Hello everybody. Just wanted to check in and let you know I am still around. My family and I moved from Ohio to Kentucky in July, and I h…
Hello everybody. Just wanted to check in and let you know I am still around. My family and I moved from Ohio to Kentucky in July, and I have not managed to get back in the swing of things since we constantly have unexpected issues coming up, and I am still trying to get into a routine. Anyways, I wanted to share something with you. As anybody who knows me, I am inspired by photo manipulation. On a couple of stock photo sites, I also sell unedited photogrpahy. I was amazed to find that somebody purchased a photo of my little girl and created an AMAZING and CAPTIVATING piece with this photo. The thing that really touched me is that with all the photo art compostions and photo editing I do, it would have never occured to me to create something like this from this photo. If you click on this image, you can see it at the site wher she has it posted. Thanks for checking it out…
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I hope you will love this cute pic as much I do! :D Do allow me to share my enthusiasm here :D This is Macabrecat’s cat,Bonnie,lying on the floor with the Dream Odyssey card which she purchased recently :D Thank you once again,Macabrecat! 2 of Ophelia’s portraits were also featured recently,thank you Bits and Pieces and Fine Arts :D Celebration Of life at Bits And Pieces Group. I am also a featured member of the group for this week.Thank you moderators!! ^ _ ^ I am also happy that Celebration Of Life” mousepad received a TBA today at Zazzle ,my heart also had a mini celebration! :D Vision Of Green at Fine Arts Group: Thank you so much for all who had commented and faved these pieces, I really appreciate that! :D I will be on a short break for 4 days and I may not have ready access to the internet. Will miss viewing and commenting your works the next 4 days!!:D
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Thanks Girls and Boys for featuring photo FLOWER POWER / / Happy feelings here my work is appreciated by you guys and by many others. Have a smashing Easter time and also everyone who reads this message.. / Thanks in advance for maybe a few reactions.. / I love them. Regards from the Tulip region called Holland. / John ps / A serious note for Tulip lovers/growers.and no.. the featured flower here is NOT a Tulip! :-) First of all.. the Tulip is not Dutch by origine .. but grows ‘in the wild’ in Turkey .. / In ?? the 1600 the Dutch imported the little plant and started to cultivate them.. / Something we would expect from the Japanese and not the Dutch but ok.. Guys and Girls.. as a Student ( in the time of the Pharao’s) :-) I worked in vacations on a Tulip Garden for some extra $$$ / ( a Friends Father was a grower.. ) Read carefull.. here I tell you how to keep your Tulips at best condition* NEVER let the flower come to the end of its bloom.. Cut it as soon you see it’s going less.. Leave the plant and leaves as it is.. for about a week.. Take the tulip bulb out of the ground .. break of the leaves careful Cut the sort of fine roots under the bulb VERY short.. 2-3 mm Now carefully pull off the outer sort of ‘skin’ layer .. just the outside one Put the bulb in ? the attic or basement .. where you have twilight and a constant cool temperature / Place them on old News Papers ( any newspaper) :-) Leave them A : Just before winter starts or B just before next Springs starts / Don’t put them to deep would say 12 cm / 5 ’’ Live in an extreme cold country ? / A little deeper and put some straw layer over the bulbs or turf to protect against frost This is hiw the Growers do it.. / The bulb will grow a little each time.. / Leave it in the ground?? / It will get smaller and smaller each time.. / Thanks for your time and good luck.. Bye Folks / John
When I joined Red Bubble just over a year ago now, the first person on my watchlist was a writer who called herself Bellmusker...
When I joined Red Bubble just over a year ago now, the first person on my watchlist was a writer who called herself Bellmusker and went by an avatar of red and black swirls. As anyone who has read Bell’s work knows, after stumbling in raptures through a few lines of her prose, her word hooks were well and truly under my skin and I was completely helpless to anything but succumbing to the wordy whims of her magnificent storytelling and ink-spilling magic. I told her this story over a glass of merlot on Friday night, in my bewilderment that only a year later, she was sitting in my writing room, cackling with me over the threads and words of our lives. I think I’ve celebrated what Red Bubble has brought into my life over and again in the last couple of months. I’ve flown to Melbourne twice: once for a writer’s meet and then for a weekend writer’s retreat... and now, I’ve had the enormous pleasure of showing Bell around Canberra for a weekend, chortling in glee at her ’...and Holls, I looked at it from the air and said, is that the whole thing?’ response to her new home for the next 50 hours or so. I should point out here that I am not a native Canberran. It was a bit of a blunder and mistake initially… I came here on the coattails of a brave whim and pumpkin ride, only to most delightfully uncover all the silver coach trails Canberra has had to offer this little Cinderella. I’ve been here for the last year or so but will soon be packing up and leaving my life in the capital behind… for the most incredible adventure of my life… that Bell is also in part responsible for… but that’s an entirely separate journal post. So. Back to this Easter weekend and the warm and magical medusa leaving behind the tantalising tendrils and charms of Melbourne to immerse herself in the world that is, as we (ahem) locals call it affectionately, the Berra. If you haven’t found her glowing review on her short love affair with the home hunting ground of K-Rudd (that’s Kevin Rudd, our prime minister), you can find it here. Good Friday was a quiet affair… I made Bell my famous broccoli soup and took her trotting down the streetlight-less Canberra lanes to a tiny little gallery cafe artspace for a few glasses of merlot. Saturday was filled with feasts and words… traipsing through the “city” and the sprinkling of vintage clothes stores and bric-a-brac shops that I pretty much live for here. I have spent the last six months driving past Pink Inc with a giggle growling in my belly at how repulsed Bell would be by it… so you can imagine my squirming delight when I bargained with her on the street for a happy-snap. She tried her hardest, bless her. Saturday afternoon was also responsible for our discovery of Dutch black cherry and vanilla vodka that I think it’s safe to say, we both pretty much peed our pants over with excitement. I’m not above reporting that the bottle was opened and sniffed and sampled before we drove home… in completely classy fashion of course. However, I think all class went out the window when the Easter bunny ears came out… / And then, as anyone who knows her will understand, the unthinkable happened and I managed to get Bell in the ears. Brigit’s scowl and growl was firmly in place, in absolute and utter disgust… but it wasn’t long before I got a smile. / / Saturday night I was most excited, for we word wenches got to frock up with the help of Sharon Jones and Big Mama Thornton and head out for dinner and cocktails. I know that in the rest of the world things do generally wind down over Easter but in Canberra, tumbleweed was seriously blowing down the street – so the prospect of words, food, laughter and martinis was almost too exciting to bear (after living in remote Australia for four years, the novelty of going out for dinner and cocktails with options still hasn’t worn off). We ate at my favourite little restaurant and I created a vodka and coconut juice drink on the spot that confused even our little waitress – but bliss, it was sheer bliss. Our bellies filled with meals so good our words were silenced, we headed to the two cocktail bars in town for red-walled laughter, mouthwatering martinis called red canary and chaise lounges laced with bad 90s music for a sublime time with my Melbourne/Canberra worlds harmoniously colliding. / / / / Of course anywhere a Bell goes, so too does her little red notebook that quietly watches and pins you in ink when you least expect it… no matter the hour of the day or the local law enforcement presence. Sunday morning, fresh as daisies, armed with our notebooks, words and a heightened curiosity of advertisements claiming the Portobello Road markets were being recreated at Canberra’s ‘famous’ old bus depot markets, we went foraging. We came away with books, sensational coffee, a vintage butterfly pendant that left me speechless, art nouveau coasters and inspiration for workshopping and writing on Sunday afternoon. / It was such sheer delight that in the most random moments, like buying camera batteries from Ted’s, the two of us would launch into an intense discussion about a narrative thread we’re unravelling, or an idea we’re hunting down, or a moment we were fleshing out in words. And now, as the rain pours down outside, I sit back in awe at what belonging to Red Bubble has brought to my life. I think the most poignant thing about this weekend was how powerful belonging to a creative group is for one’s self-confidence, courage, motivation and inspiration. I thank each of you who has shared your work with me and rendered my heart… and who has supported me on my little piece of Red Bubble grass here, so that my words have come into bloom. And to Bell, the growling goddess who has lured forth my strutting and straight-black cherry-vodka-swilling muse… what can I say beautiful woman? Thank you. Oh, and just two more little quotes you missed from your red notebook sweetheart, that translate to happiness for me: Holly: Ohhhh, dinner was so good. / Bell: Ohhhh, we ate so many animals. and Bell: There will be NO snorting without me.
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/ The Plea Thank you so much
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/ The Temptation O mystic metamorphosis! / My senses into one sense flow— / Her voice makes perfume when she speaks, / Her breath is music faint and low!” Thank you so much
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/ Le Maquillage This life of ours would not cause you sorrow / if you thought of it as like / the mountain cherry blossoms / which bloom and fade in a day Thank you so much
REDBUBBLE seems to be a site that never sleep. ...
