Cool blue bows on snow
Orange sears horizon’s edge
Nature’s filters light.
Fleeting Filters
17 Dec 2013 2 Comments
in Family Tags: cool blue bows on snow, filters, fleeting, nature's filters light, orange sears horizon's edge
Whose toy is this?
14 Dec 2013 2 Comments
in Family Tags: dazzle-bolt to share, lightning is your gift, shudder at phenomena, toy
What does the baby poet know?
13 Dec 2013 1 Comment
in Family Tags: as they blow, baby poet, bye-bye, grabbing of snowflakes, poetry
What is poetry?
But the grabbing of snowflakes
As they blow… bye and bye.
Poppies in Watercolor
12 Dec 2013 4 Comments
in Family Tags: crop, elements of composition, intimate, Poppies in Watercolor, scientific, the Jeanne Poland method of painting poppies
1 Pick a flower you want to be intimate with.
2 Wearing a blindfold, feel it with your hands. Pull petals off. Rub between finger tips.
3 Use only one color to better see the light through the petals.
4 Study a scientific diagram to see the actual anatomy.
Watch videos of poppies in a field, blowing.
5 Try to paint a silk poppy that doesn’t droop, dry out or change every day.
Draw it from above, below and eye-to-eye. Memorize the contours of stem, petals, stamen, etc
Do not allow the background color to dominate. Green enhances its opposite, red. Neutral colors contrast with the primaries.
Make the painting about the flower, not the other elements of the composition.
6 Make many sketches and be yourself.
7 Crop! crop! crop!
8 Show us.
Do zebras think in stripes?
12 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in Family Tags: behind their stripes, hide, in black and white, plucking toothpicks, think, zebras
Do zebras think in
black and white? Hide behind their
stripes: plucking toothpicks?
Syncopation Groove
11 Dec 2013 1 Comment
in Family, Uncategorized Tags: Amr Diab, flamenco, photo stream, rhythm of the moment, rumba, syncopation groove, The Mind's Eye
Jeanne’s Photo Stream for your viewing pleasure
The musician playing in the sound track is AMR DIAB. He comes from Egypt, and performs his song, “Nour El Ain” (The Mind’s Eye). The song blends Arabic Music with Gypsie King’s style rumba and flamenco.
The photos of family and friends can be found in my Blurb Books which you can preview for free at Blurb.com (Books by Jeanne Poland)
Enjoy the rhythm of the moments!
Initiative
10 Dec 2013 Leave a comment
in Family, Uncategorized Tags: begin, confirm, discern, exordium, ground, initiative, insert, introduction, proem, Silver Toes
Counting on me now:
to begin, initiate:
a new beginning!
The silent creator discerns the unique!
Light
09 Dec 2013 1 Comment
in Family Tags: blue, fireside candles in windows, indoor and outdoor, light, sunrise on snow, warm and cool
snow turns blue-sunrise;
indoor lights burn fireside
candles in windows.









