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But it was impossible to paint the scene on location for a simple reason: The only place to set my stool was a busy sidewalk that was only two feet wide.
Because the road was so narrow, and because it was the main thoroughfare for the coastal route out of Bantry, huge trucks were forced ride up onto the sidewalks to allow other vehicles to pass.
There was a real risk of being clipped by a rear-view mirror, and I didn't want to force pedestrians to step into the street. So I had to give it up and look for another motif.
I call such an impediment a "gamestopper." It's something that shuts down a plein-air effort, and it has nothing to do with issues of technique or composition.
I'll list some other examples, and I'm sure you'll have more in the comments. Every one of these has happened to me:
1. Menaced by bull in the middle of a field.
2. Heavy downpour starts (fatal to watercolor) and wind blows rain under umbrella (eventually shuts down oil painting).
3. Forgot the chair, and no place to sit down.
4. High wind makes easel impossible to set up.
5. Subject (person, vehicle, animal) departs.
6. Drunk guy in bar keeps bumping hard into sketching arm.
7. Tide comes in, eliminating setup area.
8. Donkey puts head in lap.
9. Sketching from drawbridge; drawbridge lifts.
10. Goats keeps nibbling sketchbook.
11. Kicked out by guard/ harbormaster/ cop/ farmer/ railyard bull—and once ejected by a nun!
12. Easel blown over washed down waterfall.
13. Scheduled steam train (my ride home) must depart.
14. Folding chair collapses in museum.
15. Biting insects become too unbearable.
16. Unseen people on overlook above keep spitting on me.
17. Forgot key supplies (brushes, solvent, paints, or panel).
18. Fog comes in and covers view.
19. Shop opens or doorway becomes active.
20. Sub-freezing temperatures freeze watercolor.
21. Automatic sprinklers turned on in garden.
22. Car or truck parks in front, obstructing view.
23. Lights turned on, killing mood; or turned off, obscuring sketchbook.
24. Tour bus unloads gaggle of annoying tourists who hover around snapping pictures and asking inane questions.
25. Portrait subject approached, waving a finger, superstitious about being drawn.
51 comments:
- The fearless threader said...
I once was sketching a bowling green in Bakewell when a woman approached me and snatched the sketchbook out of my hand, "to have a proper look". I was a bit miffed with that and rather lost the urge to carry on drawing.
- August 17, 2010 at 1:57 PM
- Super Villain said...
haha, best post yet hilarious!
- August 17, 2010 at 2:04 PM
- irinapictures said...
I did not realize my hobby is so dangerous and unpredictable... :-))
And even people attacking (The fearless threader example :-))
Smog in the city wiped away my dreams to sketch today. - August 17, 2010 at 2:09 PM
- LandPainter said...
What a wonderful post!! I thought this kind of thing only happened to me, especially the truck parking in front of the subject, LOL!
The sprinkler one happen to me too, and it scared me so bad I just about did a flip out of my seat. Then, of course, I calmly looked around to see if anyone was watching.
I can't believe people were actually spitting on you, now that's pretty rude.
And your chair collapsed in the museum?! Ouch!
Well, here's to better painting in the future... and the exciting adventure plein air can be. :) - August 17, 2010 at 2:10 PM
- Cristy said...
Love these!
Experienced many of them...
would have to add: Little kids keep putting fingers into paint.
My favorite is the donkey - aren't they something? It takes a pretty hard-hearted painter to shoo away a tenderly affectionate donkey. - August 17, 2010 at 2:13 PM
- James Gurney said...
I should have explained that the spitting was unintentional. The tourists in Death Valley didn't know Jeanette and I were sitting in the only patch of shade down below the overlook. When we looked up, they said, "Goldarn, there's a couple artists down there."
- August 17, 2010 at 2:34 PM
- ZanBarrage said...
The one I hate the most are the tourists. If I get asked one more time if I am a painter I will flip. No. I am an MI5 agent disguised as a painter! Its called surveillance people!
- August 17, 2010 at 2:35 PM
- swade said...
I can't explain it buy my biggest gamestopper is the age-old question, "Ooh, what's that a drawing of?" after a stranger looks at your sketchbook. I know it's meant as a polite conversation starter but it just takes the wind out of my sails. Especially if you happen to be sitting under a gigantic bridge, drawing the gigantic bridge and somebody asks, "What is that?"
