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“Yoga is often referred to as a moving meditation. In yoga, one goes deeply inward, connecting with the Divine while simultaneously moving the body in a beneficial and life-enhancing way. One does not force the pose or fall asleep. It is awake, reverent attention.”
― Donna Goddard, The Love of Being Loving
Sunflower Watercolor Painting with Texture
Created with Midjourney
PP work in Adobe PS Elements 2024 Raw filters
Retro sunflowers, soft and delicate watercolor paintings, with an aged paper background, featuring a worn-out yet fashionable style. The leaves, with rich details, have a retro charm. High resolution, high detail, high quality, high clarity, high sharpness, high definition, hyper-realistic, hyper-fine, rich in details, hyper-clear focus, extremely detailed.
Texture overlay by French Kiss/Impressionist/High Plains
If you are inspired by my creations and want to use my prompt/text please give me the courtesy of either credit me or at least say: inspired by Irene Steeves. Thanks for your understanding.
Thank you all for the visit, kind remarks and invites, they are very much appreciated! 💝 I may reply to only a few comments due to my restricted time spent at the computer.
All art works on this website are fully protected by Canadian and international copyright laws, all rights reserved. The images may not be copied, reproduced, manipulated or used in any way, without written permission from the artist. Link to copyright registration:
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Thanks for 6,880,983 🙏 views September 06 2025.
Update April 02, 2025. Now I only accept group invitation that allows all media types including videos.
Created for TAT Group:
Sunflower Magic Challenge #250.0
DoodlewashJuly2026 Prompt: Blend
Did you know that while the hydra Hercules fought is mythical, there’s a tiny, tube‑shaped freshwater animal—found in ponds, lakes, and slow‑moving streams—named after it? If you chop one up, each piece of the main body regenerates into a whole new hydra. Scientists have even put them into blenders, and had them regenerate from the blend. They don’t appear to age and may be biologically immortal unless destroyed (for example, by starvation or being eaten and dissolved in stomach acids). They also grow clones from their sides rather than giving birth, and to top it off, they manage all of this without a brain. I guess that’s where we went wrong!
One side was done with Holbein Watercolor Pencils, and the other half with matching Holbein Watercolor Paint. Can you tell which side is which? And What was I thinking! The painting was fun. Trying to draw mirror images plus reflections - and why did I put them in a lake anyway? They’re hydras not sea serpents!)
Holbein watercolor pencil & watercolor paint on Stonehenge Aqua Hot Press.
@holbein_art @holbeinartistmaterials
#DoodlewashJuly2026 #WorldWatercolorGroup #WorldWatercolorMonth #WorldWatercolorMonth2026
Blueberries are considered a "healing fruit" due to their high concentration of antioxidants and other beneficial compounds that can support skin health and wound healing. They are rich in fiber, vitamins C and K, and particularly anthocyanins, which contribute to their vibrant blue color. These compounds may help reduce inflammation, strengthen blood vessels, and enhance the immune response, all of which are important for the healing process.
“The proper, wise balancing of one's whole life may depend upon the feasibility of a cup of tea at an unusual hour.”
― Arnold Bennett, How to Live on 24 Hours a Day
Visit A Love Project. The rental office has some really fun free gifts!
Generated By Midjourney V7
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**Prompt :**
Portrait cinématographique hyperréaliste d’une jeune femme au regard perçant, debout au cœur d’un champ de fleurs sauvages en pleine floraison, baigné par une lumière dorée de fin de journée (golden hour). Sa peau est lumineuse, subtilement hâlée, avec des textures naturelles visibles (pores, duvet, micro-imperfections), capturées en ultra haute définition 8K. Ses yeux bleu-vert accrochent la lumière avec un effet de réfraction réaliste, légèrement humides, donnant une intensité émotionnelle profonde.
