2006-07-30 Long Dark Teatime of the Zoloft Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I’m now on my fifth day of starting Zoloft, a medication akin to Prozac, used for fighting depression, and, in my case anxiety. I’ve been distrustful of psychiatry for …
Here are some of my voice-clips, in case you were thinking of using me as a voice artist. Thanks to the wonders of ISDN, and the fact that South Africa has a very highly advanced advertising industry, I’m available to …
Roy Blumenthal, Voice-Over Artist, gives you some sample clips of his voice Read more »
2006-07-27 Illustration Friday — Clean Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. The topic for Illustration Friday this week is ‘Clean’. Which gives me the excuse to paint my bathroom. And to reflect a bit on clean starts in relationships. I’m working through …
2006-07-27 Roy Blumenthal Self Portrait After Chatting To ‘S’ Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Just had a long chat to ‘S’ on the phone. She’s in Cape Town. I’m in Joburg. When she left to drive down, we parted under a …
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Roy Blumenthal Originally uploaded by fionalongart. Yesterday I painted a portrait of Fiona Long, a British artist I came across on Flickr. Today I found a surprise in my inbox… this awesome watercolour portrait of me by her. Thanks Fiona. …
Your artwork SHOULD be around in one-hundred years time. How certain are you that yours will survive the ravages of exposure to ultra-violet light? Be sure you’re using archive-quality materials, and you’re well on the way to ensuring your work’s …
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2006-07-25 Fiona Long At Her Exhibition Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I thought I’d do a very rough sketch-type painting of Fiona Long, an artist in England. (Correct me if I’m wrong, Fiona?) We’ve been commenting on each others’ pics through …
2006-07-25 Ed Godinho Revisited Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. I drew Ed ages ago on my palmtop, at extremely low resolution. So I tried an experiment this morning… importing the small pic into ArtRage, converting it to paint, enlarging the pic, …
2006-07-23 The Waiting Originally uploaded by royblumenthal. Self explanatory, I suppose. It would be good to see ‘S’ again when I fly down to see her in September. Assuming we haven’t broken up by then. This painting was made using …
2006-07-23 To Run From the SunOriginally uploaded by royblumenthal. Sitting at Mugg & Bean in Parkhurst, painting. ‘S’ and I have been taking a short ‘no contact’ break from each other since Thursday night. She’s in Cape Town now with …