Usually I smile politely and say, "Ducks" or "The sunset" or some other imagery that is not at all what I'm drawing. - August 17, 2010 at 2:48 PM
- The fearless threader said...
I like Swade's comment. People do ask silly questions.
- August 17, 2010 at 2:52 PM
- Unknown said...
i would love to have goats nibble at my sketchbook!
- August 17, 2010 at 2:53 PM
- Rich Adams said...
I have to add, my showstopper is typically when someone walks up and asks with all sincerity, "Are you drawing that?" It's hard to grasp the unknown, but this is the one situation that makes me question the meaning of it all...
- August 17, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Tom Hart said...
James, are you considering painting this from the photo reference?
- August 17, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- Tom Hart said...
James, are you considering painting this from the photo reference?
- August 17, 2010 at 2:56 PM
- James Gurney said...
Tom, no, I would lose interest in the subject if I had to work from the photo. To tell you the truth, I kind of enjoy the low-level chaos that I face outdoors or in a busy pub, as long as it doesn't ratchet up to Gamestopper level.
- August 17, 2010 at 2:59 PM
- John Stone said...
I haven't really been field painting (hoping to try this weekend) but I sketch on the DC Metro on my commute to and from work just about everyday.
The most "gamestoppers" I get is if I have to hang on to the rail. (unless i learn to draw and hold my sketchbook with one hand :op) or if the sketch subject doesn't like being sketched and gives me dirty DC looks I usually oblige and choose a different subject. Most of the time people are sleeping though and make for some good subjects for sketching.
Even though there is not a lot variety in the poses there're are so many different kind people to choose from its awesome. - August 17, 2010 at 3:08 PM
- T Arthur Smith said...
I guess the worst thing happening to me had to do with going to Italy as part of a school group. They'd take us to the most stupendous places, then shuffle us back up the road or in the bus, just a couple minutes into my sketching, and I didn't have a camera back then. The worst was going to Assisi, the church is up on a cliff, and a restaurant nearby sits right on the cliff itself. The view was incredible, all of Italy, with an incredible sun and rays of light filtering down. And the Prof didn't want to eat there because it was too expensive (as in a euro or two more per plate than the other place). She refused my offer to pay for everyone, and wouldn't let me go on my own... She said I could come back some other day (you'd think an art history prof would understand the difficulty in getting the same weather/light). I've never been back. Maybe in another ten years.....
The lesson I learned is, when traveling/painting through Europe, do it alone. - August 17, 2010 at 3:15 PM
- António Araújo said...
Have to add this one, fortunately only happened once:
26. While drawing pretty girl, boyfriend comes around, doesn't want her portrait done; she wants her portrait done; domestic dispute ensues.
(artist departs, rolling eyes) - August 17, 2010 at 3:18 PM
- Kate Higgins said...
My personal favorite game stoppers are: falling a sleep in the sun and losing my great light, having a horse decide my hair hair is straw and trying to eat it, having the boulder that I was sitting on suddenly decide to slide downhill (nothing was damaged but my pride), dropping my portable watercolor box overboard and watching it sink and last, but not least, remembering everything for a nice day of painting outside BUT forgetting the paper.
- August 17, 2010 at 3:21 PM
- Lanz said...
"8. Donkey puts head in lap."
For some reason I find this one absolutely hilarious. - August 17, 2010 at 3:35 PM
- Mark Vander Vinne said...
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- August 17, 2010 at 4:21 PM
- Mark Vander Vinne said...
The wind shattered my glass palette on a brick road, after I just got the paints put out on it. Another time it broke my whole easel.
Bugs. Especially at dusk when you're trying to capture that perfect sunset and have to stop to smack your neck or ankles every 5 seconds.
The bump on a train right when you're defining that important line.
Agree that the donkey is just plain funny. - August 17, 2010 at 4:26 PM
- Michael Chesley Johnson, Artist / Writer said...
I was about to do a workshop demo of a quaint little Victorian house when a septic pumper truck pulled up and parked directly in front of my subject. I continued...and so did the pumper. No sooner than I finished my demo, than the pumper truck finished its work, too. Gamestopper? Nah.
- August 17, 2010 at 4:30 PM
- Shane White said...
You should illustrate these, kind of like what Rockwell would do.
Yeah, I'd say I had similar experiences.
