New Post March 1

I can't belive it's been a month.  I've been very busy.  Perhaps, I'm not really a "Blogger" after all ?  I think they post every day.  Kind of like a diary.  And I believe you are supposed to post personal thoughts.  Well, the more I think about it,  I guess I really don't want to post my inner most thoughts for the whole world to see.  So I guess I shall stick strictly to Art for the time being.  I did find some other old pieces.  One was a palette knife work I had done of the Baths one of the times we went to the Virgin Islands.  My one and only palette knife work.  It was fun-- I should try it again!  Not very good- but fun.  The other is a picture of a little girl sitting on a dock with a Golden Retriever, of course -- in the picture -- which I guess is famous -- it is a Black lab.  Anyway, I painted it as my daughter, Michelle, and our dog, Beau, at the time.  I also found this old unfinished Manet painting and thought I might get some inspiration and try to finish it if I put it on my easel.  I will see how that goes.  Wish me luck,  it's been sitting around for a while!!!

Memories

While cleaning out my Art Studio closet I discovered some very old things that brought back some fond memories.  In 2011  our 50th highschool reunion will be held in Ambler, PA.  I found a few Pen and Ink drawings that I had done in 11th and 12th grade and sketches that had been done for our yearbook but  were never used.  We had one of those elderly cantankerous teachers that used his own photos instead of the student's drawings.  He was some kind of an encouraging teacher,huh?  Anyway, there is a picture there of our old Alma Mater which is no longer standing.  I think they put a small housing development there years ago.  It's hard for me to believe I was only 15 or 16 when I did these drawings, but I was and the paper shows it.  Please enjoy these drawings from 1960-61.  My first Pen & Ink is the old House and Tree.

Previous Post

I posted "Women In Art" from You Tube by Philip Scott Johnson.  It represents 500 years of Female Portraits in Western Art.  The Music:  Bach's Suite for Solo Cello No.1 G Major, BWV 1007 performed by Yo-Yo-Ma.  He was nominated for most creative video.  I don't really like morphing but it seems to work out well in this particular instance.  In fact, I think it is great--- that's why I put it on here!!! What do you think?  Many of you have probably already seen it?

Women In Art

Mambo Dog

One of my good friends sent me this to me and I , being a Golden Retriever lover, just couldn't resist putting it on my blog.  This is one of the cutest videos I have ever seen.  If you are a "Golden" lover or even if you just love dogs I'm sure you will enjoy this!  Please go to: http://www.wimp.com/mambodog/   Let me know if you enjoyed this as much as I did!!

Moving Guest Book

I'm moving my Guest Book up Front for all to sign.  Hope this makes it easier!

Problems Solved

I believe I have solved many of the problems I've been having making this Blog.  You should now be able to go to Picasa Album (on the right) click on it and get directly to all of the Art I have placed in Lee's Art.  You can also make it a slide show, enlarge or do whatever you'd like to see it better.  You should be able to make comments.  On the Blog itself most people will have to use anonymous when signing in.  I do hope you will share your opinion with me as it helps me decide what I should do to improve.  Thank you for being patient with a novice.