Saturday, October 4, 2008

Painting From A Painting


Girl With Turban
(by James Glackens )
Sure God created man before woman. But then you always make a rough draft before the final masterpiece. ~Author Unknown

If you are ever in doubt as to whether to kiss a pretty girl, always give her the benefit of the doubt. ~Thomas Carlyle

Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little. ~Samuel Johnson

No matter how happily a woman may be married, it always pleases her to discover that there is a nice man who wishes that she were not. ~H.L. Mencken

Women are never landlocked: they're always mere minutes away from the briny deep of tears. ~Mignon McLaughlin

6 comments:

gilga said...

Hi!

Must say am impressed with your brushwork! That's why I love van gogh, gauguin, matisse, they knew their colors!

OK, so we have horticulture, painting aur...?? I'm sure writing too! You seem highly talented.

My fav pastime is reading!

best wishes

gilga

Anemone said...

Hi S(h)ubash

Looking good!! Helmet not needed! I think the painting looks interesting! What painting is it based on??

Hope you won't abandon Mr Bachchan's blog after you've contsructed yours though. Always a pleasure to see you there.

Rose C

Blogger said...

gilga

Thank you so much for appreciating it. The beauty as they say is in the eye of the beholder. This one I had made to kill hours of idleness during my stay in Portsmouth in New Hampshire (quite close to Boston).

Rock Music is my biggest weakness -though I like Western Classical too. Followed by Tennis, Walks, Travel, Photography, Wine making.....

I am reminded of a favorite couplet of my father from Ghalib:

"Haazaron khwaashein aisi ke har khwaish pe dam nikle,
Bahut nikle mere armaan, lekin phir bhi kam nikle."

One life time seems too less...

I found your blog very impressive. I do not know ABC of blogs. Need a coach badly to educate and train me.

All the best
Subhash

Blogger said...

Rose

Great to meet you here outside the Bigadda blog. Feels very different.

This is a famous painting - I will try to give you the details soon. I tried with colors and brush and the results were not too bad.

How can I desert Bigadda blog and lose sight of all the precious Roses, Daisies, Ms, gilgas, Reshmis and Sunils...No no no..


Subhash

Blogger said...

and Abhayas, Reehams, Deepties, Prities, Dorothys....

Blogger said...

Rose

This is a painting by the american painter William James Glackens (1870–1938) titled 'Girl With Turban'.

Subhash