I'd add:
1)Losing interest in subject.
2)Subject looked better before you started painting.
3)Forgot brushes
4)The full moon moved too far to the right changing what little light it gave off.
5)In Guatemala too many people started crowding me I couldn't see subject anymore.
6)Became nauseous from the moving van/too much sun/not enough water.
7)Needed a restroom but I was not in a private enough location or a public enough location.
8)Tour groups would not stop asking what I was painting and insisted on jumping onto the floating dock to find out.
9)A hay baler started cutting the field I was in.
10)The threat of being attacked/mugged by homeless/transient types
=s= - August 17, 2010 at 5:43 PM
- Marek Tarnawski said...
Great post.
I would add something from my personal experience -
Sub-freezing temperatures freeze drawing hand.
Drawing next to a road where big loud trucks are passing by. - August 17, 2010 at 6:12 PM
- Billy Guffey said...
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- August 17, 2010 at 6:50 PM
- Billy Guffey said...
My 8 year old daughter had to go to the bathroom after I got everything set up, standing in about 6 inches of water in the middle of a creek.
- August 17, 2010 at 8:03 PM
- Mary Byrom said...
A pickup truck drove up and parked in front of the tree I was painting. A guy got out of the truck, pulled a chain saw out of the back of it and proceeded to cut down the tree. I couldn't believe it was really happening- did someone pay him to do that? ... I couldn't breathe I was laughing so hard.
- August 17, 2010 at 9:58 PM
- T Arthur Smith said...
Once in Boston, I was interrupted at night by a large, mentally-handicapped man, who kept shaking my hand, and then started asking if I was his friend. I said, yeah, and next thing I know, he's asking, "Are you my girlfriend? Are you my girlfriend?" So I got the hell out.
One night I decided to draw a landscape for a girl I liked, and didn't stop even though I was eaten alive by mosquitos. Only my hands were exposed (planning) but by the end I counted over 40 bites on each hand. In the end... the girl lost it, and then started dating some bass guitarist... - August 18, 2010 at 1:23 AM
- Cavematty said...
My girlfriend, her best friend and I made a brief visit to Japan last year and, all being creatives, managed a few plein air sessions.
One such location was Miyajima where there is a famous shrine gate whose foundations are underwater at high tide. We were there approaching sunset, with high tide reflecting the colours of the darkening sky and the brightly artificially illuminated Torii. Perfect. The sightseers out snapping pics of the iconic landmark started taking just as many photos of us, until another local attraction started to interfere.
Tame deer came up and one took a specific liking to my girlfriends moleskine sketchbook, trying to eat it right out from under her brush. She got decidedly irate when she could not startle the tame animal, though the tourists around us were more easily disturbed. Together we managed to herd the beast away, though the light was failing fast and the moment had passed.
In my opinion the memory is better with the deers hijinks, but my girlfriend surely feels differently. - August 18, 2010 at 2:21 AM
- Noemí González said...
A boy asked me a piece of my Arches watercolor paper to become a joint. Just a bit... please...
A man asked me to be engaged. He didn't care I was married. He was not jealous.
Very hilarious post!
Saludos! - August 18, 2010 at 2:24 AM
- Fi - WhereFishSing.com said...
Hilarious. Reminds me why I really have no patience with painting outside and quite a lot of admiration for those who do.
- August 18, 2010 at 3:18 AM
- Dit said...
Hilarious post and I find the donkey incident charming too.
I was once attacked by geese. And once my subject thought drawing him was my way of trying to ask him out. I just thought he had an interestingly shaped head but how do you tell him that? I certainly prefer sketching unaware people. - August 18, 2010 at 4:16 AM
- Billy Guffey said...
Got knocked to the wet ground by a juiced up electric fence. Big bulls in the lot so it was cranked.
Looked at the tree in the corner of the field and saw the top strand of barbed wire nailed in, so I thought it was safe. Little did I know the middle strand was hot. As I lifted the top strand and was ducking under, I pressed down on the middle strand with my left hand. POW! Ended up in the mud. Luckily not laying on the fence.
Still painted after that though. ;) - August 18, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Daroo said...
Early one morning, I set up my Open Box M and unrolled my brush holder on a nearby log, anticipating the golden light that would give form to the wooded path that stretched out in front of me.
