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how to survive November 2017 #1 by BLOGitse

November came and snow left :)

  Hi everyone! The snow we got last week is all gone but November is here and it’s time to create images for How to survive November 2017 by Lepis. Theme is ‘SHADOWS and REFLECTIONS’ My first image, a shadow of a hand…     This image is for Paint Party Friday and Theme Art

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eyes in black by BLOGitse

oh no, we got first snow!

  But before snow pics here’s ‘eyes in black’ I draw with pencil for Paint Party Friday       It was hard to get black good black with pencil…       For Theme Art challenge in October 2017 ‘domino abstract’ here’s the collage of all six together.     Before snow leaves looked

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autumn red by BLOGitse

it’s autumn…

  Hi everyone! We can see it, we can feel it, autumn.   Soon nights will be below zero…   I walk and shoot photos at the same time…       The picture above inspired me to paint with watercolors…   hahah, not very good but it was meditative to play with colors…  

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my first ikebana by BLOGitse

my first Ikebana

Hi everyone! What a busy week I’ve had. Mon-Tue in Stockholm, Sweden, Wed met a friend here in Helsinki, Thu hair cut, today we’re having dinner guests…so my post is very short today.   Last Saturday I participated in ikebana for beginners course. It was very interesting but to really know how to make beautiful

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name:URL option commenting by BLOGitse

about: commenting, abstract, painting

  Hi everyone!   About leaving a comment. If you’re a Blogspot blogger you see this kind of list of options for others to leave comments:     Here I click name/URL option and after that it looks (sorry in Finnish!) like this     So here – as a human being – I need

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a painting by Santiago Ydáñez by BLOGitse

animals

  Hi everyone! On holiday in Málaga, we visited CACmálaga – Contemporary Art Center of Málaga   I was staring this huge 240 x 300 cm (94 x 118 in) painting by Santiago Ydáñez     Look at these eyes. Especially the left eye, amazing!       My early bird is from another planet,

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this and that after holidays…

  Hi everyone! Now it’s over – all summer holidays. We came back on Monday from Greece + Spain holiday. I tried to do some drawing, painting but I couldn’t really concentrate… So I forget September’s 29faces challenge this time. Here’s one I did for fun, one line drawing of Einstein 🙂     Theme

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bright night 20.6.2017 at 22 29 pm by BLOGitse

natural light nights in Finland…

It’s midsummer weekend, midnight sun, the sun remains visible… I shot this the other evening     Check how it looks in Northern Finland   Utsjoki: Tie970 − Nuorgam − Tenojoki: Play lifetime   Here’s a google map showing the web cam location Nuorgam, Lapland, Finland       On Wed 21.6.2017 at 7:24 it

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peony bud 9.6.2017 by BLOGitse

water + color…

    together is watercolor 😆   Last couple of days have been SUNNY and WARM!   I bought a pile of 300 g paper from England. Oh, and have I painted – yes, yes, yes! I really like that paper and I must, must order more of it before all 100 sheets are gone……..

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one of my suns by BLOGitse

Fri 9.6.2017 sunrise 3:59 – sunset 22:42

  and we have full moon today here in Southern Finland! I wake up every morning 5 am because it’s so bright (I get up later though).   We’ve been painting outside walls, planted grass seeds (hopefully good ones), organizing furniture and stuff inside… This sun we bought from Egypt when we lived in Cairo…

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