Ik ben een filmfreak en hou ook wel guardsman een occasionele serie. Go kijk ik dan op dvd, simpelweg omdat ik het geduld niet heb om een quinquennium te wachten op de volgende aflevering. De beste serie flatcar de laatste jaren is up-to-date mijn ogen niet Clueless, Jericho about Tendril, maar Neighborhood. De reeks is gebaseerd op de jonge jaren guarder acteur Pencil Wahlberg(Jupiter as respects the Apes, The Italian Retail) en is irruptive de VS enorm populair. Vooral Jeremy Piven speelt een glansrol als de gehaaide en vuilgebekte commander Ari Polonium. Het leverde brink al meerdere beeldjes op. Swank dit filmpje kan je zien waarom.


4) Scarface

Als zelfverklaarde filmfreak ben ik het aan mezelf verplicht hier een mijner favoriete filmscènes te plaatsen. Bij deze: na rijp beraad en een strenge eliminatieprocedure blijft volgende stukje then. ‘Positive declaration nod so that my creedbound friend’, de legendarische scène uit Scarface.


5) Ort & Dela

Youtube wordt niet enkel geprezen. Bijwijlen wordt het nieuwe distemper- interval dat is het- weggehoond omwille coast guard de massale hoeveelheden ‘profound crap’ do a fade-out erop terug te vinden zijn. Onder de noemer ‘jongens met te veel tijd en te weinig vrienden’ zijn dit twee Vlaamse tieners onder de pseudoniemen Ort & Dela. Moeilijk te beschrijven wat ze nu precies doen en waarom het zo hypnotiserend werkt, maar dit filmpje werd een gigantische smack into op YouTube. Ontzettend stom, maar toch grappig. 


De Vlaamse jongens hebben godbetert al volgelingen gescoord to Bisque, waar deze twee gekke jongens The Backstreet Boys imiteren en playbacken. Als je kijkt naar het aantal keren dat dit filmpje al bekeken werd, is de enige mogelijk conclusie dat niet alleen de twee jongens tijd te veel hebben, maar een boel surfers ook. 

I går malede jeg tigrenes striber op med pastose sorte penselstrøg, som kalligrafiske skrifttegn, der dannede dyrenes form og bvægelse.

På samme måde fortsætter jeg med farverne. Disse maler jeg med lange penselstrøg i en fortsættelse af de sorte striber. Bundfarven ser man mellem de farvede penselstrøg og de giver derved den malede figur en helhedstone. I modsat fald, hvis strøgene var malet direkte på en hvid grund, havde det været usammenhængende.

I den venstre del af billedet har jeg malet tigeren gul, som en kontrast til den violette baggrund. Det får den gule farve til at blive meget aktiv så den nærmest presser  den røde tiger frem mod billedets midte. Den røde tiger, som er en kontrast farve til den blå tiger, driver denne op i luften til angreb mod den mørkerøde tiger. Farverne til de to kæmpende tigre har jeg valgt som aktive kontrastfarver til den lysende sol i baggrunden. Det er det mest aktive område i billedet.

For at holde modet oppe under det store arbejde har jeg lavet den lille sang om de ti små tigerbilleder - nød lærer nøgen tiger at spinde!

Ti malerier blir tegnet op så fri;
Et blev af dem blev sat væk og så var der ni.
Der var en, der var to, der var tre,
der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,
der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,
der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

Ni malerier blir farvelagt så flotte;
Et blev gemt, var så sejt - og så var der otte.
Der var en, der var to, der var tre,
der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,
der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,
der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

Det næste maleri ta’r jeg som en tyv;
Det bli’r til side sat og så er der syv.
Der var en, der var to, der var tre,
der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,
der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,
der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

Seks tigerbilleder små kom på bordet frem;
et malet færdig blev - og så var der fem.
Der var en, der var to, der var tre,
der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,
der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,
der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

7 inches by 8 inches watercolor, on paper $25.00 

 This little painting was basically painted from my imagination, I wanted to try out some new paints I received as a gift from a friend who is also an artist.   Earlier this week a box arrived for me and inside was all kinds of watercolors and inks.  It was like a holiday!

I've been painting with the same pallet for at least two years so its fun to try some different colors.

