So you've probably all forgotten the little experiment that I started back in February.



Well I didn't. It was driving me nuts that I never did finish the portraits that I had promised. I had plenty of steam to do an hour on lafemmekatia's image.



I slowed down a bit and lost a bit of drive while working on theseitz's image of Rodney Dangerfield. I sucked it up and worked on him for a little over 1/2 hour. Poor Rodney. You've looked better buddy.



I have just finished (at long last) the image I promised for anisette_toast. I actually found this one coming together fairly quickly. There was a lot going on here tonight, and while I would think that should be an 'excuse' for why the image didn't turn out the way I wanted, it actually seemed to be the reverse. In just 1/2 hour (ok - maybe a touch more) I felt comfortable calling it a night.

Here's some stuff I'm thinking about going to this weekend. If any of you are interested - lemme know:

• 7Arts Studio. "Junichro Ishida: Mind Blossom," through March 31. 1139 W. Seventh St., Wilmington. Free. 777-1170 This one is right around the corner from my house - and there are good people involved, so...


• Blue Streak Gallery. "Barry Schlecker's Collection of Outsider Art," and jewelry by Alexis Bittar, through March 28. 1721 Delaware Ave., Wilmington. Free. 429-0506


• Gallery 919 Market. "University of Delaware Master of Fine Arts Group Exhibition," through March 30. 919 Market St., Wilmington. Free. 229-3266


• Morris Library Special Collections Exhibition Gallery. "Animal Kingdom: Six Centuries of Zoological Illustration," through June 8. South College Avenue, Newark. 831-2231


• Rockford Map and Globe Gallery. On permanent display, globes, maps and unusual scientific instruments. 1800 Lovering Ave., Wilmington. 576-8900 This one seemed like it was created for metikulos


• Winterthur. "Ancient Egypt and the Egyptian Revival, 1725-1825," through May 13. "Quilts in a Material World: Selections From the Winterthur Collection," Sat.-Sept. 16. On permanent display, iPod Audio Tour starring the Keno Brothers and The Campbell Collection of Soup Tureens. Del. 52, northwest of Wilmington. $10-$20, exhibitions only $5-$15. 888-4600, (800) 448-3883 or www.winterthur.org For my mom.