Images - Bagaag

Yard Stick

matt — Sat, 27 Dec 2025 17:53:12 +0000

We used this yard stick (actually it’s 2 yards) to measure my daughter’s height from 1 week to 18 years old. I like to photograph important objects in case they are lost. This was a bit of a challenge, given the dimensions. I took 8 photos and then combined them in Gimp, using layer masks and gradients to blend them together, and some brightness/contrast adjustment for consistency.

Happy Halloween

matt — Fri, 31 Oct 2025 23:42:30 +0000

Looking at this from my porch on this cool, dry, windy and dark Halloween.

Drawing the Sable cover

matt — Fri, 24 Oct 2025 22:23:39 +0000

Thinking about drawing, I realized that I was trying something once and then moving on. With music, there is a lot of repetition and practice of the same piece. So why not the same for drawing?

I made six attempts at the Sable cover, after trying it once a few days ago. I started small and focused on positioning the various elements within the space. Then larger versions to get a bit more detail and add some color. I’m not sure this type of repetition is quite as enjoyable as it is in music, at least for me, but it did seem helpful. I like the second to last one best (smaller with color).

This was the first attempt from a couple days ago.

And this was the source material.

Zentangle Oct 2025

matt — Mon, 13 Oct 2025 13:38:02 +0000

Trying to get back into drawing, so I decided to fill this page with 9 zentangles. I used a Pilot Precise V5 RT pen for this, which is great for writing but isn’t the best for drawing. I enjoyed it, though. I’m going to try some album covers next.

Lowell, MA

matt — Fri, 03 Oct 2025 18:06:03 +0000

I took the day off for jury duty and we got out early. It was a beautiful day, so I spent an hour or so walking around downtown Lowell.

PEM

matt — Sun, 14 Sep 2025 01:49:11 +0000

Went to the Peabody Essex Museum in Salem with a friend today to see an exhibit titled Making History: 200 Years of American Art from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts. It was a really interesting hodgepodge of American art. Here are some of my favorites.

William Trost Richards — February (1887)

Cecilia Beaux — A Little Girl (1887)

Barkley L. Hendricks — J. S. B. III (1968)

Charles Courtney Curran — A Breezy Day (1887)

While we were there, we checked out the Andre Gn exhibit. I don’t know much about fashion, but I really enjoyed it.

Andrew Gn — Fall 2012 Ready-to-Wear collection

Andrew Gn — Dress (2021)

Andrew Gn — Cherry Blossoms

This room had a single installation.

Anila Quayyum Agha — All the Flowers Are for Me (2015)

And this is a self portrait from the Gateway Bombay exhibition.

Atul Dodiya — The Bombay Buccaneer (1994)

matt — Sun, 07 Sep 2025 05:00:58 +0000

My daughter is Lucy Dacus’s number one fan, and she loves the Toy Story movies. So when I saw this photo of Lucy on tour, I had to fix it for her.

matt — Sat, 16 Aug 2025 05:09:07 +0000

I took these during a crazy day trip to Manhattan with my daughter. We woke at 6am, drove 4 hours to get there, walked around for about 8 hours, then drove home.

matt — Fri, 04 Jul 2025 04:44:00 +0000

Instead of fireworks, Rockport, Massachusetts hosts a massive bonfire on Back Beach. As the blaze grows to staggering proportions, fire hoses douse it to maintain some semblance of control. This year, the fire became a monster raging against the fire hose. It looked like this for several minutes — pretty surreal.

Do Not Press

matt — Tue, 17 Jun 2025 04:48:00 +0000