REDBUBBLE seems to be a site that never sleep. No matter what time of the day or night you visit the site ….so it’s not a surprise at all that my painting LOOKING AT…was choosen as the COVER IMAGE in the FEMININE INTENT CHALLENGE while I was sleeping!;) / Many thanks to MARION CHAPMAN for selecting my work …..it’s very appreciated and I hope a lot of viewer/visiter will vote for my painting;) To everyone a fine and creative time , Brigitte
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/ Illusion The mystery and light of eyes / That near to mine grow dim and cold; / They move afar in ancient skies / Mid flame and mystic darkness rolled. Thank you so much
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/ Sylvia Who is Silvia? what is she, / That all our swains commend her? / Holy, fair, and wise is she; / The heaven such grace did lend her, / That she might admirèd be. Thank you so much
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In Watermedia / Virtue In Fine Arts / Sylvia In Who Are You To Judge / The Wish Thank you so much to all the Group Moderators
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/ Katharine Elfin and human, airy and true, / And backed by the reflected blue. Thank you so much
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Featured Member as well / Beatrice Thank you so much
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/ The Party Unrhymed, unrhythmical, the chatter goes: / Yet no one hears his own remarks as prose. / Beneath each topic tunelessly discussed / The ground-bass is reciprocal mistrust. / The names in fashion shuttling to and fro / Yield, when deciphered, messages of woe. / You cannot read me like an open book. / I’m more myself than you will ever look. / Will no one listen to my little song? / Perhaps I shan’t be with you very long. / A howl for recognition, shrill with fear, / Shakes the jam-packed apartment, but each ear / Is listening to its hearing, so none hear...Auden Thank you so much
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/ Portrait of a Girl…after Ghirlandaio Thank you so much
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/ Seraphina But Seraphina’s eyes dispense / A mild and gracious influence: / Such as in visions angels shed / Around the heaven-illumined head. / To love thee, Seraphina, sure, / Is to be tender, happy, pure..excerpt..James Thompson. Thank you so much
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Two features for Flavia…In Realist Traditional Art and 1on 1..The Fine Art of Portraiture / / Flavia..Phenomenal Woman In Landscape Painting / / Winter Yesterday Thank you so much
I don’t usually journal top ten wins, but I’m so proud of my portraits I had to post this one.. _She’s been featured a few times as wel…
I don’t usually journal top ten wins, but I’m so proud of my portraits I had to post this one.. She’s been featured a few times as well / The Temptation My heartfelt thanks to all who voted for my painting
Many of you I believe realize that I find modeling to be a very empowering art form. I do honestly believe that modeling in itself is art…
Many of you I believe realize that I find modeling to be a very empowering art form. I do honestly believe that modeling in itself is art. It is an art that requires the utmost in self discipline, creativity, and vision. We models are asked to act and to portray emotion without movement or speech. We are sttaionary mimes that are expected to amongst other things give an aura of beauty and sexiness. Photography with models is a team effort unlike any other. It requires two personalities to click and to create mutually and share a vision. often times if there is a proper mix and connection the creativity knows no bounds. So why the title? I will explain. I was once a member of DeviantArt. I left for several reasons one of which was adminstrative abuse the other being that DA had become a lowbrow “porn site” for gawkers and lurkers who never posted art but only made comments and ‘collected” pics of nude girls. In my first incarnation at DA I did traditional 1940s-50s era pinup art. You know the naive, cutesy “Girl with hooked skirt” type thing. I was not the type of girl to show who and what I was really into. I was portraying a cute and innocent image. I find it interesting that the image of the cutsey pinup girl seems to draw more pervs and lurid comments than anything else. For some reason men will react that way towards this imagery. i wondered why and I finally got it. Pinup imagery is mostly about vulnerability, lack of power and lack of initiative. It celebrates the idea that the girl is not a party to the action happening, her exposure is an “accident”. Her very existence is that of a powerless waif. One waiting for a man to come rescue her. OK so where do I factor in? Well Im not dumb, I dont need to be resuced and I despise being gawked at or denying my true self. That said I realized an interesting and obvious thing. Perverts, gawkers and lurkers FEAR POWER !They fear a girl with power, with boldness, and with initiative. They fear it and they shy away from it like a vampire from garlic. To them it stinks of something else though, not garlic but a stiff numbing kick to the privates. So dear ladies many of whom watch my photos and comment regularly I invite you to chime in and to let me know what you think of my perceptions. I love your opinions and in many ways I am here trying to inspire you as well as empower myself. Many think that nudity and such artforms as this are demeaning to women and many are right. I do feel that things like Playboy with the airheaded, pouty blonde silicone bimbos are demeaning and insulting to women. The stupification of women and the treatment of us as a commodity seems to be making a strong comeback and lately Mr. hefner seems to be capitalizing on it more than ever. That said I also feel that societies desexualization of women is even more demeaning. It seems that society only takes you serously if you completely subdue and eliminate your sexuaIity. I see no reason why empowerment and equality means I cannot punctuate the very things that physically and spiritually differentiate us from men. I enjoy my sexuality. i enjoy being VERY different men, I dont see why thats a crime.
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/ Girl Thank you so much to both group moderators
*I don’t usually post these, but Jim had mentioned that it would be nice if I did…..so here is a top ten winner in the Collaborative Ch…
I don’t usually post these, but Jim had mentioned that it would be nice if I did…..so here is a top ten winner in the Collaborative Challenge in Live and Let Live / Maria’s Cherry Thank you so much to all who voted for me
*My most favourite song in the world inspired this painting, so I am really thrilled that it has been featured…it is about Camille Clau…
My most favourite song in the world inspired this painting, so I am really thrilled that it has been featured…it is about Camille Claudel, the wife of Rodin, a great artist in her own right, but who always lived in his shadow / Gold LISTEN TO GOLD IT WILL CHANGE YOU… Thank you so much
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/ Cat Thank you so much
*The notice of this win came in later than my last journal posting, but since I’m really proud of it as one of my rare paintings of drink…
The notice of this win came in later than my last journal posting, but since I’m really proud of it as one of my rare paintings of drinks, I’m posting it on it’s own…it won 2nd place in the Artisitic Libation Challenge..”Spirits in Art / Summer Journal 09 pg 1 Thank you so much to all who voted for me…I really appreciate it
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