With the sun's light came its heat and what I assumed to be biting flies. I absentmindedly swatted them, all attention on my painting. Then WHAM! One bit me on my back! Through my shirt! It really hurt!
I glanced over my shoulder, toward the log and GHEEAHGGGGG!! -- a swarm of yellow jackets (who were none too happy about having my brush holder spread out over their nest)! In one panicked movement, I grabbed my painting rig in one hand and made a grab for my brush holder as I bolted away.
If you've ever seen somebody pull the table cloth cleanly out from under a fully set table -- leaving the dishes, silverware and glasses in place, then you can picture what happened to my brushes -- most of them stayed perfectly in place in the middle of the log as I tugged away the brush holder. Looking back over my shoulder as I sprinted down the path, I could see the brushes' ferrules, sparkling in the sun as angry yellow jackets swirled around them. - August 18, 2010 at 8:41 AM
- Lydia Burris said...
I as well love the donkey comment. - in fact the whole list was amusing to read
People asking inane questions is a big one for me. especially the dual comment 'are you an artist? I can't even draw a stick figure'.
I know they mean well...
I'm strangely inspired to paint out more. - August 18, 2010 at 10:58 AM
- Daniel said...
I just had number 9 happy to me last week! Great list and so true. The perils of working on location.
Having said that there's nothing quite like working that way. I love it. - August 18, 2010 at 3:10 PM
- Unknown said...
I would like to see each of these illustrated -- in your spare time of course! :)
- August 18, 2010 at 8:34 PM
- Unknown said...
Perfect time to tell my story. I was sketching some hyenas at a zoo and the border was pretty small. I sketched them for a long while and thought it would be cool, (warning this is stupid) to reach in and have the hyena leave its mark on my sketchbook... Kinda like when Fred Flintstone clocks in at his work. Well it didnt go that nice....bye bye sketchbook. I think I had too much sun that day.....
- August 19, 2010 at 12:40 AM
Yes yes, well said. I comend your bravery in the name of art. Drawing out of doors is full of unpredictable dangers.
- August 19, 2010 at 12:59 AM
- Gene Snyder said...
Thanks for the post and list Jim!! Hope your trip was fun.
I hiked about 3 miles into a national park, got all set up, placed the panel on the easel, set up the stool, opened the paintbox and realized I didn't have Titanium White or any other white for that matter!! I still ended up completing the oil painting. Not having white made me think about how much I always used it. This forced me to rethink how I painted. The painting is actually one of my favorite ones that I've done.
Thanks Jim. - August 19, 2010 at 11:20 AM
- HKP said...
Seems people have been having problems like this for a long time: Near the beginning of Goethe's travelogue Italian Journey, he sits down to sketch the ruins of an old fort, and the local villagers assume he must be a spy and haul him off to the police!
- August 22, 2010 at 9:08 AM
- Timothy Parks said...
Great post. I have had 10 out of your 25 "incidents" happen to me too while trying to paint outdoors. My favorite and funniest incident was when I was trying to paint a street scene at the corner of 29th and 3rd in NYC, when a woman pulled up and parked her car at the parking meter right in front of me. She jumps out of her car, (she is in a real big rush) runs over to me, and forces a handful of quarters into my hand while yelling, "You'll be here for a while. Feed my meter while I'm gone"! And runs away. Well, I know that I didn't paint the rest of that morning, but I don't remember if it was because I was laughing too hard, or because I was too busy feeding quarters into the parking meter all day.
- August 23, 2010 at 6:36 PM
- Jose said...
I've looked over your paint box and can't find what you're missing... but more than that I must say it's comforting to know that even an artist of your caliber still runs to into these kinds of problems.
- September 10, 2010 at 9:48 AM
The thing I hate most is being asked if I'm a student, or if I go to the local Art & Design school. It's infuriating.
- September 11, 2010 at 7:58 PM
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- June 28, 2015 at 3:56 PM
- René PleinAir said...
Mad rooster will do the trick! ;-)
I just discovered that one! - September 27, 2016 at 2:35 AM
- Kat Moody said...
At least you got a fabulous photo to remind you of what could have been!
- December 5, 2020 at 7:10 PM
- Kath said...
Well I got spit on, on purpose. Once I was sketching below a small stone bridge on a hiking trail and two young guys came along and spit on me and my paper. I still have the drawing, which is warped in the spot where the spit landed.