Ses cheveux longs, blond doré avec des nuances miel et cendré, sont doucement animés par une brise légère, chaque mèche finement détaillée, avec des reflets lumineux naturels. Elle porte une couronne florale riche et organique composée de fleurs pastel (roses, pivoines, marguerites) et de fines branches dorées entrelacées, agrémentées de bijoux délicats en or avec pierres translucides suspendues sur le front et les tempes.
Sa peau et ses épaules sont partiellement ornées de motifs floraux et de particules dorées scintillantes, comme si la nature elle-même fusionnait avec elle. Des éléments végétaux semblent légèrement en suspension autour d’elle, créant une ambiance éthérée mais crédible, avec une physique réaliste (légers mouvements, profondeur de champ).
**Cadrage :** plan serré (close-up), composition centrée avec légère règle des tiers, focus précis sur les yeux.
**Objectif :** profondeur de champ très faible (bokeh crémeux, arrière-plan floral flou mais identifiable).
**Éclairage :** lumière naturelle chaude, contre-jour doux créant un halo autour des cheveux, rim light dorée, ombres délicates et progressives sur le visage.
**Couleurs :** palette chaude et pastel (or, rose poudré, vert tendre), étalonnage cinématographique inspiré des films de Terrence Malick.
**Ambiance :** poétique, mystique, intemporelle, entre réalisme et fantasy subtile.
**Détails atmosphériques :** particules de pollen flottantes visibles dans la lumière, légère brume diffuse pour adoucir les contrastes.
**Rendu :** photoréaliste extrême, global illumination, textures PBR, subsurface scattering sur la peau, rendu digne d’un film ou d’une publicité de luxe.
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**Prompt:**
Hyper-realistic cinematic portrait of a young woman with a piercing gaze, standing in the heart of a blooming wildflower field, bathed in warm golden hour light. Her skin glows softly with natural realism, showing fine textures such as pores, peach fuzz, and subtle imperfections, captured in ultra-high-definition 8K. Her blue-green eyes catch the light with realistic refraction, slightly moist, creating a deep emotional intensity.
Her long, golden-blonde hair, with hints of honey and ash tones, flows gently in a soft breeze, each strand finely detailed with natural highlights. She wears an intricate floral crown composed of pastel flowers (roses, peonies, daisies) intertwined with delicate golden branches, adorned with fine jewelry pieces in gold, featuring small translucent gemstones draping across her forehead and temples.
Her shoulders and skin are partially decorated with organic floral patterns and shimmering golden particles, as if nature itself is merging with her. Tiny botanical elements float subtly around her, adding an ethereal yet believable atmosphere with realistic physics (gentle motion, depth).
**Framing:** tight close-up, centered composition with slight rule-of-thirds balance, sharp focus on the eyes.
**Lens:** very shallow depth of field (creamy bokeh, softly blurred floral background).
**Lighting:** warm natural sunlight, soft backlight creating a glowing halo around her hair, golden rim light, smooth gradual shadows across the face.
**Color palette:** warm and pastel tones (gold, blush pink, soft greens), cinematic color grading inspired by Terrence Malick films.
**Mood:** poetic, mystical, timeless, blending realism with subtle fantasy.
**Atmospheric details:** floating pollen particles visible in the light, slight diffused haze softening contrasts.
**Rendering:** extreme photorealism, global illumination, PBR textures, subsurface scattering on skin, high-end cinematic or luxury commercial quality.
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“It's much easier on the emotions when one sees life as an experiment rather than a struggle for popularity.”
― Criss Jami, Killosophy
Prompt:
Lonely long windswept hair woman figure dressed in long flowing pink dress, a majestic pink bird perched on her thin shoulder, walking towards the distant horizon, vast open pink sky, traditional Chinese ink painting style, emotional depth, sense of isolation, monochromatic palette, minimalistic white background, evocative brushstrokes, atmospheric perspective, serene and melancholic ambiance, deep EmmAI artistic concept, blurred depth of field, contemplative mood.
“I hold with those who favor fire.
