Everything About Paris

Everything About Paris

Peacock Peace , acrylic, Jean Hart Artwork  

 

In 2006, Paris added a new museum featuring:

1. Food and Wine

2. Gargoyles

3. African and Asian Art

4. Lawn gnomes

 

 

3. African and Asian Art

While some may argue there's much need for a major lawn gnome museum, we certainly don't know of any in the works in Paris. The new museum of African and Asian art is a 2006 addition to Quai Branley, near the Eiffel Tower. It is Paris's first and only museum dedicated to African and Asian art.

 

The building alone is a work of art. I would put this on my list of must see when in Paris.

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Be Inspired,

~jean

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Technical Tuesday Giraffe

Technical Tuesday

I have been asked by a lot of people if I give art lessons.

My answers is, no. I do not give lessons for many reasons. If you have been folllowing me for awhile, then you know my story. If you are new, then I will tell you quickly. I love art, there is now doubt about that. I came to art late in life and have only taken a few classes myself. I read art books, watch videos, go to workshops. My style and technique is wild and unperdictiable. When I find a new book I do all the exercises in it. I am what the art criqutics call "A Outersider" artist. With no real schooling in art or a degree to teach art, I do not feel I am able to give you the best tools to learn correctly.

What I can offer you though is encouragement, enthusiasium for art and an understanding of triumph and failure. These are exercises that I have done. With every exercise you do you will get use to the names of colors, and instructions and techniques.

I once went to the Northeastern Nevada Museum and painting their giraffe they have there.

It's real and it's tall.

I am thinking of going to the museum again and painting another animal this fall.

I hope these Technical Tuesdays are helpful for you.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

 

Today we are going to draw a giraffe.

this instruction come from

Eileen Sorg,

1. apply a base layer of dark yellow with yellow ochre fro darker areas. Suggest shadows on and around the with light blue violet. Note the shadow cast by the chin on to the neck. Now use reddish brown for the stem and olive green for the leaves.

2. Apply light umber to further deepen the periwinkle shadows, fill in the spots, and add ridges around the eyes. Brighten the giraffe with mineral orange, filling in more spots and adding more hair along the neck.

3. To finish, fill in the eyes and those bong lashes with black. Use black to darken the nostrils, dark tufts of hair, and other shadows.

Thank You new April Friends

Many, many thank yous!

Welcome all my New Friends who have come to join me during the month of April. Thank YOU ALL!!

Jean Hart Artwork continues to grow only because you allow me to share my artwork, thoughts, and life.

I am so grateful that you have supported my blog. With deep  respect and gratitude,  understand that I do this blog with my whole heart and soul.

Feel free to comment and share when you feel moved to. I love interesting conversations and would love to hear from all of you.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

 

 

EARTH Soul Coaching

EARTH

SOUL COACHING

I'm doing this little book by

Denise Linn

 

good morning,,,,this is me, even before my first cup of coffee.
 

 

 

Be Courageous...
Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage.
~ Anaïs Nin ~ This is my last week on this program. I'm just a bit sad to see it come to an end. But as I read the introduction I see I have no time for that..

Earth week, Clearing your physical self.

This comes just in time for me to paint my next painting for the Element Show, "Earth".

 

There will be no time to rest during this week it looks like. While I am still cleaning, with all the home machines running. I just finished cleaning, decluttering under my bathroom sink. YUCK!!!! why do I keep everything that comes to me...half used bottles of shampoo, old bars of soap, I must have found 5 hairbrushes, a curling iron, I've never used, some other mysteries tubes of  creams!!!

Which brings to mind the question, "Do you ever look in someones medicine cabinet when you use their bathroom?"   Well, it's all cleaned up and out now.

 For the next seven days, focus on the physical nature of your environment.

During Earth week,

Become more connected to your body. (I looking for a STRETCH CLASS, not yoga though."

Attend to your health, (I made many Dr. Appointments)

Detoxify your body.( learning to drink lemon water)

Understand how to use your body's physiology. ( exercising)

Connect more fully with nature.(watered my plants)

Create a home for your soul.( OK, strange as this sounds, I want to make my own urn.)

Take action for a positive future.

Today is day 22, Earth, Connecting with your body.

Affirmation for the day

"I am one with the earth. I am one with my body."

There is a long list to help with making an accurate body assessment,

After I went through this list I discovered that YES, it was time to get physical and take action to take care of my body. So, Dr. appointments were made.

Eye, Dentist, Gynecologist, Monogram, Dermatologist.

Here's something  fun,  I called my Mary Kay associate and planned a party for next week.

We will have fun food, wine and girl time.

Facials, and make up expert advice.

I'm also making a promise to myself to regularly take my blood presser to keep on top of that too.

That's filled up my calendar for this week,

Have fun with this.

Soul Coaching has been a great help for me.

I welcome you to join in with me.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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TECHNICAL TUESDAY

TECHNICAL TUESDAY

Today we will make a quick drawing of a snail. This exercise comes from Ed Tadem.

As an artist I draw everyday. My exercises are small. Just something in pencil. These quick studies are not meant to be framed but to loosen up my fingers and hand. I sometimes just start with swirls on the page, lines, criss crosses and when I'm ready I will get out a clean paper and start an exercise.

I like this exercise because circles are hard and the more you practise them the more they become balanced. Do not try for perfection with this exercise, more just let you pencil flow.

• Draw a misshapen circle for the shell; then add the neck, head, and tentacles.
• refine the basic shapes, defining the tentacles and adding the spiral pattern to the shell. Indicate a slime trail.
• continue refining shapes and begin shading, adding radial lines and spots to the shell. Build up the darks, deepening the shading and creating the ridged texture of the shell. And he's off.
• After I completed my exercise I continued by bring in some color with my color pencils.
• Have fun with this.
• 

   
• Be Inspired,
• ~Jean
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a brave butterfly

I enjoy putting words and music to my artwork,
Please enjoy this little story of a brave butterfly.
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Blue Monday-finding sublimity in our surroundings

Blue Monday

Rise and shine!

It's Monday.

Raise yourself out of the past and into a new day.

Look who has come to join me for breakfast.

It's hard to feel too blue when I look out my window and see this.

How can you not look at nature and not be inspired?

Walt Whitman said,"A morning glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books."

What would the landscape look like without nature. Surely what would artists paint, photographers shoot or poets write about.

Here's a thought for today.

Without nature what would the major master pieces of artwork be?

Nature is everywhere, landscapes, seascapes, animals.

Now think, what is the rest of the artists painting if not nature?

My guess is the relationship people have to nature, abstract, man-made structures and feelings.

Nature has colors and shapes we can all relate to easily. Without too much thought we recognize trees, mountain, oceans.

A question for today,

Why do humans feel so moved and inspired by nature?

Today's challenge is for you to draw something in nature to moves you in an inspired way.

Be Inspired,

~Jean

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Matt Hart Made the newspaper

Matt made the newspaper!
I am so proud of him.
Please enjoy his story.
http://elkodaily.com/lifestyles/the-art-of-folding-origami-grows-into-more-than-a/article_649a0c98-6739-11e2-8f9f-001a4bcf887a.html?fb_action_ids=3752018939596&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_ref=.UQRf61ZFkR0.like&fb_source=aggregation&fb_aggregation_id=288381481237582