The Woods are Dark and Dangerous

🌳🌛 HI DARLINGS! VERY OFTEN WE CAN APPRECIATE A GOOD WORK THROUGH THE QUALITY OF ITS BACKGROUND.

Owlstation

I’ve been making more time to play in my sketchbook lately and draw things just for fun. Little, one off experiments based on references or prompts that I find particularly enticing and exciting. Raiding my Pinterest boards for images that have inspired me and then getting my art materials out to see what feels right.

Whilst not all of these experiments result in images I’m pleased with (aka ready to share on Instagram!) they’ve definitely been helping me develop my illustration skills and learn more about the mediums I work with. I was pleased with how this Crayola and pencil study turned out though…I added the owl separately after finishing the woodland background, sticking him on top collage style. I couldn’t resist adding a bit of typography underneath to encourage the story that was forming in my head!

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Sparta Puss Here

😽 💖 WELL BEAUTIES, KITTEN ARE A GRATEFUL MOTIF TO SKETCH.

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Greetings trained monkeys. Sparta Puss here. I’ve managed to get my paws on the pooter box while my hairless apes are preparing themselves for something called a Zoom Quiz. Idiots. I thought you’d like to see me. I’m posing with something called a buk. It is a special buk that the she-monkey pokes with a stick with dirt in it. She makes a mess then turns to me and says, “See Sparta. This is you”. She’s an idiot. But she gives me Dreamies. So I won’t trip her up on the stairs…………….yet…………………..

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Gentle Tribute 3

HI BEAUTIES, SAWA IS A GREAT ARTIST AND HER BLOG HAS A HUGE NUMBER OF VISITS AND VIEWS. THIS TIME HER DRAWINGS ARE VERY SUBTLE, LIKE ALL THESE MADE WITH COLORED PENCILS.

Angelart Star

☆☆☆ Haiku ☆☆☆

Dreamy girls smile
Immortal pure heart shines gently
Beautiful light forever

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Hi ! My dear wonderful followers and visitors ! Thanks always.
I am fine. I’m still on late summer holidays.
This time I contribute old pastel art and new haiku.
Same as last time I drew these artworks for tribute to P. Sato, an artist I respect.

My dear friends.
Thanks for your kindness and friendship.
I hope you stay safe and healthy always.
Angels bless you with peaceful glorious mind.
Best regards.
Have a beautiful week !

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just outside the window

🏠⛅🏠⛅🏠 HI SISTERS! AS YOU ALREADY KNOW ABSTRACTION IS OFTEN AMAZING.

forresting my cloud

our houses are flying through time

never stopping always flowing one big long sweeeeppppp of us

shining our way across the sky

All art, poetry, etc. on this site (unless otherwise noted) are by/© Katy Boyer & Blissbait Art. All rights reserved.

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17 de septiembre – Memoria de una lectura

📕 SO TRUE MY DARLINGS, WHEN WE REMIND A READING WE REVIVE SOME CHARACTERS IN OUR MIND. TODAY THESE AFTER A GREAT WORK BY DICKENS. FELICIDADES OLGA, TU DIBUJO ES EXQUISITO.

Espacio en blanco

Pip Pirrip y Estella Havisham.

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Caravaggio in Mexico City

👀 HELLO BEAUTIES! CARAVAGGIO WORKS ALWAYS ARE MAGNIFICIENT. THANKS TO MELANIE FOR HER REMINDING AND HER GREAT SKETCH.

Melanie Franz

I went to a Caravaggio exhibition at the Museo Nacional de Artes in Mexico City back in spring 2018.

I have to admit that I was a little bit disappointed (maybe also my fault as I did not look at the information properly), but they only had one painting by Caravaggio. The rest of the exhibit was about him in form of a multimedia show and artworks by other artists that got inspired by him.

Nevertheless, I learned a lot about his style and especially his use of light and shadow. The museum in general was definitely worth a visit, as it is in a stunning building. Especially the permanent exhibition was great. That´s where I spotted the little horses from yesterday.

Below my impression of the only painting by Caravaggio at the exhibition.

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I BISOGNI DELL’ARTISTA

🎨🇮🇹 HI LOVELIES ! ‘THE NEEDS OF THE ARTIST’. IT IS WORTH TRANSLATING THE TEXT OF THIS POST. .

I tesori di Amleta

I bisogni di un artista sono diversi da tutti quelli degli altri. Certo un artista mangia, dorme, va in bagno. Può avere delle cose e delle persone a cui tiene molto. Può avere interessi e hobby. Ma una cosa lo distingue profondamente da tutte le altre persone: il bisogno di stimoli. Un artista alimenta la propria arte da se stesso e da ciò che vede, conosce e sperimenta. Gli stimoli visivi, mentali, empirici sono profondamente necessari ad ogni artista perchè in mancanza di questi la sua linfa creativa si prosciuga. Infatti se un artista non è messo nelle condizioni di poter avere questi stimoli, che soddisfano i suoi bisogni, egli andrà spegnendosi lentamente. La sua fantasia, non venendo alimentata, diventerà arida e stenterà a dargli l’input per la creazione artistica. Così come un animale va morendo nei suoi istinti, se messo dentro una gabbia, un artista muore nella sua vita…

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Art in the Time of Coronavirus, or, “The Big Tree”

🌳💚🌳 HELLO SISTERS! IN MY OPINION A BURNED TREE IS LIKE A WOUNDED FRIEND. THIS IS A WONDERFUL WORK.

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It will not surprise you to hear I made myself a massive, hunker-down, shelter-in-place project, now nearly three-quarters completed.

In January I received the people’s choice award at a local juried show. One option for the award is an exhibit on a large wall above the checkout counter at a nearby public library. Before the lockdown went into effect, I made it over there to check out the space. One side of the wall is 24 feet wide, with about 6 feet of vertical space. There is also a smaller wall on the other side of a central doorway.

I’ve always meant to try one of my burned tree paintings on the lengthwise axis of a roll of watercolor paper — but been intimidated by the time commitment required. With my beloved wilderness off-limits, I knew I needed something demanding to do.

When completed it will be 22 feet long…

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don’t spin me right round

🎶👂HI LOVELIES! THE ART BY QUIXOTIC MAMA IS SO GENUINE AND HER WORDS FULL OF FEELINGS.

Quixotic Mama

the grooves are set
deep
so the song will play
flawlessly
he loves me
he loves me
not
he doesn’t want me
i fall apart
i put myself
back
together again…
the record spins
round
i recover
i always
recover
until the song plays
again.

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A conversation with an ODALISQUE

🎨 HI SISTERS! FOR A FEW YEARS, THAT I EXCHANGE FOLLOW-UP WITH DIEVCA BLOG. I THINK TODAY’S POST IS SPLENDID AND WONDERFUL. ENJOY!

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Lying on the bed, with the sun coming through the windows — dievca laps up the Sun’s energy like a cat absorbing Vitamin D. dievca could be on her back, her side, her belly — in whatever position Master has finished with her.

Master loves to see His dievca in this somnolent state and will watch her from afar for a few moments before coming back to bed and pulling her in for aftercare.

 Master calls dievca His ‘odalisque’.

Definition of ODALISQUE

1:  a female slave

2:  a concubine in a harem

Origin of ODALISQUE

First Known Use: circa 1681

The word “odalisque” is French in form and originates from the Turkish  odalık, meaning “chambermaid”, from oda, “chamber” or “room”.

Joan DelPlato has described the term’s shift in meaning from Turkish to English and French:

The English and French term odalisque (rarely odalique) derives from the…

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