{"id":1728,"date":"2013-07-09T18:24:06","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T23:24:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1728"},"modified":"2013-07-09T19:16:20","modified_gmt":"2013-07-10T00:16:20","slug":"i-dabble-in-oils","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/?p=1728","title":{"rendered":"I Dabble In Oils"},"content":{"rendered":"

Today’s Run: \u00a0Going to the Museum<\/p>\n

I dabble in oils~painting. \u00a0I have been painting seriously since 2000. \u00a0We have many of my paintings hanging on the walls of our home and friends and family (most of them) are brave enough to hang them in their homes as well. \u00a0So, when my husband heard about the Mississippi Museum of Art having a traveling show of the “Old Masters to Monet”~we hopped in the car and went. \u00a0Today.<\/p>\n

Wow~ There were some seriously famous paintings at this showing! \u00a0The self portrait of Van Gogh and Claude Monet’s “Beach at Trouville” were my two favorites. \u00a0They left me speechless and not a little bit jealous. \u00a0Monet and his “dot, dot, dot” technique…frustrates me to no end trying to mimic that! \u00a0I guess that is why he is Monet and I am not!<\/p>\n

Even the paintings that were not “famous” were outstanding! \u00a0Way out of \u00a0my league~depressing? \u00a0No! \u00a0Motivating!<\/p>\n

Most were landscapes or portraits which I found very interesting. \u00a0Only three still lifes that I can recall. \u00a0I paint mostly still lifes. \u00a0Easier. \u00a0You set \u00a0up the composition and leave it set up until you are done. \u00a0These guys painted from real people and places.<\/p>\n

I’ve tried portraits…Epic Fail. \u00a0Landscapes are do-able. \u00a0I just do not enjoy them. \u00a0Still lifes…Yes! \u00a0And nine times out of ten, you can even tell what they are!!! \u00a0Success!!!<\/p>\n

So, we had an awesome time on the road to Jackson, Mississippi. \u00a0I totally blew my diet out the window. \u00a0I will have to behave myself the next couple of days to make up for today in that area. \u00a0But, it was worth it!<\/p>\n

Here is my favorite painting from today: Claude Monet’s \u00a0“Beach at Trouville” \u00a01870~oil on canvas. \u00a0Outstanding!<\/p>\n

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Today’s Run: \u00a0Going to the Museum I dabble in oils~painting. \u00a0I have been painting seriously since 2000. \u00a0We have many of my paintings hanging on the walls of our home and friends and family (most of them) are brave enough to hang them in their homes as well. \u00a0So, when my husband heard about the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6,8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1728"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1731,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1728\/revisions\/1731"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/w0ep.us\/TM\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}