A fresh new start! New computer, new hard drive, all systems go. Ready and Waiting – for new photographs of gorgeous gardens, flirty flowers, abstract art and more treasured memories!
Abloom Today debi riley art photograph
feature my patio Christmas cactus in bloom early this morning
with a lovely white blossom looking like angel wings
and a popping Hot! pink bloom,
fresh after a night’s rainstorm.
Hot Pink Cactus Today debi riley photograph
Ethereal. Let me be completely honest! It it is not exactly what I was aiming for this morning as I took the photographs. It began as I was ………… Rereading my book Orientalism: Delacroix to Klee. The book opened to Charles Conder’s Moonlight at Mustafa 1892 oil painting in which I felt the magic […]
Wednesday rolls around, you’re busy. Work, holiday shopping and a ‘To Do’ list a mile long. You want to take a break. Why read about watercolor Stainers, right Now? Can’t I see that you Are Busy!! Hmm. Good point. You have me on that one. No. I don’t have a life altering answer like, […]
The Lily. Loveliness of form, lithe and ever so long lasting. Many might shun this most elegant of flowers. Thinking of mortality. I never do. The Arum lily, Calla lily. Or “Zante de schia aethiopica” a flower originating from Southern Africa. I guess many now, associate this glorious flower with sadness and mourning. […]
Fresh, Loose, Luminous impressionist watercolors full of color. And Look, There’s No mud! How?
promises…with her gorgeous sea greens, as they flash into deep near violet ultramarine. Oil paints in cobalt teal and ultramarine blue sing, as only sea sirens can.
Watercolors can be simplified into 3 basic edges soft, medium and sharp. And the tricky edge… is of course the in between one. Come on and I’ll explain a few fast beginner pointers that will help! Watercolor – Soft edges, Medium edges, Hard edges Why should we care about watercolor edges? What is the relevance? […]