Jose Bautista painting from our 3rd raffle...

[steve B]

Neat post!

I really like seeing stuff in progress with explanations like this. Especially when it's someone doing it themselves instead of using off the shelf stuff. (And like Graig said, nothing wrong with premade stuff it's just less interesting to me)

One of my customers when I was doing Hydraulics had a small press. The type he had is usually a laboratory press, and lasts a long time. He'd wear out the seals in a couple years. Finally I went to pick it up because he was busy and the tenants who'd helped him bring the working part downstairs had moved.
Turns out he was an artist who pressed his own linseed oil and added pigments to make his own paints. "Just like the did back in the old days " he said.

Pretty cool.

[Dewey]

I hear ya Steve. I, too, appreciate watching the progress of true craftsmanship. One of my favorite things over at the Acoustic Guitar Forum is the custom guitar build threads. I've harbored a desire for a long time for a custom built guitar because of those threads. But I tell you what, my Kreindler envy is stronger!

[Leon]

Graig, Thanks for the thread and the ride along doing the painting.

I cannot wait for the next Rougnod Odor Bobblehead Night at Arlington Park, also featuring Jose Bautista.

Love the step-by-step in Graig's paintings. Eager to see this project as it progresses.

[baseball tourist]

Thought that the board might enjoy the irony - General Mills and JB recently partnered to put the bat flip on boxes of Golden Graham's Crunch (emphasis mine).

[Lordstan]

I am sure, this will be a big seller in Texas.

Originally Posted by baseball tourist

Thought that the board might enjoy the irony - General Mills and JB recently partnered to put the bat flip on boxes of Golden Graham's Crunch (emphasis mine).

[billyb]

Actually, I think they have been reading this thread.