Here you will find some experimental drawings from a few years ago. Go to lunchticket.org and find the Summer/Fall 2016 issue. Under Art in the Table of Contents look for drawings of barn owls.
visual artist
Saying it with a Flower
Here's a gift from a garden.
© Diana Carulli
Laughing Poppy!
© David Kernow
The Manhattan Solstice
The Manhattan Solstice, or Manhattanhenge, occurs when the sun aligns with the east-west street grid of the New York City island. It happens four times each year, on dates that are evenly spaced before and after the solstice. Best enjoyed from one of the wide cross streets, viewers can see a setting half sun tonight; tomorrow they will see a full sun setting across the urban canyon. Similar spectacles will occur July 11th and 12th.
In winter there is an inverse Manhattanhenge. The rising sun aligns with the street grid on dates spaced around the winter solstice; approximately December 5th and January 4th.
Flaunting Her Own Colors
The female red-winged blackbird is often overlooked because of her earthy, brownish feathering. This subtle coloring works well as a camouflage in concealing a nesting female bird.
The dictionary I use defines 'brown' as "any of a group of colors between red and yellow in hue, of medium to low lightness, and of moderate to low saturation."
© Ian Suzuki
This female red-winged blackbird has beautiful reddish-yellow highlights amid various shades and tints of brown.
Here's the more well-known and easily identified male of the species.
Red-Winged Blackbird
Red-Winged Blackbird takes the air
Very spruce and debonnaire.
And he flaunts to all beholders
Scarlet feathers on his shoulders.
Grace Taber Hallock (1893 - ?) American
A Visit from a Full Moon on Christmas Eve
It's the first Christmas full moon since 1977 and a very hazy one at that!
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La Liberté Guidant le Peuple - Eugène Delacroix
Jan Lievens
Jan Lievens, a Dutch painter, son of a tapestry worker, was born on October 24, 1607. He began a formal study of art at the age of eight and two years later was formally apprenticed to Pieter Lastman. Lievens was working as an independent artist at the age of twelve. This early display of talent made him a celebrity and brought him attention from influential political figures.
Self Portrait of Jan Lievens (private collection)
From 1626 to 1631 Lievens collaborated with Rembrandt van Rijn, sharing models, subject matter, and possibly a studio. Lievens painted several portraits of Rembrandt. His work has often been confused with that of Rembrandt; it was only in the twentieth century that "The Feast of Esther," long attributed to Rembrandt, was finally determined to be the work of Lievens.
The Feast of Esther
Jan Lievens
North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, North Carolina, U.S.A.
Lievens subjects range from formal portraits to character studies, classical mythology, Biblical scenes, and landscapes.
Landscape with Hagar and the angel
Jan Lievens
Musée de Beaux-Arts, Rouen, France
At the age of 31 Lievens was invited to the British court. Later, he served as a court painter in The Hague and in Berlin. He returned to Amsterdam in 1655 and died there in 1672.
The Blue Moon Rising
The moon doesn't make its appearance over our neighbors' rooftop until about 35 minutes after moonrise.
Tonight's full moon fits the modern definition of a "blue moon." It's the second full moon of the month. An older definition of "blue moon" notes that it is the third full moon out of four within a season.
Is it possible to have only two full moons within three months? Go to earthsky.org for questions and answers about "blue moons" and full moons.
Three Hundred and One Years Ago
I could have announced a real tricentennial if only I had started to read this book (for the ... tenth? time) in July of last year.
"On Friday noon, July the twentieth, 1714, the finest bridge in all Peru broke and precipitated five travellers into the gulf below. ... The bridge seemed to be among the things that last forever; it was unthinkable that it should break. The moment a Peruvian heard of the accident he signed himself and made a mental calculation as to how recently he had crossed by it and how soon he had intended crossing by it again."
Thornton Wilder, The Bridge of San Luis Rey
This well-thumbed paperback has a very early review of the book on it first page noting that "THE BRIDGE OF SAN LUIS REY has its setting in Lima, Peru, two centuries ago."
A Summertime Feast for the Eyes
Giovanna Garzoni was a successful artist of the early 17th century. This is her 'Chinese Porcelain Bowl with Cherries.'
National Pencil Day - an "unofficial" holiday for writers and artists
It's time for another "unofficial" holiday. Today, March 30th, is National Pencil Day. I can't tell you who or what is responsible for the origin of this day, but it interests me as I try to fill in a part of my education. I've been learning about and experimenting with different grades of pencils for drawing. When thinking about pencils, most of us imagine the bright yellow, wood-encased instrument with a graphite tip and an eraser on the opposite end. We call these 'lead' pencils even though they do not contain lead. The 'lead' is really graphite that is mixed with varying amounts of clay to produce grades of hardness and blackness. In pencil grading a 6H is harder than a 4H which is harder than a 2H. The blackness grading scale is similar. My 8B pencil produces a blacker line than the 6B. There is also an F grade and this refers to a pencil that can be sharpened to a very fine point.
The image shown here gives you some idea of pencil gradations. If you look closely you may be able to see the paw prints of an inquisitive cat.
Pencils are great. You don't need electricity or a battery. Pencils will work even when held upside down. They won't freeze and they work under water (so I'm told).
You can find some notable pencil users in an internet search. Over 300 pencils were used in the writing of John Steinbeck's East of Eden. Vladimir Nabokov wrote and rewrote everything in pencil. In his 1957 novel Pnin (which I haven't read) there is a descriptive and well-imagined reference to the use of a pencil sharpener.
"With the help of the janitor he screwed onto the side of the desk a pencil sharpener -- that highly satisfying, highly philosophical implement that goes ticonderoga-ticonderoga, feeding on the yellow finish and sweet wood, and ends up in a kind of soundlessly spinning ethereal void as we all must."
Vladimir Nabokov, Pnin [1957]
Spring is headed our way - along with a little snow!
The calendar says that spring will be here tomorrow. The weather forecast doesn't encourage thoughts of vernal growth and greenery. Another snowstorm is headed our way.
"Spring is coming, didn't you know? Oh yes, it's up to ten below."
Anita McLean Washington
Get Ready for Pi Day
Saturday, March 14, 2015 will be a special day for pastry lovers and math fans. On 3/14/15 at 9:26:53 a.m. (and p.m.) the time and date will mirror the first ten numerals of the "transcendental" number, and mathematical constant, pi. This happens only once in a century. Pi represents the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter. No matter how many times I read about transcendental numbers, I can't really understand what they are. I simply know that the term appeals to me. That's π.
Even if you loathed geometry class you might enjoy taking advantage of the specials at pastry and pizza shops on Pi Day.
Wake Up! You've Got Mail!
Mr. Groundhog, you know there's another day in the bleak month of February that's even more widely observed than Groundhog Day. While you were snoozing away in your warm little den the world celebrated Valentine's Day. Wake up, Mr. Groundhog, you've got mail!
Oh, by the way, you were right about six more weeks of winter.
Six More Weeks of Winter
Once again Punxsutawney Phil, "prognosticator of all prognosticators," saw his shadow on Groundhog Day. So we're in for six more weeks of winter.
November 22
Saint Cecilia with an Angel
Orazio Gentileschi, around 1618 - 1621
