Purty day out here in Californy.
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These are pretty amazing views Basil. Thanks for sharing.
I love your pictures Basil! The water is my element, as I am a scorpion. But water of the sea or ocean makes my heart beat faster. I just couldn't resist temptation to post my painting here. I painted it after a picture I took somewhere in Malta.
Here it is:
http://www.online-literature.com/for...1&d=1298632113
Nice painting, Olga4real. I liked the darkness in the sky and the sharpness of the colors. It made it look like rough weather.
Thank you, Yes, (I prefer to call you Yes, if you don't mind) for nice words. It's too kind of you. This are my first steps in painting acrylic paint, I had tried watercolour, but never tried acrylic or oil paint. I posted it here just because the first picture of Basil seem to reflect the same mood.Quote:
Originally Posted by YesNo
Olga, that is just beautiful! I paint a little, too. If I can ever figure out how to post them, I would love to share them. Basil, those pictures are sublimely beautiful. I love the ocean, though I live inland.
Qimmi, it's simple I just scanned it, since the size of the picture allowed it. What kind of paints do you use? Watercolour, acrylic, oil? Honestly, I am better at graphics.Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
I do watercolors, Olga. Mostly flowers. You are more advanced than I am. I'd like to take a few lessons. Maybe this summer.
I took this while at work. Thought it looked pretty cool.
http://i53.tinypic.com/20gem90.jpg
Interesting image faithosaurus
I like the way you've framed it, with a lot of dark foreground to really set the sky on fire - it looks sort of science fiction too: those lights have a quality like a landing site or secret research laboratory
I like it :)
Quimi until you find a teacher in Summer I suggest you to watch some videos you can find on the net. Here is some of them I found for you:Quote:
Originally Posted by qimissung
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H-P21p0cp2Q
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTklWetOt7k
I just love watching them, better than a movie. I hope you like them as well.
Thank you, Olga. I've watched the first one already. Actually I have done that, and I have a rally good book, too, that I found.
Here is a favorite painting of mine:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhoFI-bRrrI&feature=fvsr
and a watercolor scene. I've gotten paint from this guy's online catalog. They're pretty good.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTyXv..._order&list=UL
There's also the matter of talent, Olga. It's entirely possible that you are more talented. :D Today I painted a scene, very simple of a brick wall, a fence and some trees. I put two pictures together. It turned out pretty well. I'm pleased anyway.
That is a pretty picture, faithosaurus. Did you take that with a camera?
I took it with my phone, haha. I was being naughty and took it on the job.
Well, I'm jealous.
Faithosaurus your picture is very impressive and picture of Basil is just monumental, both are beautiful.
Thank you Quimmi! I watched both of links you sent and loved the lessons of Cheap Joe. Inspired I already painted some pictures, I mean practised. Can't wait for you to post some of your pictures. I found two artist I liked very much Joseph Zbukovic and Dusan Djukaric. I am curious if you like them also.
View of Vienna and the Danube from the Leopoldsberg (Leopold's Hill).
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...13um205138.png
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...13um205256.png
http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o...13um205355.png
Nice pictures Themis. I liked Vienna.
Beautiful pictures Themis.
Here are some signs of spring.
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...no5/Roses2.jpg
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...no5/rose-4.jpg
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...o5/Rose1-1.jpg
http://i682.photobucket.com/albums/v...ano5/roseb.jpg
That's so pretty. We're in melting season in Canada, it's disgusting and muddy.
If Winter comes, can Spring be far behind? :)Quote:
Originally Posted by JuniperWoolf
Thanks for noticing JuniperWoolf. :)
I can almost smell them through the lap top.Quote:
Originally Posted by Snowqueen
Beautiful.
Thanks for sharing.
Gg
Oh really! Thanks Gilliatt.:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Gilliatt Gurgle
A few pics from a recent cruise through the Western Carribean:
The Ellissa at the port of Galveston Texas taken while waiting to set sail. (No, we didn't sail on the Elissa though I wish we could have) :
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMGP1338.jpg
Montego Bay, Jamaica:
(I made several attempts to reduce this one. Maybe it will be fine once posted)
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMGP1390NR.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMGP1361NR.jpg
Grand Cayman Islands:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...IMGP1409NR.jpg
Nobach Mul pyramid Coba Mayan site
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...GP1434NR-1.jpg
One side of ball court at Coba Mayan site
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...1/IMGP1438.jpg
Gilliatt
Superb pictures Gilliatt. The roses are great Snowqueen.
I'm off to the allotment tomorrow. I should have some good pictures of... mud.
Nice pictures at Coba. The last time I was there they had stopped excavating because they ran out of money. I remember they had started refurbishing the front side of one pyramid but the back side was left untouched. (I yanked a small piece of rock off the backside - it's one of my favorite possessions.)
Thanks for taking a look Paul.
Thanks.Quote:
Originally Posted by papayahed
Based on your comments, I'd say no further progress has bee accomplished. Three sides of the Pyramid remain coverd with soil and vegetation and we passed a few mounds along the trail that have not been restored either. Still, there were quite a few structures that have been restored that made the trek well worth the effort.
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I'm glad you liked CheapJoe's lesson, Olga. And everyone's pictures are wonderful. Snowqueen, very Georgia O'Keefe of you. Themis, I would just love to visit Austria again. It is such a beautiful country. And Gilliatt, I guess your feelin' pretty good after getting out of Illinois, or wherever it was you were banished to for the winter. I am jealous. Montego Bay. Sigh.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DYYiaZcuEuk
@Snowqueen: Such beautiful roses!
@Gilliat Gurgle: Great pictures. Especially the one with the Mayan temple.
@quimissung: I hope you do. We have many treasures here. ;)
Your daughters are beautiful! And what a fun picture.
Paulclem, Themis, qimi thanks for the compliments.
Great pictures Gilliatt, I wish I could visit those beautiful places.
MarkBastable you have cute daughters, are they twins?
Great picture Mark. Two cute kids you've got there.
Pretty girls! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
totally bewitching, Mark.
Thanks, all.
Snowqueen - no, they're very alike, but there's nearly two years between them.
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Haven't checked in for some time. Mark, your girls look wonderful !!
Let's call this "Scans Taken by You"
I'll borrow this thread to send out my 104 year old happy Easter message. Something from my stamp / postcard collection:
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...tcardFront.jpg
http://i963.photobucket.com/albums/a...stcardBack.jpg
O, so beautiful! if only I have a girl !Quote:
Originally Posted by MarkBastable
Sitting in the garden, I noticed this cloud formation and thought it might make an unusual picture.
http://img199.imageshack.us/img199/6341/dsc0382lu.jpg