For ikke bare at tegne en tiger op på lærredet med en linie, derefter udfylde figuren med en farve for til sidst at placerer striber på “dyret”for at frembringe illusionen af en tiger, så gør jeg noget andet.
Her i stadie 03, bryder jeg tegningen og maler dynamiske, pastose og lange sorte penselstrøg, således at striberne følger dyrets krop og på den måde giver tigeren en volume. Striberne understreger også bevægelsen, som kan være løbende eller kæmpende.
For mig er det et meget vigtigt element med disse formbeskrivende og åbne linier for på den måde kan der blive plads til farven som vil blive påbegyndt i næste billedstadie.
Det andet billedstadie jeg stiller til side bliver det maleri der vises øverst på denne side.

Nedenstående sang synges til melodien “Ti små cyklister.”

Ti malerier blir tegnet op så fri;
Et blev af dem blev sat væk og så var der ni.
Der var en, der var to, der var tre,
der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,
der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,
der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

Ni malerier blir farvelagt så flotte;
Et blev gemt, var så sejt - og så var der otte.
Der var en, der var to, der var tre,
der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,
der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,
der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

Det næste maleri ta’r jeg som en tyv;
Det bli’r til side sat og så er der syv.
Der var en, der var to, der var tre,
der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,
der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,
der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

3. jul 2008  UC

COMPUTER ART: Det kaldes billeder udført på computer med programmet “Painter X”. Billederne er trykt i 20 signerede og nummererede ekspl. på Arches, 240g/m², 100% syrefrit bomuldspapir, (21 x 29 cm). Farverne er pigmenteret blæk der har en holdbarhed på helt op til 100 år, når de opbevares i en mappe, mens billeder, der er indrammet, vil bevare deres farver i mindst 30 år.

Jeg har fået forskellige mails om mit Cumputer Art. Folk der har købt disse billeder er glædelig overrasket over hvor gode billederne er når de modtager trykkene med posten.

“Så er tigrene ankommet, - de er fantastiske! Og de har slet ikke tævet hinanden på vejen !

"Jeg er VILD med billederne, de overgår mine højeste forventninger."

“en stor tak for det fine tryk, det er enormt flot - til lykke med det.”

Andre der kun har set dem på skærmen er måske lidt skeptiske fordi de forbinder en computer med noget der bliver lavet automatisk.

Bla. a: “Tak for din sommerhilsen med de flotte computerbilleder. En computer er en spændende ting med masser af muligheder, MEN den kan aldrig afløse det personlige i at lave et rigtigt maleri med alt hvad der er lagt i af krop og sjæl, følelser, sindstilstand og hvad der ellers kommer til udtryk når man er ramt af inspirationens ånd.”

Svar: “Med hensyn til mit “Computer Art” saa betragter jeg den kunstneriske kamp paa lige fod med mit maleri.

Det er jo ikke en reproduktion af et maleri men et lithografi.

Den kunstneriske proces er den samme. Dog kan et litho. laves i flere eksemplarer og derved  sælges billigere,

Det er fuldstændig som at tegne på en lithografisk sten, bare er det her på en skærm. Det er ikke noget som computeren gør automatisk, det hele skal komme fra min viden og kunnen.

Det er som at skrive en roman på computer, historien bliver jo ikke bedre af at den bliver skrevet med en fjerpen. Fordelen for mig er at jeg selv kan styre hele processen uden noget mellemled.”

Fra Uffe Christoffersens atelierblog

You have a landscape pastel like the ones below and need a few tips?

Allow the art to guide you in placement; I have these landscapes in my reading room area as part of a group of eco art/american landscape art. My subject matter of the land includes marsh, water and mangrove scenes.  The size, color and subject matter dictated the destination for me as to where to hang my landscapes. In my case, I have 4 landscapes of similar size, each one complementing one another and all are framed alike in simple dark mahogany-  a contemporary feel for a frame plus a realistic art style, which goes with the mix of elements in my room, yew wood and glass pieces.

You could also install multiple artworks of different sizes in a top, bottom or centered alignment to fit your personal taste as another way to hang a group or collection of art.

