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Art 4×4 Squares
ART 4×4 If you have not already done so, do read the intro to this category here. T 26 Feb 2013 16 Squares Watercolor & India Ink PREVIOUS PIECES 1. Fancy Frog F 18 Jan 13 2. Classy Lady S … Continue reading
ART 4×4 Red Shoes
ART 4×4 If you have not already done so, do read the intro to this category here. T 19 Feb 2013 13 Red Shoes watercolor PREVIOUS PIECES 1. Fancy Frog F 18 Jan 13 2. Classy Lady S 19 Jan … Continue reading
Gnomicon 142
If you have not already done so, you may wish to read the Introduction to Gnomica. Gnomicon 142 Friday 28 September 2012 Read gnomica 1-100 here! 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 111 112 113 114 … Continue reading
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Tagged art, ’changes in art tastes’, ’Paul Gauguin’, ’still life’, portraiture
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Hanging cherries
This little effort at a still life was a very early one – and it shows! There are lots of things wrong here, both compositionally and in execution, but I do recall being quite taken with the result: of course; … Continue reading
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Tagged 'hanging cherries', art, ‘oil painting’, ’still life’, cherries, creamer, pitcher
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Yellow Flower
Because they are so very colorful, it is natural that one would like to paint flowers. Here the additions of interlacings of greens add a fillip!
Posted in ART, OBITER PICTA
Tagged 'flower painting', 'yellow and greens', art, colorful
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Shirts in a row
Shirts – not the most inspiring of subjects, perhaps, but their neat line-up in my closet kept catching my eye … and so I thought they might well make an eye- catching little bit of art. It is now up … Continue reading
Hsiao-yun: a portrait
Of all the portraits of stunning Chinese women that I have done, this is in my view my least successful – in one sense. In the first place, the woman here represented really did not turn out looking much like … Continue reading
Gnomicon 016
If you have not already done so, you may wish to read the Introduction to Gnomica. Gnomicon 016 Thursday 15 Mar 2012 A true photograph need not be explained, nor can it be contained in words. Ansel Adams (20 Feb … Continue reading
Ling-Ling again …
Do you remember her? No? Well, treat yourself to the reminders. I actually did quite a few paintings of her, but I have no idea what happened to them all. I believe this is the last of this beauty!
