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Englewood Bank & Trust Invitational Thanksgiving Art Festival
We have been invited to this festival for the first time. It will be put on by the same local artistartist who put on the Boca Grande Invitational Art Festivalannounced in June (which reminded us why intelligent artists in Florida stop participating in art festivals after the first weekend in May – it is hot,…
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Space Coast Art Festival In New Location Again
This year the festival will be Saturday, October 19, from 9 am to 5 pm. It will be open from 10 to 4 on Sunday. It will be held at Space Coast Daily Park at 6091 Stadium Parkway in Viera, Florida (32940). That is a new 30-acre outdoor event and entertainment venue for Brevard County.…
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Giant Swallowtails (Papilio cresphontes)
For the last couple of summers, Nancy has been working hard to ‘branch out’ with a larger selection of (native) butterfly host and nectar plants around the yard to bring a greater variety of butterflies to the neighborhood. It is starting to pay off. Besides our Monarchs, we’ve seen more Zebra Heliconiansinfo (our state butterfly,…
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Using Multiple Moulding Widths In One Frame
revised 12/31/2021 This article is the first of the “Weird Wood” seriesintro. In it we show how to build a picture frame using four strips of moulding that aren’t all the same width. Figure 2 uses a different width for each piece of moulding. But we were forced to use only three different sizes in…
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Cropping Considerations
All Rectangles Are Not The Same (or even Similar) Our friend, Ibis Hillencamp (whom you may remember for the advice she gave on our FAQ page about becoming a better photographerlink) thought people might need an explanation of a photograph’s aspect ratio and why you need to consider it when enlarging or cropping your images.…
About This Blog
Bee Happy Graphics develops, promotes, and sells the photography of Nancy Moreland (as well as processing and printing the work of other people). This blog discusses Nancy’s artwork and photography in general; introduces new photography, printing, and framing techniques; and announces art festivals and other upcoming events we may be a part of. To learn more about Bee Happy Graphics, check out www.BeeHappyGraphics.com.
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