CREATIVE ARTS WEEKEND
I will occasionally post a historic work of art, some famous and others maybe not so well-known, as a bit of inspiration.
The first piece I am posting is View of Delt by Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675), which hangs in the Mauritshuis Museum in The Hague, the Netherlands. It is one of the great works of art. When I was at the Mauritshuis I studied View of Delft for a very long time and could not pull myself away from it. I have visited art museums in many different countries, and View of Delt is the most beautiful painting I have ever stood before.
POST YOUR CREATIVE WORKS!!!!
RED BOX RULES: AN IMPORTANT REMINDER
From time-to-time, I should remind all members of NT, etc., that when posting photos, artwork, etc., it's important, when posting, that you own, and/or legally represent the licensing, copyright, etc., of what you post, and TO PROTECT YOUR WORK, TO INCLUDE YOUR COPYRIGHT SYMBOL/INFORMATION; and/or, WHEN POSTING COPYRIGHTED PROPERTY BELONGING TO PARTIES OTHER THAN YOURSELF, TO …
• BE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO POST, TRANSMIT, etc, SUCH PROPERTY, and,
• IF/WHEN SUCH PERMISSION HAS BEEN GRANTED, TO PROPERLY AND CLEARLY ATTRIBUTE THE COPYRIGHTS TO THEIR RIGHTFUL OWNER(S).
VERY IMPORTANT … IN THE FUTURE, I WILL REMEMBER TO POST THIS CAVEAT REGULARLY.
Thanks, A. MAC
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SPECIAL THANKS TO BUZZ FOR ALL OF HIS EFFORTS KEEPING THE CREATIVE ARTS WEEKEND ARTICLE GOING FOR THE LAST 10 MONTHS!!!
And thanks to A. Mac and Buzz for having confidence in me. I will try my best.
Thank you. You're doing a fine job with it - carry on.
For laughs, I bought this T-shirt when I came to China 20 years ago in order to "fit in". I have NEVER worn it.
Wishing this feature well!
A. Mac
That's pretty funny. I didn't see anyone wearing any Chairman Mao paraphernalia when we were in China.
Please post your wonderful work whenever you can!
Mac, it is good to see you.
Peace.
Nor have I.
the detail of that 17th century painting is unbelievable. it's basically picture quality. how big is the actual canvas? the time and effort in the creative logistics to produce a piece like that is almost unimaginable.
You should see it in person. I was really overwhelmed. Even when we were viewing other paintings I had to keep coming back to look at it. It is approximately 38 x 45.5 inches.
Johannes Vermeer was one of the great Dutch Master painters. Only about 34 of his paintings are known to exist. I have seen several of them in different museums. His most famous painting is probably Girl with a Pearl Earring.
it threw me because I don't first associate this type of painting with the dutch master label. oh goody, another internet rabbit hole to fall into ...
... ugh, send me the link another way.
I posted a link to the complete works of Vermeer, but it doesn't work if you click on it, so I deleted it. If you want to see Vermeer's complete work, and I recommend that you do, google: Essential Vermeer - Complete Catalogue of the Painting of Johannes Vermeer. The Essential Vermeer website also details his biography.
thanks G
Try this link:
I still can't get over the complexity involved in the creation of that painting, and it's realistic detail, especially in that era ...
I really hope you get to see it in person sometime. You won't believe it, especially when you can study it close up. The reproduction, as good as it is, doesn't do it justice.
Yes, Buzz, thank you!!!
You're very welcome KatPen, and thanks for your consistent support of the Weekend articles.
Congrats on taking over such a coveted spot. I'm sure you'll do a fine job!
Thanks, Perrie! It should be fun.
Boats and Bridge, Ireland (© G.Gam)
wow, that's a masterpiece shot in it's composition, and would look great as a painting too ...
Thanks, dev.
I don't know much about art, but I know what I like, and I seem to have very expensive taste. that shot pushes all the buttons.
It has the primary colors- red, yellow and blue. It has foreground, near middle, middle, far middle and distant middle and far.
It has leading lines that draw the eye, especially the reflection of the bridge on the water at the right center... I think that is what sets it off.
But that is merely my opinion.
Regardless, it is a great picture G.
Thanks much.
I think I’ve been there.
holy crap, it is the same, based on the trees dead center at the far end. now please do your picture magic and make them look french impressionist ...
This is about as close as I can get to impressionist. Full disclosure - I used an AI expand editor on G’s photo. 😜
close, but not quite. that's your homework, create that editing software and become a millionaire, then send me a check for 15% - 20%.
