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Abstract: Brandon Flower
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Bryant: Rockies need to grow from this experience – MLBESPN – Oct 29, 2007And so the Rockies’ postseason ascent ended not like a flower in full bloom but like a parachute that didn’t open. For the players and the organization, .
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Abstract: Flower Garden
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Abstract: Hawaii Flower
Tag: Hawaii Flower
Most of us have a favourite flower. We plant them in our
gardens, we buy them at the florist, we are given them as
bouquets to celebrate a a birthday, anniversary or to wish us a
speedy recovery. Unfortunately, most blooms have a short life. I
adore flowers and as an artist, I have learned to preserve
something of their essence in a flower painting forever. If you
have ever wished you could do this with a favourite bloom, then
read on.
Flower painting has a wonderful history. Botanical art has been
used to document numerous species of flowers and plants. There
is something very satisfying and magical about painting a flower
and preserving just what it was like forever. Of course, flower
photographs can do the same but when you paint you have the
added pleasure of carefully examining the curves and colours of
each petal, stamen, stem and leaf. You have to observe the way
the light catches the flower and use this information to give it
a 3D presence on your paper. By painting flowers, you get to
know them intimately.
I would advise anyone wanting to start painting to begin with
their favourite flower, no matter how complex it might seem. By
choosing your favourite, you will be motivated to try again to
render it well. Your feelings have a better chance of being
transferred into your flower painting too. When a flower
painting makes you gasp, it is because it initially did the same
for the artist and they have found a way of sharing that with
you. It doesn’t matter if your attempts aren’t perfect. Each
time you try you will become further familiar with it’s shape. It
will seem easier to paint and you will notice major about the
nuances of colour and the way light can affect it.
Of course, there are some useful techniques which might help you
learn flower painting. Many excellent art books have been
written about this topic and your bookstore will certainly have
several. But be wary of simply copying another artists’
techniques. You may be surprised to find that you are less
satisfied with the results than you are with simply observing
your favourite flower and perfecting your vision of it with each
attempt.
Try drawing with different materials, have fun and keep all your
attempts. You will be encouraged to see how your vision and
skill improves simply by practise. I use pastels, both the soft
powdery ones and the deliciously oily variety. I love them
because of their beautiful range of colours, from very pale to
vibrant hues. I can extend this even further by overlaying thin
veils of colour, allowing the underneath ones to sing through.
Or perhaps you could try watercolour? This has long been a
favourite of flower painters and botanical artists and for good
reason. The way you can allow one luscious colour to randomly
bleed into another, just as it does in nature, is very
mouth-watering!
As you can tell, I am fanatical about flower painting but I do
hope I have managed to awaken a little curiosity in you. Have a
go! What have you to lose?
About the author:
Theresa Evans is a flower artist. Her flower paintings can be
seen or her website http://www.flowerportfolio.com where you can
sign up for her free e-course on flower painting. She is also
available for commissions of a favourite flower.
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The speed of the internet has profoundly changed many (or most) people’s perceptions of writing and publishing. It has affected our sense of TIME.
Everything is accelerated. If we can copy and paste a story or article and submit it via e-mail within a matter of minutes then is seems strange to still have to wait a few months for response. We’ve come to expect quick results in cyberspace.
It’s easy to forget, as we’re staring at computer-generated characters and interacting with an animated screen, that we’re still sending our work out to another human being. That person has their own schedule, their own set of opinions and values when it comes to stories, articles, and poems.to sum it up, they have a life away from the computer. The internet is the medium, not the message.
Microsoft word has helped foster the illusion that anyone can be a writer. Who needs to learn spelling and grammar when the program can find and fix such errors? Again we have a distortion of our sense of time. Instead of building up our talent, and nurturing our ability over a long period of trial and error, we want to plow right in to that foremostseller.
The reality is that creativity follows its own rhythms, a natural ebb and flow. The process by which a writer’s life experience percolates inside and then bursts forth in a new form is something that can be forced only at great cost to the work.
Consider “The Lord of the Rings”, the most influencial fantasy of the last century. J.R.R. Tolkien labored over that novel for twelve years. Readers nowadays might cry: “What a waste! Imagine what he could have done with modern technology!” when they hear that he spent an entire year simply hammering out a final typescript.
What is seldom pointed out, though, is that this massed painstaking process allowed him to carefully consider EVERY WORD that he set down in type. And fifty years after their publication, those words still ring with power and wonder.
Perhaps its a blessing that he didn’t have spell-check.
The bottom line for writers is this: technology in many ways HAS made our work easier. It’s done away with some of the grind, so we can likewise fully devote our energy to the creative process. Now if we can only keep in mind that that process works according to its own timetable. Lets not try to force it to keep up with the speed of our machines.
About The Author
Seth Mullins is the author of “Song of an Untamed Land”, a novel of speculative fantasy in lawless frontier territory. Visit Seth at http://authorsden.com/sethtmullins.
Bend WeeklyA Greener View: Clivia plants will bloom with proper careBend Weekly, OR – Apr 13, 2007The last few years they’ve had virtually no stalk and only stunted little flower heads buried deep in the crown of leaves. .
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