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Timeout for Art: Happy in Nature

26 Wednesday Jun 2013

Posted by Playamart - Zeebra Designs in INSPIRATION, NATURE, PAINTINGS: ACRYLIC, PENCIL DRAWINGS, TIMEOUT FOR ART - Quotes, TRAVEL: LATIN AMERICA

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“The aspect of Nature is devout.  Like the figure of Jesus, she stands with bended head, and hands folded.  The happiest man is he who learns from nature the lesson of worship.”  (Emerson)

"...and not, when it came my time to die, find I had not lived..." Thoreau

“…and not, when it came my time to die, find I had not lived…” Thoreau

Pencil 24" x 36"

Pencil 24″ x 36″

Today’s Timeout for Art addresses nature, and my artist’s statement from a show in the year 2000 stated, “I am at my best when alone with nature.” Continue reading →

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Sunday Post: Black & White

19 Sunday Aug 2012

Posted by Playamart - Zeebra Designs in NATURE, PAINTINGS: ACRYLIC, PAINTINGS: WATERCOLORS, PHOTO CHALLENGES, TRAVEL: LATIN AMERICA

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acrylic paintings, grayscale images, Jake's Sunday Post: Black and White, Lisa Brunetti art, Rufous naped wrens, watercolor paintings

An Ebony drawing pencil provides strong darks.

Jake’s Sunday Post prompts us away from today’s brilliant color applications  and asks us to submit images in black and white.  He reminds us that long-ago photos included subtle nuances of gray that made them uniquely appealing.   The pencil drawing (above) adapted to the grayscale format, though the watercolor butterflies on the “Happy Shoes” (below) look real – even to me! Continue reading →

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