CEK40 wrote:

 
This is so cute!  Grandpa owns and airplane, it appears!!

gabriele wrote:

View from the Crow's Nest wrote:

I think annie, or perhaps KOS, will draw some scholarly conclusions…

I was the “baby of the family” – born 8 years later than the youngest of the older three.
It seemed to me growing up (they in high school) that they all had areas of excellence and achievement they could call their own.  My heart-throb brother, a superb athlete; my genius sister, a recognized artist; the stylish sister, her beautiful and powerful soprano voice. 

It never occurred to me to be anything other than my well-rounded, multi-talented self.  ( “Are you going to major in art?”  Oh, no, my sister has the artistic talent. Voice? No, no…I am not comfortable performing for a crowd.  and how would one make a living…?)

But we do all have some drawing and artistic talent.    And I mean that I see it even in Auntie above me, and a couple of my grandchildren.  No matter what it is, what a true gift it is to be blessed with an ability that allows for creative expression.  And results in beauty.  Literature, art, music, dance…   

Certainly practicality, marriage, raising children, making a living  - they do get in the way of devoting much time to such matters.  When my children were very young I had a couple of photographs of each that I just loved.  I did large pastels using those photos as inspiration, framed and on their bedroom walls..  This lead to 3 friends of mine asking me if I would please do the same for them.  And I did.  A very  little money changed hands…we were all young.  

But see? Now it had become work.  A job.  I was commissioned by a friend to make a sign for her business.  And her brother asked if I could do a large copy of the work by Harry Anderson – Jesus knocking at the door of the United Nations building. Sure. 


So here we are 40 years later.  I am looking to bring artistic expression back in to my life in the form of my most favorite medium.  Because of its difficulty / maddening unpredictability / and ethereal beauty I love WATERCOLORS.


 

​That was an ambitious project, view.  You have my respect!   We did watercolour to render jewellery designs only.  Took me quite some time to get even a little control over it and it's not my favourite technique.  I did a year of painting at art school, but mostly acrylic and oil.   We once had to do a series of four self-portraits, choosing styles of artists.  You could recognise the van Gogh's, the Picasso's ect.  I did a Georgia O'Keeffe, painting myself as a smiling human skull with a pink hibiscus flower behind my ear.  Let's just say, the reactions were priceless.  That's a real O'Keeffe, my self-portrait inspiration.  

 

 
Pretty funny, Gabriele!!!  LOL. Sounds about like my tole painting experience!!!  LOL

CEK40 wrote:

gabriele wrote:

View from the Crow's Nest wrote:

I think annie, or perhaps KOS, will draw some scholarly conclusions…

I was the “baby of the family” – born 8 years later than the youngest of the older three.
It seemed to me growing up (they in high school) that they all had areas of excellence and achievement they could call their own.  My heart-throb brother, a superb athlete; my genius sister, a recognized artist; the stylish sister, her beautiful and powerful soprano voice. 

It never occurred to me to be anything other than my well-rounded, multi-talented self.  ( “Are you going to major in art?”  Oh, no, my sister has the artistic talent. Voice? No, no…I am not comfortable performing for a crowd.  and how would one make a living…?)

But we do all have some drawing and artistic talent.    And I mean that I see it even in Auntie above me, and a couple of my grandchildren.  No matter what it is, what a true gift it is to be blessed with an ability that allows for creative expression.  And results in beauty.  Literature, art, music, dance…   

Certainly practicality, marriage, raising children, making a living  - they do get in the way of devoting much time to such matters.  When my children were very young I had a couple of photographs of each that I just loved.  I did large pastels using those photos as inspiration, framed and on their bedroom walls..  This lead to 3 friends of mine asking me if I would please do the same for them.  And I did.  A very  little money changed hands…we were all young.  

But see? Now it had become work.  A job.  I was commissioned by a friend to make a sign for her business.  And her brother asked if I could do a large copy of the work by Harry Anderson – Jesus knocking at the door of the United Nations building. Sure. 


So here we are 40 years later.  I am looking to bring artistic expression back in to my life in the form of my most favorite medium.  Because of its difficulty / maddening unpredictability / and ethereal beauty I love WATERCOLORS.


 

​That was an ambitious project, view.  You have my respect!   We did watercolour to render jewellery designs only.  Took me quite some time to get even a little control over it and it's not my favourite technique.  I did a year of painting at art school, but mostly acrylic and oil.   We once had to do a series of ffour self-portraits, choosing styles of artists.  You could recognise the van Gogh's, the Picasso's ect.  I did a Georgia O'Keeffe, painting myself as a smiling human skull with a pink hibiscus flower behind my ear.  Let's just say, the reactions were priceless.  That's a real O'Keeffe, my self-portrait inspiration.  

 

I still find it amazing that we all in the Sisterhood have some little something that connects us to one another...art, quilting, gardening, DWTS, children, grandchildren and so many other things ... what a wonderful circle of friendship we have made!!!!

 
ABSOLUTELY, CEK.....I couldn't have said it better!!  So glad that we all came together and have stuck together!!

CEK40 wrote:

I wonder what this was all about???

You know I must say that this season for some reason had stirred up more hate and negative post and chatter that I can remember in seasons past...I just don't understand the point.  Now don't get me wrong there are stars and pros that I am not particulary fond of or like but I would never get post anything like some people have posted about them.  They are down right mean and for some reason act like they are personally connected with them in some way...my goodness these Anons and Tumblrs have way to much time on their hands to be promoting such negativity about a television show when the show for me is about doing something outside your normal comfort zone, learing someting new and going to a place in your life you never thougth possible...Growing and hopefully showing someone that you can do anything you put you mind, body and spirit in.  There have been stars on the show that have shown that age is just a number, that you can turn a negative part in your life to something positive, that a disability is only that if you let it be and that you can come from near death to be not only alive but learing to dance.

I mean you can dislike someone but to me this is actually "hate" and almost a form of "bullying" in a way!!! There is enought "bad" things happening in the world that you have to put your effort into negativity instead of into making it a positive statement.



Makes not sense to me...

 
And people tend not to let stuff roll off their backs like they should....another unfortunate outcome of too much SM.  But if you put yourself out there, expect whatever you get!!!  LOL

CEK40 wrote:

He loves his family!!!

How nice he appreciates his grandparents.  Very important influences in life.  I feel sorry for people who never knew their grandparents, who can have such a formative impact on grandchildren.