Now I am sorry that this will have little to do with actual politics, but after all the "serious" discussions about such big issues like health care, alternate history, tax legislation, media pundits, the threat of socialism, international diplomatic incidents etc, I hope you wouldn't mind if we take a step back and look at things in a more humoristic way. Just for a change... So here I have a "...
The first group in the 2009-10 Fangirls' Guide to Serie A: Atalanta Bari Bologna Cagliari ATALANTA www.atalanta.it Portieri Ferdinando Coppola Age: 31 Appearance: 1 point Caps: 0 0 points Nationality: Italian 2 points Andrea Consigli Age: 22 Appearance: 1 point Caps: 24 1 point Nationality: Italian 2 points Francesco Rossi Age: 18 Appearance: 1 ...
... And piles of sketchbooks. I tried not to go crazy, since I knew none of the instructors would want to do 80 or so sketches. I just tried to get a few. Also got one from Dan DosSantos (elf girl head) and Greg Manchess (dragon head). And I got a few random sketches from the other students. There was a closing ceremony where students had organized to give gift packages to the instructors. And we'...
... already had a terrific finished sketch ready to go for the Lady of the Lake assignment-- Boris, with Julie Bell painting next to him, had a comfy chair, with his name taped on back. Some of Dan DosSantos's paintings on display in Studio A (I'd actually read BUTCHER BIRD, that had his art on the cover, which was my intro to his art). Donato had the beginning of the private commission he ...
... at 8 on Monday morning. 10 we gathered for the visual presentation of some of the work of the instructors: Rebecca Guay, Donato Giancola, Boris Vallejo and JulieBell, Greg Manchess, Charles Vess, Dan DosSantos, Irene Gallo (AD for Tor), Scott Fischer and Michael Whelan. Then we ran off to our Studios to set up and to get our sketches critiqued. I had a few other crappy sketches-- (believe me...