- December 5, 2020 at 10:54 PM
- Kath said...
Well I got spit on, on purpose. Once I was sketching below a small stone bridge on a hiking trail and two young guys came along and spit on me and my paper. I still have the drawing, which is warped in the spot where the spit landed.
- December 5, 2020 at 10:54 PM
- Nancie Marie said...
Great list. Nice to know I'm not alone in this.
I was sketching the neighbors dog, when she (dog) came up and sunk her teeth into my sketchbook. Actually, it added a nice touch to the drawing - signed by the sitter (a setter) and the artist.
A sad things happen, too. Ignored little children have come up to me at the park while painting and begged me to watch them throw a ball, etc.
Also have had a man lay down and go to sleep by me, with a whole big park to do that in. - December 5, 2020 at 11:44 PM
- James Gurney said...
Nancie and Kath, wow, those are weird and disturbing experiences. It's so hard to concentrate on our paintings anyway without those things happening.
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ECE497 Notes on Rakarrack
Rakarrack is an open source effects processor that emulates a guitar effects pedal board. It can be run easily in Ubuntu on the BeagleBone. Below is the installation process for use with the BeagleBone Audio Cape.
- Note: The following is tested on Ubuntu 12.10 running version 3.2.33-psp26 of the kernel.
Ubuntu Installation
To install Ubuntu on the BeagleBone follow the instructions found on the BeagleBoardUbuntu elinux site.
login: ubuntu password: temppwd
Run `sudo apt-get update` and `sudo apt-get upgrade` until there are no more updates/upgrades to install.
In Ubuntu, to get ALSA to work with the BeagleBone Audio cape, the following modules need to be specified in '/etc/modules'
snd_soc_tlv320aic3x snd_soc_davinci snd_soc_davinci_mcasp snd_soc_evm
You can test the audio by running `speaker-test`. Also running `aplay -l` will show a list of available sound cards. If the sound card is not shown, run `lsmod` and `dmesg` and make sure the kernel modules above have loaded without errors.
Rakarrack Installation
Rakarrack uses the Jack Audio Connection Kit to route audio between applications.
Start by installing jackd2. This requires a patch for the current version (jackd-1.9.10) on ARM (see this forum post). Run the recipe below (copied from that post with a couple modifications).
wget http://jack-audio.10948.n7.nabble.com/attachment/15962/0/jack2_armel.diff apt-get source jackd2 cd jackd2-1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37 patch -p1 -i ../jack2_armel.diff dpkg-buildpackage -rfakeroot -uc -b cd .. sudo dpkg -i libjack-jackd2-0_1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37-2ubuntu1_armhf.deb jackd2_1.9.8~dfsg.4+20120529git007cdc37-2ubuntu1_armhf.deb
Then install Rakarrack by running the following:
sudo apt-get install rakarrack
The installation should install jackd as a dependency. To check the installed jack packages run the following:
dpkg --get-selections | grep jack
You should see something like this:
ubuntu@arm:~$ dpkg --get-selections | grep jack jack deinstall jackd install jackd1 deinstall jackd2 install libjack-jackd2-0:armhf install libjack0:armhf deinstall qjackctl deinstall
System Configuration
Before running anything we need to make sure that the BeagleBone is running at its maximum clock speed. To do this run the following:
sudo cpufreq-set -f 720MHz sudo cat /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpu0/cpufreq/cpuinfo_cur_freq
The output of that last command should be '720000'
- Note: The BeagleBone needs to be running off the wall adapter to reach maximum clock rate
Next, start JACK by running the following:
jackd -d alsa -p 256 -n 16 -S
This tells JACK that we wan to use alsa with a 16 period 256 samples/period buffer in 16-bit mode. This should be enough delay to not cause too many XRuns in JACK but not too big to be noticeable. The output should look somethings like the following:
ubuntu@arm:~$ jackd -d alsa -p 256 -n 16 -S jackdmp 1.9.10 Copyright 2001-2005 Paul Davis and others. Copyright 2004-2013 Grame. jackdmp comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY This is free software, and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions; see the file COPYING for details JACK server starting in realtime mode with priority 10 creating alsa driver ... hw:0|hw:0|256|16|48000|0|0|nomon|swmeter|-|16bit control device hw:0 configuring for 48000Hz, period = 256 frames (5.3 ms), buffer = 16 periods ALSA: final selected sample format for capture: 16bit little-endian ALSA: use 16 periods for capture ALSA: final selected sample format for playback: 16bit little-endian ALSA: use 16 periods for playback
Now you should be able to run the rakarrack GUI. Use `ssh -X firstname.lastname@example.com` to connect to the BeagleBone with X11 forwarding and then run `rakarrack`.