But if it had to perish twice,
I think I know enough of hate
To know that for destruction ice
Is also great”
― Robert Frost
YES I am busting out THE dress again because, DRESS.
Visit A Calas Christmas while it lasts!
“The greatest pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him, and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself, too.”
― Samuel Butler
PROMPT:
Create a high-quality photograph-like image in a 16:9 wide format that could be featured in a magazine article about the serene life in the countryside. The scene is set in a quaint village along a river in the northwest of Avignon, with an ancient Roman bridge not leading into a house but onto a path or similar structure, emphasizing the bridge's historical significance and rustic charm. Surround the area with old, weathered houses, including a café with a 'TABAC' sign, embodying a rustic and inviting atmosphere. Outside the café, depict two elderly men in well-worn summer attire, showing character and a life well-lived, and two young women, around 18 years old, in simple, slightly worn white summer dresses, engaging in a conversation with expressive and clear faces, highlighting the vibrant community spirit. The entire composition should exude warmth, authenticity, and a high level of detail, capturing the essence of a close-knit community's daily life in the countryside.
"To live in hearts we leave behind is not to die."
– Thomas Campbell
Today we remember and celebrate those we love. Happy Dia de Los Muertos <3
Prompt: A hyper-realistic digital painting of three dogs standing together in a field of tall, dry grass under a dramatic, cloudy sky. The center dog is a, white coat with black patches English Setter, looking majestically into the distance with calm and noble expression. To its left is a golden retriever, panting slightly with a gentle and friendly demeanor, and to its right, a beagle with attentive, expressive eyes. Soft, cinematic lighting highlights the dogs’ fur texture and anatomical details, creating depth and realism. The background features muted, stormy clouds with subtle sunlight breaking through, adding a sense of atmosphere and mood. Include dynamic composition with naturalistic details in the grass and blurred background for depth, wide square aspect ratio, ultra-detailed textures, museum-quality realism. 6k resolution
This digital fine art was created using Google Flow AI and Photoshop
“The Golden Snitch is walnut-sized, as was the Golden Snidget. It is bewitched to evade capture as long as possible. There is a tale that a Golden Snitch evaded capture for six months on Bodmin Moor in 1884, both teams finally giving up in disgust at their Seekers' poor performances. Cornish wizards familiar with the area insist to this day that the Snitch is still living wild on the moor, though I have not been able to confirm this story.”
― J.K. Rowling
Prompt: using image 1 as a reference, digital fine art of a 6 year old child, in 1788, observing insects and plants closely, rough blue woolen shirt and tan short pants, helping the boy is his west highland white terrier puppy, they are both leaning down on the forest floor with mushrooms and wildflowers, low angle showing wonder and curiosity, soft dappled sunlight, realistic historical, in the style of rockwell, horizontal aspect ratio
This digital fine art was created using OpenAI and Photoshop
“One day I was counting the cats and I absent-mindedly counted myself.”
― Bobbie Ann Mason, Shiloh and Other Stories
Last night, an unidentified flying object was spotted in the skies over Rome. The Italian Air Force raised an alert, prompting fighter jets to take off. Today, a meeting between the government and military leaders is underway to investigate this violation of Italian airspace. The question everyone is asking is... why are they flying over our skies? But above all, what do these aliens want?🤔😅...🇮🇹Ieri sera, un oggetto volante non identificato è stato avvistato nei cieli di Roma. L'Aeronautica Militare ha lanciato l'allerta, facendo decollare i caccia. Oggi è in corso un incontro tra il governo e i vertici militari per indagare su questa violazione dello spazio aereo italiano. La domanda che tutti si pongono è... perché sorvolano i nostri cieli? Ma soprattutto, cosa vogliono questi alieni? 🤔😅
MidJourney AI prompt/ beautiful young woman dissolving into colorful vapor, cinematic lighting, photo-realistic, perfect bright blue eyes, detailed eye, headshot, ultra-detailed
Recently the field of theoretical cosmology has been enervated by the suggestion that our universe is the mirror image of another one stretching back in time before the Big Bang (see, for example, www.research.ed.ac.uk/en/publications/icpti-symmetric-uni... ).
