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(PSA = Public Service Announcement) I haven't seen this mentioned (which doesn't mean a whole heck of a lot!) so... I had some water color paints which had dried in their tubes. Being cheap, I figured I could open the metal tubes, take the paints, and revive them in tiny containers. Knife and...

The B+W picture was taken using the Hypocam app on my Samsung Galaxy J2. The second one is the same photo, but passed through the Sketch Camera app's "Blue Pen" filter. Just kinda curious if you folks think the second (blue) photo is wandering into the "digital art" realm. --Rich

OK, so I like puns... Taken at Moratock Park in Danbury, NC, using my trusty Chinon CM-7. This was years back. 'Rocky' is more "hairy," now... --Rich

This picture was taken a l-o-n-g time ago, in a tiny town in upstate New York called Maryland. 😲 Population back then was some 700 people. (I remember 'cause the township I grew up in was 24,000 or so.) Couple of friends walking next to the railroad tracks on a Saturday morning. It's an OK...

Seagulls braving the cold of Winter at the Fire Island beach in New York. The first is the color original, Chinon CM-7, Ricoh 35-70mm. Then I played – err, experimented – with converting it to B+W. I used the Black Cam app on my Samsung Galaxy J2, with the app's yellow filter. The B+W seems...

When I lived on Long Island, I would enjoy going to the beach after Labor Day, when most everyone stayed home. The beach was still there, as well as the parking lots, yet folks seemed to think the beach was somehow closed! OK, so the concessions stands were closed, and the life guards were back...

It took place last October, near me. A lovely day. I had my Samsung Galaxy J2 (travel lightly), and I used the Hypocam app, with the red filter. The ones with color were post-processed using the ChromaLab app. There are 15 pictures, so I'll feed them in a few at a time... Interesting how...

Taken with my Samsung Galaxy J2, using the EktaCam app with the Rollei Ortho 25 app. (B+W) Fiddled with it in IrfanView (removed power lines, colored the sign). Any graniness is from shrinking the picture. 🙁 Then I went wild with vignetting and toning... And then the Metallic Ice filter...

Across the street, the security light lights up the fog. For those who don't know, a security light is a street light, but set back from the road. Dunno who it secures, but it's a thing here. Maybe to keep the neighbors from shooting at "wabbits" – or each other! --Rich

This was (maybe still is!) located in a ca. 1840s house in the Old Bethpage Village Restoration on Long Island. The guide told us that it was Peter Cooper's desk. (He's the guy responsible for the Cooper Union school in Manhattan.) --Rich

"She" was done using "Magic Fluids" an app I d/l'd to my ancient Verizon phone. Not only is it digital because it runs on my phone, it's digital because you swipe your finger (your digit) over the screen, and the app does the rest. I scribble, save the screen, then look later to see what – if...

Blue light, fog bright Power spreading Earth warped. Trees bending About the light. Around the light Fog light, blue light. Name: Blue Light Size: 9x12 Medium: Pastels (Dusties) Support: ColourFix Paper --Rich

Momma cat adopted us, despite us having two other cats and a 90-lb dog. She was quite loving purring to get petted, but her breath could fell a moose! We took her to a vet who said she was OK, and not pregnant. Several weeks later she dropped her litter of three kittens. She would go outside...

This is somewhere in lower Manhattan. It started as a color photo, changed to B+W, then cranked the blue in the color balance. I use IrfanView to fiddle the colors when pictures are on my computer. This one is closer, here in NC: This was taken with my Samsung Galaxy J2 phone, using the...

Springtime, and all is bright. Even the moon glows more. Name: Vernal Moon Size: 9x12 Medium: Pastels Support: ColourFix --Rich

Where, so the stories tell, the wounded King Arthur was taken... Name: Avalon Size: 9x12 Medium: Pastels Support: Pastel Paper --Rich

Sometimes, hope is just waiting for the eyes which can see... (Somewhat influenced by Andre Norton's stories.) Name: The Gate Size: 10x16 Medium: Oil Pastels, Charcoal, Char-Kole, colored pencils "Char-Kole" is a charcoal product from Weber-Costello. It's about the size and shape...

Name: Sunrise Mists Size: 5x8 Medium: Ass't'd Water Media Support: W.C.Paper "Assorted" is WC paints, pencils, crayons. I don't believe I had WC pastels at that point. The sun rises over mists, Glowing them, coloring them, Warning of the day to come... --Rich

I saw this in Farmingdale, NY. (No farms there any more, just like Deer Park has no deer. 😕) Name: Moon Caught in Winter Tree Size: 8"x10" Medium: Oil Pastels Support: Pastel Paper --Rich

Sheer curiosity question: I found these – open stock – in an art store on Long Island (since closed). The price was right, so I bought several sets of all the colors available. I’m wondering if anyone here has any more info on them – the Pentel site doesn't seem to. They are harder than the...