- Note: This version of the kernel does not have a working USB gadget module so ethernet over USB does not work so the BeagleBone needs to be connected to the network.
The program should be able to find jackd by itself. If not kill the JACK processes and rerun the configuration. One way to do this is run `ps -AL | grep jack`, and then run `kill -9` with the pid number.
When Rakarrack opens, it may warn you that your CPU is not fast enough to run some of the audio effects (e.g. convolutron). Don't worry about this too much.
In Rakarrack go to 'Settings->Preferences->Audio' and lower all the downsample rates to '4000' and change all the down and up sampling types to 'Linear'. We could get a little more performance out of 'Zero Order', but this sampling does not interpolate so the quality isn't great.
With these settings we are able to run any single effect in Rakarrack without causing XRuns in JACK. Some effects can be chained together, but others are just too computationally complex.
Future Work
An interesting follow up project would be to see if another embedded Linux board (e.g. BeagleBoard xM, PandaBoard, etc.) could run Rakarrack at its default settings (or maybe its maximum settings?).
- Note: On multicore systems JACK may require some special setup for realtime processing


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Saturday, February 13, 2010
Marbled Sweetheart Sugar Cookies - Pink Saturday - Saturday Blog Showcase
From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...I spent some time at the Cookie Madness blogsite looking for a recipe for rolled sugar cookies. I know there are loads of recipes for them floating in cyberspace, but I was short of time and needed a recipe I could count on. Anna has never disappointed me. If you haven't visited her site, I hope you'll drop-by when you have some time. It's a baker's paradise. You can find Anna's recipe for No-Fail Cut Out Sugar Cookies here. I didn't use Anna's icing for the cookies, because I wanted to flood, rather than spread, them with icing. I decided to use the frosting I used to top shortbread hearts several weeks ago. The frosting recipe can be found here. In order to create the marbled appearance, I made three batches of icing and swirled the colors to achieve the effect I was looking for. I had seen this combination in a local bakery and like it enough to use here. I find my icing much easier to work with than fondant and - from a great distance - they look the same. Here's the recipe for Marbled Sweetheart Sugar Cookies.
Marbled Sweetheart Sugar Cookies...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Anna Ginsberg at Cookie Madness
3 cups all purpose flour
1 teaspoon baking powder
2 sticks butter, unsalted, cool room temperature
1 cup granulated sugar
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
Optional: 1/8 teaspoon lemon extract (or almond) (dash)
1 large egg
1) Place flour and baking podwer in a medium bowl. Whisk to combine. Set aside.
2) Beat butter and sugar with an electric mixer until light and fluffy. Beat in salt and extract/extracts. Scrape sides of bowl and beat in egg, beating only until egg is blended in.
3) Add flour mixture gradually (1 cup at a time) and stir until incorporated.
4) Form dough into a disc and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
5) Preheat oven to 375 degrees F. Roll dough onto a lightly floured surface to approximately 5/8″ thick. Cut cookies into shapes and place cut cookie shape on a parchment lined cookie.
6) Bake the cookies for approximately 10 minutes or until edges begin to turn golden brown in color. Remove cookies from oven and allow to cool on a wire rack for 5 minutes. Frost when completely cool. Yield: 18-24 heart shaped sugar cookies.
You might also enjoy:
Chocolate Peppermint Pie
Cranberry Souffle
Raspberry Streusel Muffins
This post is being linked to:
Pink Saturday, sponsored by Beverly at How Sweet the Sound
being hosted this week by Lori at All That Splatters
40 comments :
- Lori (All That Splatters) said...
Mary, those cookies are absolutely beautiful!! I love making decorated sugar cookies. I'll be trying this recipe very soon. Thanks for participating in Saturday Blog Showcase!!
- February 12, 2010 at 9:33 PM
- Liesl said...
These cookies are so adorable! Great job decorating!