Intrigued, I set out to test whether this was observable in practice. After a quick calculation on the back of an old envelope (cigarette packets now being not Politically Correct) I worked out that conditions would be favourable for an experiment in the period around the vernal equinox for my latitude (51N). At this time the angles of the Earth’s gravitational field, the neutrino flux from the sun and a local EM field could be arranged to the optimum.
So, setting a sufficiently powerful Tesla coil in a glass envelope with an inert gas (I used Nitrogen), I tried it out.
And it worked!
Sometimes I could actually see the dim reflection of the alternate universe appear in the glass capsule, but perhaps the best result was this one where I managed to create a wormhole bridging the paired universes.
If you look carefully at the image though you might observe that the energetic feedback created by the wormhole burnt out my coil… such are the sacrifices of science…
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Storytelling idiocy aside, this image was one of the fun results of an evening spent with a local friendly group of photographers taking images of lightbulbs on tablets (and other things but I didn’t get that far :( ).
I used a clear glass bulb on my iPaddle which I set up to show some very colourful graphic images that I had generated using Midjourney (I finally found something useful to do with that toybox… The text prompt for this one, if you are interested, was ‘Close - up macro HDR photograph of the centre of mirrored 3D circle sculptures, overlapping rainbow circular fractal, vivid rainbow colours, graphic abstract’).
The bulb was lying on its side at an angle resting on the bayonet fitting so I made the canvas larger and rotated it. Starting in Capture One I dropped the greys to black using a levels adjustment and played with the Clarity and a little Dehaze. In Affinity I sharpened it with High Pass/Linear blend and a bit of Unsharp mask and enriched the colour. Then quite a lot of work with inpainting to remove the vestiges of the iPad and a lot of dust.
PS I forgot to mention that this was a focus stack of ten images, though I suspect only four or five contributed anything useful. The camera did the focusing and I used Helicon Focus for the stacking, which I've not really done before (it was fast, worked with raws and produced a dng output).
Thanks for taking the time to look. I hope you enjoy the image. Happy Easter and 100x :)
“Viva the mitten with wriggle room over the glove where form follows function!”
― Robert Venturi, Architecture as Signs and Systems: For a Mannerist Time
Visit Cherishville - Winter.
“You don't make a photograph just with a camera. You bring to the act of photography all the pictures you have seen, the books you have read, the music you have heard, the people you have loved.”
― Ansel Adams
Visit Cherry Blossom Cove
“The only thing that you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library.”
― Albert Einstein
Starting November 15th, Valmoor will be having a spicy story time in our new library The Velvet Trap around 9pm SLT.
DoodlewashMarch2026 prompt: Squirrel.
Did you know that Kaibab squirrels are found only within a 20‑by‑40‑mile stretch of the Kaibab Plateau on the North Rim of Grand Canyon National Park—and are considered contenders for the rarest squirrel in the world?
Holbein Granulating color on Stonehenge Aqua Paper.
@holbein_art @holbeinartistmaterials @legionpaper
#DoodlewashMarch2026 #WorldWatercolorGroup
“Dark, cool, musty, smoky, where light fell funny and everyone looked like someone you knew or wanted to know. Or, more likely, wanted to forget.”
― David Baldacci, Memory Man
Visit Whats Lost Spirits
“On the highest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own bottom.”
― Michel de Montaigne, The Complete Essays
#DoodlewashOctober2025 prompt: Lantern.
#Inktober prompt: Murky.
#artistryinkchallengeoctober2025 prompt: Jack-o’-Lantern
Did you know before the tradition of carving Jack-o’-Lanterns was brought to America, the faces were carved into turnips, potatoes, beets, and rutabagas to ward off evil spirits in the murky night?