Monet roped me into french impressionism with some of his later works when his eyesight was deteriorating. I spent hours at the art museum when his works went on tour at the turn of the century. I was mesmerized by the detail of some of his works at a distance, yet up close where he would see it as he created it, it was a collection of colored dots like it was pixelated, for lack of a better term. most of my favorite pieces of his feature that technique ...
I can describe a scene and churn out an impressionist version to get something similar.
oh yeah ...
That's a suiperb creation.
That is really nice.
how 'bout here? been there?
It would be cool to see that in person.
where my kids will scatter my ashes. it's a bit of a hot hike to get there now. navajo mountain is in the background.
we used the next canyon over to camp. satellite radio didn't work here, but we were in the shade most of the day.
A doorway I should have opened.
And one that I did.
I like both of those photos.
Thanks GG.
I think I’ve been there too!
You've been everywhere.
HOLY SMOKE!!!
That's great. Very cool.
nice. 60 years ago, you might have given neil a run for the money ...
Great start Gsquared and wishing you sustained success! I am not only giving you a "hand," I'm giving you both of my (actual) hands. On this particular occasion, I was tying on a lure for some bass fishing.
A. Mac/A.G.
Thank you, A. Mac. As I have said before, your art has been a tremendous inspiration to me. Please keep posting!
many years ago I took my kids to a park to play on the playground equipment. I picked a park that had a small lake because I was trying to learn how to "walk the dog" with a floating rapala. supposedly there were only suckers and carp in the lake. I hadn't had the lure in the weeds 3 feet from the shore in less than a foot of water for 2 minutes and a large mouth bass hits it. color me shocked, and it was a keeper, but I didn't, I released it. my 2nd son witnessed the event and soon parks with playground equipment placed 2nd to parks with lakes. later, he would become a bass master when I kept a boat at lake powell during the summers. that lake had monstrous small mouth, large mouth, and striped bass.
Morning...we have lots of small and large mouth things in the water too..
Say ahhhh!!!
My photos?? Not in your dreams...
stuff religion, who couldn't walk on water with either of those meat processors lurking under the surface ...
That's what I remember about Australia.
Morning...what's a chomp between friends..
It all helps keep the tourist numbers down..see look at Europe nothing exciting over there except buildings and history..and now tourist over crowding..and now tourist fees..
Not a problem here.. wildlife comes in very handy..
If it doesn't get you on land, can always rely on the sea..😁
I reckon the aussie diet of that foul veggy jam deters those meat eaters from eating them ...
All while thinking, "Too many pokey things"
"create an impressionist style image of a baseball game"
Co-pilot
Wish I could open that.
i will send you the image in a pn
It wouldn't open there either. When you copy an image from a site I can't open, like google, and then directly post it here I can't open it. If you copy it from google and poste it into your computer picture library, then copy it from there and then paste it here, I can open it.
ok
Sometimes I just do a screenshot and crop the photo from it. That will work every time. Like this:
Yes, that works too. JR sent me the image correctly this time as a PN. Great image. I learned to love baseball when the Blue Jays came to Toronto. When I was a kid I was the last one picked for a team when the kids played ball - they were right. LOL
Great work.
similar to van gogh was the first thing that came to me, or leaning post impressionist.
Very much post-impressionist.
No problem opening that one, but now because of my unfortunate propensity for gout, I can't drink it. Apparently whatever diet drinks use as a substitute for sugar is stlill a problem.
Morning...our friends from the sea have returned once again for their yearly visit to my town..
They come right into the harbour for a good look around before heading back out to sea again..
Ships and boats do the best they can to avoid them..
They are Southern Right Whales...
Not my photos unfortunately..
Then to the ships and boats they are "wrong" whales.
I went on 2 more train rides, this time in Virginia. Restored Norfolk & Western 611 pulled
trips in Stanton and Louisa Virginia. I have ridden many 611 trips but these were new routes
Thats a beauty.
611 has a 250-anniversary wrap.
I rode in this dome car. It was originally for the California Zepher train. It is labeled Shenandoah for
these trips. The car was saved from scrap by and owned for a time by Country singer Merle Haggard.
I'm glad to see that it was preserved. I think it's a mistake to trash so much of the history that a nation has. In China,, with 5000 years of history, it is very much venerated.
If it's Norfolk and Virginia, why the name California?
That is train it was built for, I think it was originally owned by Western Pacific Railroad. It ran from Chicago to San Francisco. Some restored cars keep original owner's name, and some get changed. .
Okay, got it.
Dome cars usually don't have sleeping quarters, Merle had a fold down bed installed.
The back wall folds down with a bed. This car has an interesting history
I always think your train photos are great.
I think charger 383 knows more about trains than any other NT member.
Gsquared and Buzz thank you
Closing this Creative Arts Weekend. Thanks everyone. It's been great!
See you all in a few days...