Art, Wit and Wildife

It started with a friend (a Facebook friend). She's quite an arty person and decided to create a group for all things arty. I was apparently to be in this group. The artiness commenced with a whimper rather than a bang. There was myself and another man exchanging pieces of art and commenting on them. One day I made a disparaging remark about modern art and got into an argument with an individual and was subsequently accused of being aggressive. Me? So I was to leave the group, but it had already happened. I had seen the most beautiful and unattainable woman ever. Unattainable because she was a goddess on a painting hundreds of years old. Here she is though, see what you think?

 

She's Venus, the goddess of love, as painted by Boticelli. Anyway I thought she was 'a bit smart'. It happened again though, and if you haven't heard of the Venus, I bet you've heard of the Girl with the Pearl earring. I don't have much luck on crushes, what with her living hundreds of years ago and in another country..

Enough  about my slightly insane crushes and onto the art that got me onto art before I saw either of those two pictures. Oh it's wonderful to meander about and have people wonder where I'm going. I'm sure everyone has heard of Escher, Dali, etc. Well there are some other, wonderful illusionists, who combine beautiful painting with impossibility and confusion. For example Rob Gonsalves paints the impossible and money from art, he does! The likes of U.S. Senators purchase his work. Good if you have the money

 

Painting is a big hobby, I even have a bash myself, to general consternation throughout the household. Being a big fan  of pastels means I'm a big producer of dust, that goes everywhere.. and it smudges. I'm thinking of going to coloured pencils for a while. A keep hearing about a 'white' pencil for burnishing the work, but I don't have a clue what  it is. The exclamation marks suggest that it isn't an ordinary white pencil. The inner child brings out the wax crayons from time to time and they do mix well with the pencil. I am no art expert though, so don't expect any great insights or painting tips, I can only really tell you what I've read, been told or found out, for that reason I would advise you that it is likely to be wildly inaccurate and possibly dangerous.

 

 But next time, before the summer is gone, we may play out and spend some time with a countryside ranger and a gathering of weird and wonderful happenings,and we may visit our defunct shop and mention our brand new magazine, but only if you're good.