Sunday, January 10, 2016

Wishing for a summer blue sky...


Wishing for a blue sky.  Last few days have been cloudy with threats of afternoon & evening rain. Today it is pouring!

Camille Pissarro (1830–1903).


Pierre Auguste Renoir (1841-1919).


Diego Rivera (1886-1957).


Edouard Manet (1832-1883).


Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920).


Edvard Munch (1863-1944).

Saturday, December 19, 2015

Sewing outdoors - 19C Girls



 Janet C Fisher (Welch artist, 1867–1926), In the orchard, c.1900.



Mary E Dear (English artist, 1848-1867) Patchwork 1857



John Thomas Peele (English-born American genre artist, 1822–1897)  The Knitting Lesson



John Dawson Watson (British artist, 1832-1892)



William Frederick Witherington (British artist, 1785-1865) The Sewing Lesson



Charles Edward Wilson (British 1854-1941) Girl Sewing


Albert Edelfelt (Finnish artist, 1854-1905) A Girl Knitting Socks 1896


Friday, December 11, 2015

Sewing outdoors - Jean-François Millet 1814-1875


Jean-François Millet (French painter, 1814–1875) Seated Shepherdess Knitting 1858


Jean-François Millet (French painter, 1814–1875) The Knitting Shepherdess 1856


Wednesday, December 9, 2015

Sewing outdoors - 1700s



The Lace Wearer Rewarding the Lace Maker Published by Carrington Bowles 1783



John Fairburn (English painter) Lace Maker 1795