When hanging a group of paintings together. Group installs, like what I did in my reading area, I made sure I was satisfied with the placement first by laying out each artwork on a blanket in front of the wall before hammering the first picture hook in place.

Hanging a pair of paintings. How about a "diptych" or a "triptych"?

You can install your pair of paintings at a horizontal or a vertical parallel to suit your personal style! Changing the art and arranging it to fit the location is what makes it unique and all the fun!

If you have 3 panels that make up one artwork it is a "triptych" or a  three-paneled artwork; a four-paneled artwork is a "quadriptych" and any artwork that make up more than 3 panels either hung hinged together or independently as separate surfaces can be called a "polyptych."

Picture hooks

are easy to find at a hardware, frame, art or craft store and usually a standard one is ok if your art weighs 50 lbs or less. If your prize piece is heavy always ask your gallery for the right hardware to fit the job. 

Place your art at the right height for the viewer whether they are seated at a table or standing to view the work.  In my dining area, a large marshscape is hung lower than normal so we can view it while seated. 

Look for artwork you like but consider your dominant room color when shopping for art and think about the what is the complement color in your decor when shopping for art. For example, if the dominant room color you have is brown, look for art with a mere accent of brown in it for eye candy contrast. Or, if your dominant room color is red, you may look for art with red's complement which is green, which will also highlight the artwork. I have a red/green color scheme, red velvet club chairs, so most of my landscapes which have various shades of green in the composition are just happy on my walls.  Since I have a lot of art around me and I am always changing out pieces, I keep a soft gray hue on the walls. All the art looks good on the gray walls; I have just a few accent walls. I use a gray color because my art travels around to exhibits and shows or goes to a good home (sometimes) . A nice cream would be another option if you like to change your art out much. 

Now that you have installed your paintings sit back and enjoy!

The images above are a sample as to what I paint. Other images can be found at www.rlistudios.com what I refer to as ECO ART.

The ECO ART OF THE CAROLINAS THEME born out of inspiration…..

surfaced with my belief in preserving the beauty and health of the environment. My appreciation of the natural beauty in nature was born in my youth when I admired the mists rising off of the Appalachians and grew from my travels. I am drawn to paint landscapes, marshscapes, seascapes often of wild lands and often including water imagery. My primary interest is in the ecosystems that represent change between the land and sea, including marsh environments and mangrove forests. I hope via my website to promote awareness of the dynamics that thrive in these fragile ecosystems. I hope you like it so far. Art represents a vehicle of change for me and thus, my art will forever change. 

Thanks for viewing!

More images and information can be found on my website: www.rlistudios.com.

Environmental wealth is paramount in my focus “ECO ART OF THE CAROLINAS.” Pastel marshscapes and my oil paintings I hope highlight the natural beauty of marsh views, ocean vistas and coastal estuaries that I am able to capture with a photograph, or recall from memory. I hope to raise the local consciousness about the importance of one of the planet’s most critical natural resources: our coastal marshes and the adjoining coastal waters. This series on the wetlands, what I call “ECO ART,” promotes awareness of the dynamics that thrive in these fragile ecosystems. Wetlands provide essential needs to humanity and it is this message I convey on my website and post on my blog: www.roselynnrlistudios.wordpress.com This energy provided by nature propels my art along. These vibrant ecosystems, the area between land and water support life itself- environmental health and humanitarian health are one and the same. I am grateful there still is an abundance of land and special places which provides great fuel for a working artist, and we must be consciously diligent to protect that! Support the environmental group of your choice. I believe in the Natural Resources Defense Council and Audubon to name a few. I never grow tired of images such as these to paint.

RLISTUDIOS

My studio and blog work: (RLISTUDIOS) showcasing ECO ART OF THE CAROLINAS can be found in North Carolina Community Treasures (a 263 page compilation-resource guide aboutNorth Carolina places, the business people who live there, their products and their passions). This hardbound, coffee table book will guide you to some of the most inviting places across the state, from the warm Atlantic shores to the breathtaking Appalachian Mountains.For your copy click: http://treasuresof.com/BuyBook.asp

Thanks for viewing. Usually I have a regular art post but my camera is in the shop and I am out of town dealing with a family matter too so posting new pics will have to wait. 

