Tag: painting
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November 21, 2009 04:25 AM EST --
Frederick, Count of Schaumburg-Lippe. 1764/67. Oil on canvas. 242.6 x 204.5 sm. The Royal Collection, UK.
Joshua Reynolds was born into the family of the Reverend Samuel Reynolds, who held the post . . .
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November 20, 2009 04:01 AM EST --
Claude Monet was born in Paris on November 14, 1840 but all his impressions as a child and adolescent were linked with Le Havre, the town to which his family moved about 1845. His father had a grocery . . .
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November 20, 2009 10:42 PM EST --
Homeowners often update the appearance of their houses with a coat of fresh paint. However if you're considering painting the 'bricks' on your home then there are a few things you need to consider before . . .
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February 10, 2008 11:26 PM EST --
I worked on this for almost 4 hours and I don't know if I will change anything or not. I decided to try another flower but this time to try adding a hummingbird. . . .
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February 18, 2008 07:44 PM EST --
I am running out of ideas for article names, so I went with what this painting is about. I just like these colors together. I go through this process where I don't know . . .
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November 19, 2009 05:18 AM EST --
The Gully. 1898. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
The work of Isaac Ilyich Levitan belongs to the highest achievements of Russian culture. Its significance is compared . . .
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February 17, 2008 04:57 PM EST --
I have been working on this for several hours and now I need a break. I don't know if it's finished or if I like it. I thought I would post it anyway.
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June 11, 2009 11:40 AM EDT --
The narrow staircase ascending to the attic fascinated me throughout my entire childhood. At the end of the stairs, there was a low door and the mere thought of what might be hidden behind it fed my . . .
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November 10, 2009 05:15 AM EST --
Paris Street in May 1871 (The Commune). 1903-1905. Oil on canvas. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France.
A painter, lithographer and draftsman, Maximilien Luce was born into a poor family in Paris on . . .
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November 11, 2009 04:35 AM EST --
Tiger Hunt. c.1895. Oil on canvas. 38.1 x 46 cm. Museum of Art, Columbus, OH, USA.
Henri Rousseau (1844-1910), nicknamed "Le Douanier" or "the customs man" after the job he worked before becoming an . . .
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November 17, 2009 03:37 AM EST --
The painting is an Ecce Homo fragment. Similarly to other biblical paintings of Aertsen, the biblical event takes place at the back, while the foreground is dominated by a market scene. Somewhere in the . . .
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November 18, 2009 05:24 AM EST --
View of the St. Michael Palace in St. Petersburg from the Swan Canal. 1870-80s. Oil on panel. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
Alexey Petrovich Bogoliubov, a Russian landscape painter, was . . .
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February 20, 2008 06:06 PM EST --
I am trying new things, so I tried to paint a bear today. Trying to paint a face, even on an animal is hard!
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January 24, 2008 05:17 PM EST --
Many years back, when I used to watch tv, I would watch the Bob Ross oil painting on public television. I even bought my very first VCR to tape the shows, because I wanted to learn how to oil . . .
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November 14, 2009 06:26 PM EST --
We're working on painting the interior of the house. We're starting with my daughter's room. She had it painted lime green and hot pink. Then, one day she decided to add polka dots and . . .
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February 05, 2009 02:28 PM EST --
With Valentine's day coming up, You may have noticed that I made an abstract painting I did a long time ago (about 10-12 years) that looks like a heart as my icon. This painting was one of many, many, . . .
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November 10, 2006 02:54 PM EST --
The drawing was one of the first and done quickly, a 'throw-away,' but some acrylic matte medium, and then oil paint, and she's become a landscape figure, or, bear with me, with hints of . . .
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October 03, 2007 10:37 PM EDT --
Today at work, I found out what weird things managers can come up with for you to do! We are working on putting out our snow boots, and some of the shelves we are using had red paint stains on them (the . . .
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October 05, 2007 10:34 AM EDT --
A couple of quotes to get us through: "Our lives improve only when we take chances ... and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves." Walter Anderson . . .
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February 01, 2008 07:33 AM EST --
Hopper Visits a Diner
Her hands for warmth enfold the coffee cup.
Remembering her pale translucent skin,
The veins that bear the cool blue blood . . .
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