- February 12, 2010 at 10:03 PM
- Martha@A Sense of Humor is Essential said...
These look like works of art, thank you, Mary for sharing your wonderful talent.
I am featuring you as my blogger for P.S. when my post goes up tonight at 12 MN California time. Thank you. - February 12, 2010 at 10:22 PM
- Selba said...
Those sugar cookies look so pretty!
Happy Valentine's Day, Mary...
Hugs & kisses. - February 12, 2010 at 10:32 PM
- Martha said...
Very pretty cookies -- love the marbelized look!
- February 12, 2010 at 10:42 PM
- Donna-FFW said...
I am loving the marbled effect. They look so very pretty!!
- February 12, 2010 at 10:59 PM
- CC said...
You have outdone yourself with the cookies. They are absolutely gorgeous and way too pretty to bite into one. Happy Pinks and Happy Valentines Day.. - February 12, 2010 at 11:42 PM
- Peggy Clyde said...
Those cookies are most beautiful. Thanks you.
- February 13, 2010 at 12:21 AM
- Ashleigh said...
Yes, they look too pretty to eat.
- February 13, 2010 at 12:56 AM
- Mickey said...
Those are beautiful!
- February 13, 2010 at 2:37 AM
- Deb in Hawaii said...
Gorgeous cookies--all of my favorite colors!
- February 13, 2010 at 3:52 AM
- Zurin said...
gorgeous cookies in spectacular colour!!!
- February 13, 2010 at 4:26 AM
- Allie and Pattie said...
Mary, you have quickly become one of our favorite places to visit each day-it seems we like so many of the same things. We love making and decorating sugar cookies and these are gorgeous! Thank you for the birthday wishes for Allie. She gets so excited reading the blog comments every day-it's fun to watch and as every mama to a teenage girl knows- I'll take any fun time together I can get!
xoxo Pattie - February 13, 2010 at 5:05 AM
- Rettabug said...
Holy Crimoli, Mary....these are too pretty to eat! They're tiny works of art!
I'll go back & visit both links as soon as I post this, so I can bookmark them & yours as well. They're just exquisite!
Happy Valentines Day!
Rett - February 13, 2010 at 5:32 AM
- Barbara said...
I don't think I have ever seen a more beautiful cookie, Mary! The marbelized effect is spectacular. I wish someone would give me one of those for Valentine's Day, although I think I would just sit and stare at it!
- February 13, 2010 at 6:21 AM
- Regina said...
How pretty!
Thank you again for sharing the sweet treat.
Happy PS and A Valentine's Day Mary. - February 13, 2010 at 6:45 AM
- La Table De Nana said...
I've never seen those! Fabulous idea.
- February 13, 2010 at 7:56 AM
- NKP said...
So artistic! I have never seen tie-died cookies before. ;-)
- February 13, 2010 at 8:16 AM
- Katy ~ said...
Beautiful! Too pretty to eat, grins.
- February 13, 2010 at 8:20 AM
- Joyce said...
What a totally unique look to your cookies. I have a baby shower coming up with the bloggers here and may give this a try as I am always looking for different ways to present the basic cookie. Thanks for posting and Happy Valentine's day.
Joyce - February 13, 2010 at 9:13 AM
- Thibeault's Table said...
What a beautiful cookie. You really did a great job with the marbling.
- February 13, 2010 at 9:29 AM
- George Gaston said...
Mary, your cookie creations here are spectacular. Your artistic edible art is almost to beautiful to eat. But knowing your culinary skills, they taste as delicious as they look.
Hope you have a wonderful happy Valentine's! - February 13, 2010 at 9:45 AM
- Wobegon Cottage said...
Those really are a work of art, very pretty. I was just telling my grandughter,when she was visiting at Christmas, how she didn't have to chose to be an artist or a baker she could be both. She coould use her artistic talent in baking and cooking and your cookies prove it.
- February 13, 2010 at 10:33 AM
- The Quintessential Magpie said...
Mary!!! I can't believe these cookies! I honestly thought they were ceramic when I saw them. Amazing! You are a true marvel, an artist of the highest degree!
Happy Pink Saturday and a Happy Valentine's Day as well...
Sheila :-) - February 13, 2010 at 10:35 AM
- Ciao Chow Linda said...
That beautiful marbling reminds me of Venetian hand-dyed papers.
- February 13, 2010 at 11:17 AM
- Claudia said...
