Coronavirus General Discussion (no politics, no flamewars!)

Owain Shaw wrote in post #19028460
On day three of lockdown here in Spain ... I actually doubted that immediately after writing it, unsure if it had now been three or four days. I made a short film of my observations on mundanity under lockdown. Not a lot happens in the video, that's kind of the point, I'd describe it as intentionally boring, but if you have twelve minutes to spare - and don't know what else to do, here it is ...

If you have a private yard are you allowed outside into it or are you required to be inside your house at all times? If so can you sneak out into the backyard?

Man wearing a bra on his face...that sounds precious!

itsallart wrote in post #19028476
In the meantime I'm making face masks out if old padded bras and MERV 13 AC filters with wires around to confirm to the contours if my face. Will post pics if anyone is interested.

You do realize Renata that you are creating a wonderfully new and functional artform! You could call it the "Corona C-Cup" or any other catchy name. Absolutely I'd love to see the finished art. It's times like this that bring out the best in our creativity.

Wilt wrote in post #19028485
Man wearing a bra on his face...that sounds precious!

Ah, but it may not be readily obvious where the raw materials came from Renata is quite talented with her abstract work.

sapearl wrote in post #19028486
You do realize Renata that you are creating a wonderfully new and functional artform! You could call it the "Corona C-Cup" or any other catchy name. Absolutely I'd love to see the finished art. It's times like this that bring out the best in our creativity.

Wilt wrote in post #19028485
Man wearing a bra on his face...that sounds precious!

Hahahaha.
Corona C-cup sounds perfect. I'll post the finished product soon. It pretty and you can't tell it's a bras cup.
But did you guess my cup size?
Funny it's the perfect size for a human face

Jeff USN Photog 72-76 wrote in post #19028481
If you have a private yard are you allowed outside into it or are you required to be inside your house at all times? If so can you sneak out into the backyard?

If it's fully enclosed and private, I imagine you're allowed in there. I live on the fourth floor of an apartment block, though, so the best I can do is a balcony ... which I'm grateful for and use extensively now.

itsallart wrote in post #19028488
Hahahaha.
Corona C-cup sounds perfect. I'll post the finished product soon. It pretty and you can't tell it's a bras cup.
But did you guess my cup size?
Funny it's the perfect size for a human face

Glad you like it and I can't wait to see the finished product Renata. I was trying to figure out a way for you to silkscreen some of your beautiful images on the fabric but nothing quick came to mind.

We have barely been introduced so I would never presume to guess your cup-size...that would not be gentlemanly. But it's the first catchy thing that came to mind.

sapearl wrote in post #19028492
Glad you like it and I can't wait to see the finished product Renata. I was trying to figure out a way for you to silkscreen some of your beautiful images on the fabric but nothing quick came to mind.

We have barely been introduced so I would never presume to guess your cup-size...that would not be gentlemanly. But it's the first catchy thing that came to mind.

I see.
I will post some hopefully later today.
Have been working on my video rig to run my classes on YouTube and I finally figured it out. It's really primitive but it works and the camera is safe, and remotely controlled form my phone.
Here is the set-up: whatever I could find at home went into this rig

itsallart wrote in post #19028496
I see.
I will post some hopefully later today.
Have been working on my video rig to run my classes on YouTube and I finally figured it out. It's really primitive but it works and the camera is safe, and remotely controlled form my phone.
Here is the set-up: whatever I could find at home went into this rig

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VERY impressive - that's quite a slick rig you have put together with a variety of different components that look like they will work well.

By any chance are you an art teacher? My sister teaches painting - model, landscape and abstract - at the local community college and they are now shut down. She has the daunting tasking of coming up with a new ONLINE syllabus and a way to push it out to her students. Unfortunately she is not very tech savvy and is quite overwhelmed. It looks like you are well on your way to creating an effective delivery system; you go!

sapearl wrote in post #19028501
My sister teaches painting - model, landscape and abstract - at the local community college and they are now shut down. She has the daunting tasking of coming up with a new ONLINE syllabus and a way to push it out to her students. Unfortunately she is not very tech savvy and is quite overwhelmed. It looks like you are well on your way to creating an effective delivery system; you go!

My wife tutors children with learning disabilities in reading and arithmetic. Due to the shelter-in-place orders affecting the SF Bay counties, she has recently been trying to devise a means of providing private sessions online, rather than in-person. What we have discovered is that although our standard cable internet is pretty fast (speed tested at about 200Gbit/sec) the upload speeds at about 5Gbit/sec make for some pretty blurry/inferior video using Google Hangouts. So we are still figuring out alternatives. One of her daughters is a state teaching supervisor of home-schooled children, who oversees to ensure the schooling meets CA state standards...she using Hangouts (among other things) to accomplish her job, and she was trying to set up her mother to do tutoring of her students. Last night's attempt using Hangouts failed, because the video quality was insufficient given the current high use of cable internet. I inquired about what fraction of her assigned homes had similar internet speed issued, and she replied about 1/3. Methinks the efforts to teach on line will meet with limited success, due to this issue of internet bandwidth.

sapearl wrote in post #19028501
VERY impressive - that's quite a slick rig you have put together with a variety of different components that look like they will work well.

By any chance are you an art teacher? My sister teaches painting - model, landscape and abstract - at the local community college and they are now shut down. She has the daunting tasking of coming up with a new ONLINE syllabus and a way to push it out to her students. Unfortunately she is not very tech savvy and is quite overwhelmed. It looks like you are well on your way to creating an effective delivery system; you go!

Stuart, thank you. I am an art instructor and I also teach drawing, painting, portraiture and I do live event painting. I am sorry to hear about your sister's ordeal. Does she have anyone to help her?
I have had a YouTube channel for my students for years and they can watch whatever videos they need for their work.

itsallart wrote in post #19028593
Stuart, thank you. I am an art instructor and I also teach drawing, painting, portraiture and I do live event painting. I am sorry to hear about your sister's ordeal. Does she have anyone to help her?
I have had a YouTube channel for my students for years and they can watch whatever videos they need for their work.

You are very welcome Renata. It sounds like you are quite well rounded in the art world and also very versatile. I read that interesting article about your live event painting and am really impressed. Have you ever done any court drawings? That's the first thing that came to mind although your wedding work is very nice.

I have offered to help my sister but she needs to go at her own pace and sometimes gets annoyed with her pushy brother I DO like that idea of having a YouTube account for ongoing instructional videos. THAT makes a lot of sense and I'll have to suggest it to her. Thanks!

Owain Shaw wrote in post #19028490
If it's fully enclosed and private, I imagine you're allowed in there. I live on the fourth floor of an apartment block, though, so the best I can do is a balcony ... which I'm grateful for and use extensively now.

I saw on TV Aerobic classes and Bingo with people in apartments and on balconies...

I saw a good meme yesterday:

Your grandparents were called to war. You're being called to sit on the couch for two weeks. You can do this.

Pippan wrote in post #19028705
I saw a good meme yesterday:

Your grandparents were called to war. You're being called to sit on the couch for two weeks. You can do this.

How true, Pippan. We seem to have lost that approach. The world is not going to go under, even though the stock market has, So what? Though, I have to add that in the US a lot of people are going to suffer from the restrictions. Waiters rely heavily on tips and earn some ridiculous $2.13 per hour!!! Other people working at Walmart used to earn $7.25 but may be earning a little more. There are so many lousy paying jobs in this country that's not even funny...enough of this.

We can sit on couches for 2 weeks; no worries, mate