A collection of my art and photography.
28 May 2019 1 minute read 4 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Raising kittens has been one of the highlights of my life. They are so much fun (and so much trouble.)Here are a couple of pictures of a kitten we raised - I think this was Ajax. In the background, my Celtic "lap harp" (it definitely didn't fit...
27 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
These are quite old photos - a few cameras ago, when all I had was a point-and-shoot and about 2 or 3 megapixels to work with. Yet, they are proof that the largest part of the equation is the person, not the equipment. The subject is a body of water...
26 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
We may not be in Kansas, but we get some real amazing thunderstorms here in Wyoming. In fact, one of the prettiest EF3 tornadoes last year was photographed near Laramie (two hours south of us.) Thankfully, the amount of damage done in Wyoming tends t...
26 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
A couple of weeks ago, we took the Sunday and went for a drive to a site of natural beauty - Ayres Natural Bridge. Apparently, this place was visited by many on the Oregon Trail (only about a mile north of the bridge), very possibly including some of...
25 May 2019 2 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Last time, (https://www.publish0x.com/viking-visual/krita-meets-bob-ross-parts-1-3-krita-art-viking-visual-xjjkme) I told you a little about my journey learning how to use the amazing free program called Krita - along with my brand new Huion graphics...
25 May 2019 1 minute read 3 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
One afternoon in England, my children and I were at our local park when we spied this cheerful creature... I don't know whether he was posing for camera or whether he was curious or trying to be threatening. I don't even know whether he might have b...
25 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
These rocks are rather prominent on the east edge of town. I find the geological formations of our area just amazing. The striations of the rocks, the formations, the way they've eroded over time through water and wind... Wyoming really is a geologis...
24 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Have you ever been in a hot air balloon?I haven't, but several times in my life, I've been lucky enough to live in a good spot to capture occasional festival fly-bys.Here are two more which passed our home one morning here in Wyoming.I heard the fami...
24 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
I started looking for good tutorials for helping me get a real good hang of Krita - and working towards doing some good Bob Ross style painting with my new graphics tablet. Some tutorials are really nice. Others zip so fast that you cannot keep up. H...
23 May 2019 1 minute read 0 comments Lori Svensen - viking ventures
Here are two cool pictures I took at the gardens of Chalice Well in Glastonbury, England. I was just starting to play with macro imagery and was very, very pleased with these results. I only had a set of extension tubes for my camera at the time...
