Showing posts with label Chinese painting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Chinese painting. Show all posts

Friday, October 4, 2013

Painting the Leaves

Welcome!

vintage Ladies' Home Journal magazine cover
November, 1919
artist: Frank Godwin


"Winter is an etching,
Spring a watercolor,
Summer an oil painting
and
Autumn a mosaic of them all."

- Stanley Horowitz


Heidelberg, Germany  2010



"Listen! the wind is rising,
and the air is wild with leaves,
We have had our summer evenings,
now for October eves!"

- Humbert Wolfe


jigsaw puzzle, completed



"In a touch of nature
the whole world is kin."

- John Muir, nature conservationist



Hans Hoffmann, 1530 - 1591
a Prague artist


New Moon
"The bright, thin, moon appears.
Tipped askew in the heavens.
It no sooner shines over
The ruined fortress than the
Evening clouds overwhelm it.
The Milky Way shines unchanging
Over the freezing mountains
Of the border. White frost covers
The garden. The chrysanthemums
Clot and freeze in the night."

- Tu Fu, a Chinese poet


artist: Qin Xing, Chinese artist
www.orientaloutpost.com


There comes a time
when
autumn asks,
'What have you been doing
all summer?'

artist: John Atkinson Grimshaw


"For Man, autumn is a time of harvest,
of gathering together.
For Nature, it is a time of sowing,
of scattering abroad."

- Edwin Way Teale



"In the Orchard" by Franz Dvorak, 1912
courtesy of my-museum-of-art.blogspot.com



"Thy bounty shines in autumn unconfined
And spreads a common feast
for all that live."

 - James Thomson



artist: Mr. Ou Yang, a Chinese painter
www.orientaloutpost.com



"With all things
and
in all things,
we are relatives."

- Sioux Proverb


In His hands
www.yuliconversations.blogspot.com


until next time,
inkspired

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hand beaded netted necklace by inkspired
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Saturday, September 17, 2011

A Fall Craft Fair and scattered brains

Greetings, earthling!

(random Alien 'hello')


Today I am in a finish up mood.
The house is a wreck - seriously needs attention.
I have been picking up paper stuff mainly,
so far.



Those darn stacks of papers -
you can't throw them away because sure thing,if you do,
there will be an important bill or a check or something in the middle of it.
I have been throwing away magazines and catalogs from last year!
Yeah, pat on back!!

I am getting ready for a Craft Fair.
This is a new one to me, held at the
Adams County Fairgrounds
on October 1.
9:00 - 4:00
Come by and say hi!

That means
1. I'm terrified!
2. I have to organize my crafts and jewelry.
3. I have to figure out how to display the items for sale.
4. I want to make some more items to be sold.
(check out the making bottlecaps scene above)
5. I need to repair or re-glue anything that needs a little help.
6. I have to organize my craft room if I expect to be organized at all for the Show.
7. I have to print up price tags and affix them to most items.
8. I have to figure out how to package things, so they don't get damaged by being handled by possible customers.
9. I still need to recruit 1 or 2 persons to help me out i.e. carrying stuff in, set-up, doing sales and sales receipts, breaking down, repacking...+more!!
10. ...and probably at least 60 more things to do to get ready...
maybe even 85 things!
Okay, think calming thoughts...

That's me (not really), thinking calm thoughts,
or falling asleep.
Could be both...

The result for my blog?
My thoughts are pretty much on overtime right now,
so let's make a short blog today, shall we?
Yes, I really can!!!

Chimney Sweep Bert and Mary Poppins

I am laying out my finished bottlecap magnets now.
I organize them on pizza trays and cookie sheets,
as they are magnetic.
A magnet has come off, so I will re-glue that.

a recycled junk mail bottlecap magnet

Next up is to get out my Bottlecap Ribbons.
I have sold a good amount, so I'm not sure what I have left,
or what is in a 'making it' stage.


a series I am doing on "Peace" in different languages.
Custom work available.
Recycled bottlecap with hand colored Art Nouveau alphabet.

Now I need to get out my jewelry; it is scattered in a few different places.
Get out my displays, and match up what I want to put where
once I get to the Craft Fair set-up.
Oh yes, and find out how early that is!

an assortment of daisy chains I have made

Well, I guess instead of whining about all this,
I better get going!
Couldn't miss my blog though...
:0)

stamp by vivalasvegastamps:

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and don't forget you can now easily leave a comment
on my blog!!


Saturday, August 20, 2011

Old McDonald Had A Farm

Ee-i-ee-i-oh!

one of my favorite paintings, by Kay Chorao


Today we are down on the farm,
checkin' out Mr. McDonald's farm animals.

Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!
And on that farm he had a ..............
lamb....

eee-i-ee-i-oh!

With a Baaaaa, Baaaa here,
and a Baaaaa, Baaaa there,

eee-i-ee-i-oh!



Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!
And on that farm he had a ..............

by Chinese painter, Mr. Ou Lang
rooster...

eee-i-ee-i-oh!

recycled bottlecap magnet by inkspired

With a Cockle-Doodle here,
and a Cockle-Doodle there,

'chicken scratchings' rubber stamp, vivalasvegastamps

eee-i-ee-i-oh!


 
Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!
And on that farm he had a ..............

horse...

eee-i-ee-i-oh!
with a neighhhh, neighhh here,
and a neighhhh, neighhhh there,

c.1920

ee-i-ee-i-oh!

'country weekend' paper doll set

Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!
And on that farm he had an ..............

c.1911


owl...


ee-i-ee-i-oh!

c.1909

with a who-ooo, who-ooo here
and a who-ooo, who-ooo there,

bookplate

ee-i-ee-i-oh!


Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!
And on that farm he had a..............

free beading pattern


cat...

ee-i-ee-i-oh!

with a meoww, meoww here,
and a meoww, meoww there,




ee-i-ee-i-oh!



Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!
And on that farm he had a..............



pig!


ee-i-ee-i-oh!


with an oink! oink! squeal,
and an oink! oink! squeal,

rubber stamp by Peddler's Pack

ee-i-ee-i-oh!


rubber stamp by Peddler's Pack

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Old McDonald had a farm, ee-i-ee-i-oh!
And on that farm he had a ..............

Sunday, June 5, 2011

It's hard to be green...

Hello!
WaltDisneyWorld toparies

Our front lawn is looking very green right now.
My flower garden has lots of green leaves and shoots.
and I just bought a green and white skirt!
so,
Today is a good day for GREEN!

vegetable garden bounty

What's wrong with this picture?


a green and yellow hand beaded bracelet,

This doll is from Liana's blog, see side bar.
Paper Doll Boutique:


some fun frog rock painting


poison dart frog....nobody loves me.....


Color me GREEN!!!


How to draw a GREEN frog....


see side bar for website. They have more GREEN frogs!


I bet she'd kiss me if I weren't GREEN....

At last, someone who can truly appreciate my GREEN-ness...


Liana's Green mermaid....




More Green-tastic outfits from Liana.

an Art Deco pattern with GREEN bugs


A beading pattern for little GREEN saguaro cacti.


a little green dress hair clip from starlight0831.etsy


Well, I'm off to watch
The Green Hornet
!!!

inkspired