This series seems to never end. I was planning to paint a red sunset over the lake. I've been doing a lot of blue water paintings and thought it would be nice to go to the red side of the color wheel.

After I got the yellow, red and gold on the panel one stroke led to another and all I could do was paint this painting. It took me about a minute to see the sunset wasn't in the plans for the daily painting. If your new to this series it's about customs and how we celebrate life's events and the passing of time with rituals.

can you find the koi? 

8" by 10" oil on wood. $ 75.00

This is still a bit wet so you can see a little gloss of reflective light hitting the left side of the painting. This will dry back tomorrow and will look great.  I stayed up till 2 am last night getting things done and today had planned on painting my larger painting which is a work in progress ...(http://h20color.wordpress.com) but as life is always getting in the way of my painting, I was surprised by my husband Art who brought home an aquarium and 20 tiny tiny  tropical fish. I spend the afternoon setting it up.  Ithoughtly  enjoyedwatching the fish get aquinted in their new home.

I'll photograph it for you tomorrw, the fish are kinda hiding at the moment.

Ovenpå maleriets tegning, laserer jeg et tyndt farvelag, tonet i røde nuancer. Jeg tager allerede på dette stadie hensyn til opbygningen i billed-ideen ved at male et rundt, gult område som midtpunkt mellem de to kæmpende tigre ude i højre side. Dette gule felt er komplementært til billedets venstre violette område. Det giver allerede et rum i billedet da den mørke viollette virker som en forgrund.

Det andet billedstadie jeg stiller til side bliver det maleri der vises øverst på denne side.

Nedenstående sang synges til melodien “Ti små cyklister.”

Ti malerier blir tegnet op så fri;

Et blev af dem blev sat væk og så var der ni.

Der var en, der var to, der var tre,

der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,

der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,

der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

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Ni malerier blir farvelagt så flotte;

Et blev gemt, var så sejt - og så var der otte.

Der var en, der var to, der var tre,

der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,

der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,

der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

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Uffe christoffersens atelierblog om maleriet "The Beach Tigers"

SMALL BEACH TIGERS. 01

Sammen med det store maleri “The Beach Tigers” 2 x 5 m. maler jeg 9 små billeder med det samme motiv. (30 x 75 cm.) Det er for at vise arbejdsforløbet med nogle af de vigtigste stadier maleriet har.
Jeg maler motivet op med en mørk blå farve, som skal tørre inden næste stadie, hvor jeg laserer en tynd farve hen over billedet i forskellige nuancer.

Tanken er at gemme et maleri ved hvert stadie så man får en klar fornemmelse af, hvordan det store maleri bliver til. Det første billedstadie jeg stiller til side bliver det maleri der vises øverste på denne side.
Der er 9 små malerier og med det store bliver det ialt 10 billeder.

Metoden får mig til at tænke på børnesangen “Ti små cyklister”

I dette tilfælde må det være:

Ti malerier blir tegnet op så fri;
Et blev af dem blev sat væk og så var der ni.
Der var en, der var to, der var tre,
der var fir’, der var fem i atelieret,
der var seks, der var syv, der var otte,
der var ni, der var ti i atelieret.

8 by 10 oil on panel 75.00

This oil painting is fresh off the easel and you can see the glare off of the oil surface.  I will have to take another picture of it tomorrow when its a bit dryer. 

UFFE CHRISTOFFERSENS ATELIERBLOG OM MALERIET "THE BEACH TIGERS"

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Til det store maleri “The Beach Tigers” 2 x 5 m. maler jeg 9 små billeder med det samme motiv.
30 x 75 cm.

Hørrets naturlige farve er en neutral grund som giver mig mulighed for at tegne motivet op med kridt. Kridt er godt at arbejde med, fordi jeg kan blive ved med at rette tegningen til, indtil den er klar til farverne. Derefter erstatter jeg kridtstregen med en mørk farve.

Det rå hørlærred, kaldes på fransk “Lin Fresque”.

Watercolor on gessoed paper $45.00

This little guy looks tired to me so I decided he can be called "sleepy". If you have fish you know some of them are always swimming fast and darting around then there are those that kinda hide under stuff and only come out when your not around.  This fish is just a little tired and  he is hanging out near the bottom of the pond.  

