink drawing I was working on. It seemed like such a good idea at the time, but when you realise that it takes about three hours to cover about one quarter of the A3 page with a 0.1 pen, the novelty quickly wears off! But I managed it. I reckon that it took me about five or six hours in total to finish it. The dark background was done using a 0.8 pen, so that sped things up a bit and the black trees in the background were done with my brush pen, again saving time. But the 0.1 liner pen is almost worn down to the metal, there’s about 0.5mm left of the nib showing.
I’m glad I did it though, and I’d definitely do more. 
In this tutorial I’m going to show you the easiest way to create a speech balloon, sometimes called a speech bubble, in GIMP.
Left is the panel I’m going to put a bubble/balloon in. In case you’re wondering, the white area is going to be covered by my balloon.
Finally got the Google verification amount in my account and am now accepting Google Checkout payments via my Bonanzle booth.
I really enjoyed doing the (now sold) ink drawing I called ‘House by the Lake’. I’ve now started a v2.0 of said drawing using A3 watercolour paper and a 0.1 Liner pen. It’s going slowly, but surely:
Although I have to admit, I’m dreading that big tree on the left and the dark background. It’s taken about 3hrs of drawing to do what you see above! I love ink sketches like this, but sometimes I just don’t have the patience for it! 
Jan 1
With the cost of an eBay auction continually rising, I’m giving Bonanzle a try. I’ve added a widget to the left column, replacing the eBay one (for now) and put up several items for sale. Most of the items are around the $60 with $10/15 P&P for the UK/rest of the world.
Keep your eye on my Bonanzle ‘Booth’ (aka: shop) as I’ll be adding more and more items as the day goes on.
Oh, and happy new year!
New oil landscape, a big ‘un too – 19″ x 14″!
Hiding From The Storm. Oil on paper, 19" x 14"
It’ll take several days to dry, but once it’s dry it’ll go up for sale on eBay, miniGallery etc…
TIP: you can click the image above to see a larger version.
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