“Blow, Boreas, foe to human kind! Blow, blustering, freezing, piercing wind! Blow, that thy force I may rehearse, While all my thoughts congeal to verse!” ~ John Bancks We are certainly…
Browsing Tag
April Monthly Challenge
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You know how when you’re working on a necklace or pair of earrings, and the only thing you’re sure about is the colors? Nothing else has come together except that part?…
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“In wind-blown draperies of slate-colour and blue, a girl passes through a spring landscape accented by pink blossom and daffodils.” So says the Royal Academy of Arts in London in reference…
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Boreas by John William Waterhouse, 1903 Oil on canvas 68.8 x 94 cm About the Art Pre-Raphaelite style painting oil on canvas. Called Boreas after the north wind in Greek mythology,…
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“When I go out into the countryside and see the sun and the green and everything flowering, I say to myself Yes indeed, all that belongs to me!” ~Henri Rousseau This…
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Welcome to the Art Bead Scene April Challenge Blog Tour! Our challenge painting inspired so many wonderful responses! From the birds to leaves to anything oriental, this was a great way…
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I have not yet started going through my stash of things that might work for this month’s challenge, but chances are I will need a little retail therapy to get me going. Sometimes…
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Information for this months Monthly Challenge blog tour was omitted. For those who would like to participate see important dates below. Blog Tour The Blog Tour deadline is April 28th.Links must be added to…
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Our wonderful sponsors for the April Monthly Challenge. We will have 2 winners this month. Poetry for the Skeptic Jess Contreras of Poetry for the Skeptic donation for this months challenge…
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Finches and Bamboo, Northern Song dynasty (960–1127) Emperor Huizong (1082–1135, r. 1101–1125) Chinese Handscroll; ink and color on silk; 11 x 18 in. (27.9 x 45.7 cm) The Metropolitan Museum of Art,…