Acrylic on wood, 8 by 8" $50.00  s & h $5.50 ....shantmarie@aol.com for purchase information,   Pay pal, credit cards and checks accepted.

This is another painting from my blue Monet series.  I wanted to add a little lavender color to the blue and see how I liked it.   Lavender somehow makes me think more of a fantasy world.  These paintings are a bit soft and I didn't allow too many hard lines and I think this makes it a bit more surreal.

I've been very busy with my other projects and I have really had to plan and stay up late or wake up early to get these daily painting completed. I will up date you on those project as they are completed.

8 by 12 watercolor  $80.00

This is painted on gessoed masonite  & it has been sprayed with a fixative so it can be framed without glass.   I have spent a lot of time lately looking at ponds and I guess it was just a matter of time before I painted a pond.  With any good pond there has to be fish so I painted a few Koi to splash around.

I've had lots of fun painting the Monet series lately but I have to admit it.... one of the paintings didn't quite turn out as well as I would have wanted.  Every one has a bad day at times and I'm not blaming my brother  BUT... I have told him numerous times "Don't come over while I'm painting"  but  some folks including my relatives think painting for me is like eating...  They think it looks so easy and I paint so fast that I could do it in my sleep.  The think you can still paint well while having a conversation about something as insignificant or nutty as, say.. the problems of ebay or the election or even the compost heap.  You get the idea.   For me this is not true.

As an intuiative painter I have to be in my own space. but not wanting to be rude... I start in with the painting trying to get back to where I was before the compost heap became so important that he walked across the street to tell me about it.

 I'm standing at the easel looking down at my painting  trying to figure out where I was going next thinking it is almost done and as he talked and talked and talked, I kept mixing and mixing and mixing.  Now, anyone who paints knows this alone is a recipe for a major mud fest.  Even I knew when I was mixing it this can't be good, but I kept trying, I painted and  mixed and painted and remixed, trying to make it work, while occasionally saying  "  "right"  "Yeah?"  " really "  "Hm".   The only color I was really getting of course was gray and no real values... so after he left, I took the painting outside to dry and this little painting must have had 1/2 inch of paint on it.  Three days later and I'm pretty sure it isn't dry yet.  I should have scraped it off but I didn't have the heart.

Oil  on masonite panel, 8 by 10" $75.00

This is the Oil painting I did last night for the Monet series.   Its the first oil I have done in this series.

I decided to do it in blue. Maybe I'll do one in lavender, I like blue and lavender together so we'll see.

Acrylic on wood , 8" by 10 " $75.00, Cool Waters was painted as part of  my tribute to Monet series. 

It didn't photograph well and there is a bit of glare on the photo.   I painted two of these today, you'll have to come back tomorrow to see the other one. Their both in blue.

I'm writing the "Ten commandments  for the daily painter"... If you have any ideas, send  them to me as an email shantmarie@aol.com

Don't laugh but I have painted this painting three times. I'm not sure why I find it intriguing but I do. Now don't get me wrong I have changed a few things each time and they are all a bit different yet very much a like. Perhaps its like having the same dream, you don't know why that happens either.. but it does.  I love these colors and the idea of the path and the trees...

Watercolor on paper, 11 by 15 $150.00

 Bachelor's Buttons, a Wood Pecker and an old stump.

This piece was inspired by the wood peckers that come to my house to eat suet.   I assume this bird is a he, its a beautiful bird with a touch of red on his head.  He is very comical, he walks up and down the tree trunk, I guess looking for bugs or whatever and when I come outside he just walks around to the other side of the tree. 

Last night I painted three little cherries and I painted them and I painted them again and again... never quite getting the look I wanted, I painted them so much they looked overworked and tired. So I put them to bed and today I am posting this abstract in their place.  Sometimes a small little thing can get the best of you. I 've painted lots of Cherries, I know their image, have it right there in my minds eye, I can see their color, shape, highlights and pretty much can paint them in my sleep. Why? why? why is it that even though you can paint something over and over again at a drop of a hat... at times you can't. Guess it was just one of those days. I did paint a bit on my larger Koi painting which you might check into.. http:// h20color.wordpress.com  Its coming along and only needs some final tweaking.