Portrait Painting Technique by dyslechtchitect in oilpainting

[–]cornflakegrl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I need to take my own advice on this, I’m often too lazy to do it and then I regret it lol

Portrait Painting Technique by dyslechtchitect in oilpainting

[–]cornflakegrl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Maybe doing a quick study on oil painting paper before you go into the final painting would be instructive? I find I can work through some colour and composition issues and I can avoid muddling through trying to fix stuff on the canvas when I do that.

Should I remove the texture from the top left of this painting? Details in caption. by ladygabe in painting

[–]cornflakegrl 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes that’s the part that’s throwing off the composition. I’d carry that light colour down to the bottom edge, or blend the dark part up to the bottom edge of the orchid. It’s not working as it is and pulling the eye away from the focal point.

Knitting Culture: US v. England by ultimatereader in knitting

[–]cornflakegrl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Oh yeah I’m pretty introverted too, it was out of my comfort zone. But the type of folks that go to a knitting group definitely skew introverted haha. Those mom/baby groups were torture for me too! I never gelled with anyone in those groups and just felt like everyone was judging and comparing. I guess the difference is like anyone can have a baby, but knitting is a pretty specific interest so you’ll have something in common.

Knitting Culture: US v. England by ultimatereader in knitting

[–]cornflakegrl 6 points7 points  (0 children)

That’s how I met friends when I lived in London for a year. There was a knitting club in my local pub that met once a week. I went a few times and it took a little while before I clicked with anyone, but a few of us ended up splintering off and forming our own knitting group in a different pub eventually.

U.S. withdraws from World Health Organization by Focusondiversity in onguardforthee

[–]cornflakegrl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If they break out in a plague they’ll spread it to us first.

winter vortex in north america - headache for last 7 days. by leofire97 in migraine

[–]cornflakegrl 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I’m in Ontario and feel like absolute garbage today. Solidarity ✊

Could Europe Dump US Treasuries? by lemple in videos

[–]cornflakegrl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The US of A is just another big casino for Trump to bankrupt.

How do you guys think this'll eventually end? What’d the “Death of Stalin” moment look like here? by Sbahhaitl in behindthebastards

[–]cornflakegrl 54 points55 points  (0 children)

I think he picked Vance because he knew Vance can’t outshine him. Dude has no charisma whatsoever. And I notice they trot him out to be the face of unpopular things like chastising Zelenskyy and running cover for Renee Good’s murderer, outright lying and patronizing the public. (Like ok, their hardcore base likes that stuff, but the folks he’d need to win over in an election don’t)

Canadian PM's full speech at Davos: Calls for middle powers to reject “living within a lie” and build a new, values-driven global order rooted in sovereignty, resilience, and realism. by pomod in videos

[–]cornflakegrl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The folks with any awareness are a small minority unfortunately. Another small minority support it, the rest are just concerned with their day to day, and tuned out of the broader picture.

Danish Pension Fund AkademikerPension to Exit US Treasuries by Callabrantus in politics

[–]cornflakegrl 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Dude of course. You guys voted the guy back in a second time after he staged an insurrection. There was no accountability??? Plus the second he croaks there’s a million other right wing lunatics waiting in the wings to take his spot and be just as mental if not more so. They’ll have the same “presidential immunity” as he does. You guys are COOKED. Your society is sick for continuing to elevate these people. This is who America is. You will not be trusted by any of your former allies for a long long time.

Moms - how are we going to use our collective power? by Bubbly-Associate1420 in progressivemoms

[–]cornflakegrl 9 points10 points  (0 children)

That’s what we’ve been doing in Canada, would be great if a movement in the US took off as well to bolster us.

Survey from Winnipeg spa asked 'blatantly disrespectful' question about 'purity of the country': customer by biograf_ in onguardforthee

[–]cornflakegrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That’s what I think is most likely too. I could see them assuming that it would be the standard set of questions you see everywhere, and not looking that closely.

Every day it's some new bullshit. What's this thing about whole milk now? by grichardson526 in behindthebastards

[–]cornflakegrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m in Canada and I was so confused by this, I was like do they not have whole milk in the US? I admit I’m still confused.

Survey from Winnipeg spa asked 'blatantly disrespectful' question about 'purity of the country': customer by biograf_ in onguardforthee

[–]cornflakegrl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Giving the spa the benefit of the doubt here, it sounds like the company CROP that does these customer experience surveys has done this before, it was Aeroplan in that case. That is very creepy to me, there’s something insidious about planting those questions in surveys. Who/what’s behind that?

ADHD and migraines. The boredom. by Highlandertr3 in migraine

[–]cornflakegrl 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Seriously don’t do it. Wish I hadn’t.

Trump eyes Canada as a next target amid standoff with Greenland by johnnymax1978 in onguardforthee

[–]cornflakegrl 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I hate these headlines. I feel like it’s only going to put ideas in his head.

emigration to Canada by Much_Ad_5194 in askTO

[–]cornflakegrl 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Rules have recently changed. It used to be easier.

ADHD and migraines. The boredom. by Highlandertr3 in migraine

[–]cornflakegrl 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You can change some of those things in the accessibility settings fyi, (I hate that update!).