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More gold leaf squid paintings.

Octopus Squid and Cuttlefish: Cephalopod Videos On the Web. Free and otherwise.

Post in progress. Please suggest more videos!
NOVA: Cuttlefish - Kings of Camouflage not on netflix instant but available as dvd
The clear winner. Interesting with more then amazing footage. Discussion of the amazing flambouyant cuttlefish, squid mating, mechanism of color change.

Free to amazon prime members:
Scary Squid, Octopuses, And Other Cephalopods
a very quick survey of all the cephalopods.

Netflix Instant:
colossal squid/squid invasion- Leads with the almost unwatchable Colossal Squid with dull CGI and a frozen squid the second episode, squid invasion, all about Humboldt squid is just spectacular

TED (free):
David Gallo: underwater astonishments 
quick video with camouflage tricks, half and half squid coloration, fighting squid

Hooked By Octopus
mostly a video about conservation but still with some good footage

DIY frame for canvas painting from hardware store

Molding seen on edge. The thin
end will be the outside of the frame.

This project used:
-molding which can be purchased at a hardware store seen on end to the right.
-wood glue
-corner clamp
-cheap mitre box
-black stain
-gold acrylic paint.

1) Calculate the needed length of wood. To do this first measure the size of the object to be framed. In this case the painting was 24x4". Next measure the width of the molding being used. In this case it was ____. The sides of the frame will need to be the length of the object + 2 times the width of the molding. This length will be the outside length of your wood. The inner length will be the size of the object to be framed.

The frame being glued with
pony corner clamp 

2) Cut the frame with your mitre box. Make 110% sure you are cutting the correct way. It is easy to cut the angles in the reversedirectopn. Measure the inner length of the object and mark those cuts as that number is exact and the outer length is less accurate.

Painted Black

3) Glue it together with the corner clamps. Shown here with the Pony 9166 CORNER CLAMP . This has only OK reviews on amazon but I have had good luck with it at its price.

4) Hmm so pretty all glued together.

5) Paint it as desired. I used a black stain and then I painted highlights with gold acrylic paint from the art shop.

With trim added

squid painting

in progress...... oil and acrylic on canvas 4x24".

octopus wall paper print

Print of octopus wall paper. Duo aqua oils linoleum block print.

still life with octopus wallpaper (in progress)

Help me make the wallpaper look more real? more texture? a seam? peeling? any other tricks?

Squid on woodblock with pencil and stain.

The Animals

squid painting

some of my favorites from art all night 2010

Click to see them big.
Squid sculpture
Its (almost) never lupus

giant squid and white whale crayon carvings

All of my crayon sculptures
I gotta get a better photo of these. giant squid and i guess Moby Dick.

Due to this post I am also getting google hits for white whale costume. Weird.

Also of interest my squid painting