Stunningly sweet. Oh how I covet these.Hppy Valentine'say.
- February 13, 2010 at 11:28 AM
- ♥Sugar♥Plum♥Fairy♥ said...
Oh Mary,the delightfully cutey valentine cookies...how creative Mary...love 'em....
oh yeah...LOVES IS SO IN THE AIR,SO IS ROMANCE ,WISH U ALL LOADS OF IT @ 365 - February 13, 2010 at 1:11 PM
- Cathy said...
Great technique with the icing, Mary. I've been working all week on finding a recipe for royal icing that I like. I love how you've marbled the colors...very fancy.
- February 13, 2010 at 1:24 PM
- Karen said...
Beautiful cookies - love the marble effect!
- February 13, 2010 at 3:37 PM
- Kathleen said...
They are beautiful..no fans of fondant here, give us icing any day!
Every wedding I go to where there is fondant on the cake, everyone seems to pick it off and leave it on the plate! - February 13, 2010 at 3:55 PM
- Debbie said...
Mary those cookies look absolutely delicious! I love Anna's site and you are right - she never disappoints!
- February 13, 2010 at 7:55 PM
- Memória said...
What a beautiful work of art. They don't even look like cookies! I would be afraid to eat them...then I would get over it haha.
- February 13, 2010 at 10:18 PM
- caren said...
The cookies are too beautiful to eat!! : ) However, I would love to have one right now. Happy Valentine's Day and Pink Saturday.
- February 13, 2010 at 10:18 PM
- Coleens Recipes said...
Your cookies are almost too pretty to eat!! You'll notice I said "almost"...very little stands in the way of a good cookie around here.
- February 13, 2010 at 11:29 PM
- Kim said...
Those are absolutely beautiful cookies! I don't even know if I could eat them:D
- February 14, 2010 at 6:48 PM
- jeanne said...
Hello Mary, I am still visiting Pinkies and there are sooo many this week. My company left today and I am finally able to play on the computer.
I hope your shoulder has improved. Oddly enough my arm has been hurting so bad and x-rays show a bone spur. Maybe a torn muscle. I have to have a MRI tomorrow. Sigh.
Your cookies look beautiful. I would not have thought of mixing the icing colors for this effect. So pretty. I like the recipe because it is big.
Happy Valentines Day,
Hugs, Jeanne - February 14, 2010 at 8:11 PM
- dana said...
Happy Pink Sat..and Valentine's Day! Oooooo, these cookies look so yummy! I had intended on making your shortbread hearts for this weekend, but didn't pull that off (I've been fighting a "bug"). However, I am happy to report that I DID make your yummy raspberry muffins for me and my hubby. YUM...they were wonderful!
Thank you!
Dana - February 14, 2010 at 11:19 PM
- Anna said...
That's definitely edible art, and I know they taste good because I'm familiar with the recipe ;). Thanks for the Cookie Madness shout out. I'm in the process of re-organizing things to make it even easier to navigate. I've been blogging for so long I sometimes forget what I've already made.
- February 18, 2010 at 9:03 AM
- My Little Space said...
Beautiful cookies! Happy Valentine's Day to you & your sweetheart. Hope you have a wonderful time!
- February 19, 2010 at 10:45 AM
- Rettabug said...
Just wanted to let you know I've made this cookie dough this morning & it is chilling. Thanks for taking the time to post about it & provide the links, Mary. I trust your opinion SO much!
I'm going to roll & cut out crosses for DGS#1 Confirmation party on Sunday. Keep your fingers crossed!!
Wish I could paint them like you do!! I think I'll stick with a pale blue background & little dots & curls of white icing, like I did for Easter. No time to experiment!
Thanks again for ALL the inspiration your provide to me & others.
Rett - April 30, 2010 at 9:52 AM


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Chad Billingsley (2-3, 3.36) vs. Madison Bumgarner (0-6, 4.25).
After last night's confounding loss, it's hard to muster up any enthusiasm for tonight's inevitable disappointment — even if the Giants' losingest pitcher is starting. It's not even close to the All-Star break and the Dodgers are already making a beeline for the division cellar. About the only positives of this season: Don Mattingly gets to ride with his managerial training wheels without anything on the line, and Frank McCourt is on his way out. It's a sacrificial year, people. Meh.