Friday, April 30, 2010

Project 365 Days 122, 123 & 124













May 2, 2010 - Woman with a Pear
May 3, 2010 - Quay
May 4, 2010 - Little Steam Boat

All are marker and colored pencil on poster board.

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Illegal Aliens

Although not many people read this blog I can't stand it any longer and must comment on the situation in Phoenix, AZ. Incredible as it may sound, there are people in Phoenix protesting the newly enacted Arizona law regarding illegal aliens. It is obvious to me that the protesters haven't got the foggiest what the law says and that they are there for the sake of the protest itself no matter what the issue and to create chaos and behave unruly and perhaps even rough up the police.

Had they read the law before starting the protest they would have discovered that the new Arizona law repeats a federal law already on the books. So there is nothing new under the Arizona sun. To me Arizona is making a statement by accepting the federal law to be a state law. Their statement accuses the federal government of dereliction of duty under the Constitution. The way I see it the government of the United States of America are in dereliction of duty to guard the borders and protect its citizens as required by our Constitution. Thus the federal government created untenable situation in the United States as a whole and the border states in particular. In addition, the federal government did not heed requests for better control of the border for years on end.

I can understand why our so called elected representatives would want to encourage illegal immigration from Mexico. Cheap labor for Republicans and potential voters for Democrats. It is obvious that the politicians are putting their own narrow interests first and above the safety and welfare of the public. And the "open border" crowd is not helping to resolve the issue either, that's for sure.

So, here is my "Immigration Reform" Program:

1. Temporarily deploy National Guard and/or Army on the Mexican border immediately to stop further breaches of the border.
2. With the stimulus money already passed by the Congress hire and train enough Border Patrol agents to guard all of our borders the way it ought to be done so they can take over from the National Guard/Army in 18 months. Anyone still maintaining that Army cannot guard borders consult with Russia and North Korea.
3. Install electronic surveillance equipment on the border to report any breach of the border and make image(s) of the intruder(s). All the prisons have it why not the border.
4. Register all illegals already in the United States.
5. All illegals to pay $1,000 fine. Time payments may be arranged. $1o billion dollars, plus or minus, thus collected to be applied to government debt. Law shall be passed to enact balanced budget for the federal government.
6. Deport all illegals without a job except family members of those who have jobs.
7. Illegals who are parents of children born in the United States will be allowed to stay.
8. All illegals who are permitted to stay may request naturalization after 5 years in the United States and may become non-voting citizens.
9. Establish a work program. Companies with jobs which cannot be filled for reasons allowed under the law with Americans or illegal aliens already in the United States will register their positions with the Department of Labor with the appropriate documents required by law.
10. United States will advertise the approved positions in Mexico and/or other countries and will fill the positions and issue work visa.

How is that? And you thought I was just making ATC's. Fooled you, didn't I?

George

Project 365 Days 119, 120, and 121














April 29, 2010 - Country Cemetery
April 30, 2010 - Tramway in Prague
May 1, 2010 - River Tug Boat

Monday, April 26, 2010

Project 365 Days 116, 117, and 118










April 26, 2010 - Old Garage
April 27, 2010 - Yard with Blue Building
April 28, 2010 - The House at the Other End

All are marker and Colored pencil on poster board.
I use Sharpie Fine marker and Berol Prismacolor colored pencils.

Friday, April 23, 2010

Project 365 Days 113, 114, and 115













April 23, 2010 - House with Clock
April 24, 2010 - Billboard
April 25, 2010 - RiverExcursion Steamer "Primator Dittrich"

All are marker and colored pencil on poster board.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Project 365 Days 110, 111, and 112













April 20, 2010
April 21, 2010
April 22, 2010

All are marker and colored pencil on poster board.

Sunday, April 18, 2010

Project 365 Days 107, 108, and 109










April 17, 2010 - Country Cemetery
April 18, 2010 - House at the End
April 19, 2010 - Snowy Farm

All are Sharpie fine marker and coloreds pencil on poster board

Thursday, April 15, 2010

Project 365 Days 104, 105, and 106














April 14, 2010 Yard with Green Building
April 15, 2010 Village Cemetery in Winter
April 16, 2010 House on Periphery

All are done with a Sharpie fine marker and colored pencil on poster board.

Sunday, April 11, 2010

Project 365 Day 103

April 13, 2010 - Self-Portrait as President Obama

This was an idea that is still brewing. I wanted to create an image that would be that of President Obama with some of my features. My feature here is the hair and the cigar.

Marker and colored pencil on poster board.

Project 365 Days 101 and 102

April 11, 2010 - Yard in Winter
April 12, 2010 - Water Castle Svihov

Thesze 2 ATC's are from the Cityscape Series and are marker and colored pencil on poster board.

Friday, April 09, 2010

Project 365 Day 99


April 9, 2010

Prague Castle from West

Marker and colored pencil on poster board

Project 365 Day 100

April 10, 2010

Day 100 of Project 365

For Day 100 I have made 2 ATC's. The first one, Prague, Charles Bridge is the regular card for this day. The second card, Village, is a special card for Day 100 to be given as a prize by Robby. Wonder who gets it.

Both cards are marker and colored pencil on poster board.

Monday, April 05, 2010

Project 365 Day 95, 96, 97, and 98















April 5, 2010 - Prague, Bridge Tower
April 6, 2010 - Pragues, Church of Our Lady in front of Tyn
April 7, 2010 - Prague, Churches
April 8, 2010 - Prague, Tyn Church from the Old Town Town Hall

These ATC's are fromm the cyclus Cityscapes and are all marker and colored pencil on poster board.

Thursday, April 01, 2010

Project 365 Days 92, 93, and 94

April 2, 2010
April 3, 2010
April 4, 2010

Three digital prints one for each day. Although this is a print all cards are not absolutely same. There are very minor almost imperceptible layout variations. I call them multiples.

Project 365 Special

APRIL 1, 2010
April Fool's Day Special

This ATC is a part of a Naked Blue Men challange.

Marker and colored pencil on poster board.