Pierre-Auguste Renoir was born in 1841. His art career began as an apprentice painter of porcelain, but by the end of the 19th century. he was one of the leading Impressionists.
Here is one of my favorite paintings he did. It is hanging in Washington DC as part of the Phillips Collection. It is also featured in Susan Vreeland's novel where she reveals a cast of characters.
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| Boating Party Luncheon |
I've said before that I LOVE QUILTS! They are works of art, and to me they are fabric collages.
I am not a quilter. To qualify that statement, I have 4 unfinished quilts in various stages of unfinishedness stored in closets (I did have 5, but I recently tore one apart & passed the batting on to someone to put to good use). But I have one neighbor & several friends who regularly turn out works of quilted art.
These are examples of friend Diana's work. Years ago she turned me on to the complementary colors of blue & orange , & I see she is still working in this combination (bottom table runner).
Simple design, dramatic color combo.
Well, we've spent a lot of time in the house these last months (year), what have you done to keep your sanity? I hope you have created something.
I discovered YouTube months before this COVID thing, and regularly cruise it for journaling ideas.
I stopped at Treasure Books with Natasa recently & found her making pockets/tucks to add to the corners of journal pages. Just as easy as 1, 2, 3: start with a torn book page, add one scrap of paper, one scrap of fabric, one image. But I added 5. It was great fun, & very quickly I had a stack.
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| Corner tuck/pockets |
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| Close-up of some of the other images that I used. |