Hand drawn with Sharpie pens and painted with Daniel Smith Watercolor on Arches Cold Press.
@danielsmithartistsmaterials @danielsmithwatercolors @sharpie
#WorldWatercolorGroup @artistryink_challenge #artistryinkchallengeJack-o’-Lantern
Prompt: giant sunflower macro with bird eating the seeds in the style of Thomas Wells Scheller, watercolor, wet on wet soft tones.
Created with DDG Text 2 AI engine. Bird from Free PNG. PP work in Topaz Studio 2 filters.
Entered in the Award Tree group Challenge 227.0
September 2023, "Sunflowers" here:
www.flickr.com/groups/awardtree/discuss/72157721919217048/
Thank you all for the visit, kind remarks and invites, they are very much appreciated! 💝 I may reply to only a few comments due to my restricted time spent at the computer.
All art works on this website are fully protected by Canadian and international copyright laws, all rights reserved. The images may not be copied, reproduced, manipulated or used in any way, without written permission from the artist. Link to copyright registration:
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During the week, the time to get images that have few people in them is right when the museum opens or shortly after. It helps to be prompt, just as this businessman. That's just a good idea for life.
I hope you have a magnificent Monday.
“Properly practiced, knitting soothes the troubled spirit, and it doesn't hurt the untroubled spirit either.”
― Elizabeth Zimmerman
Visit Unbridled Books & Coffee
“Link... You may not yet be at a point where you have recovered your power or all of your memories... But courage need not be remembered, for it is never forgotten.”
- Princess Zelda, The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Visit The Island of Kalokairi
Prompt:
Rain in Purple City, beautiful pedestrians with umbrellas, all in pastel purple and blue colours EmmAI Watercolour painting
“The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender, religion, economic status, or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside, we all believe that we are above-average drivers.”
― Dave Barry
The new Tiki neighborhood in Bellisseria is AMAZING!
“For books are not absolutely dead things, but do contain a potency of life in them to be as active as that soul was whose progeny they are; nay, they do preserve as in a vial the purest efficacy and extraction of that living intellect that bred them.”
― John Milton, Areopagitica
Visit Grande Galerie du Louvre
Prompt: A vintage-style portrait of two classic comic duo characters (the style of Laurel and Hardy) seated on a simple wooden bench. One character is short, plump, wearing a dark suit, blue tie, and a bowler hat, holding a thick cane, with a confident yet comical expression. The other is tall and slender, wearing a green suit, red bow tie, and a black bowler hat, sitting formally with hands clasped. A west highland white terrier dog sits at their feet. Painterly, realistic yet slightly caricatured style, warm muted background with soft brush strokes, detailed textures in clothing and facial expressions, soft ambient lighting, mid-20th century aesthetic, highly detailed, cinematic composition, square aspect ratio, full view, no watermarks, no border
This digital fine art was created using Google Flow AI and Photoshop
Prompt: A close-up side-by-side profile portrait of a West Highland White Terrier and a sweet-faced English Coonhound, light-brown face, ticking color, looking to the distance, watercolor
“There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk.”
― Guy Gavriel Kay, Tigana
Visit Serene Retreat
“If you ever know a man who tries to drown his sorrows, kindly inform him his sorrows know how to swim.”
― Pittacus Lore, The Power of Six
“I mean I like to be passionate and sincere but I also like to have fun and act like a dork. Geeks unite.”
― Kurt Cobain
Visit Elysion. (This is a gated community, you will need a group tag to visit.)
“All my images are self-portraits, even when I'm not in them.”
― Nuno Roque
This was a fun year! Thanks to everyone that participated and followed along.
We will be posting a new list in January. I look foward to 2024 with you all! ❤️
Prompt:
(((Ethereal beautiful and delicate East Asian maiden))) playing with her ornamented vintage bamboo flute , delicate features, flowing attire, serene expression, intricate hair ornaments, traditional Chinese courtyard, ancient architecture, white flowers, plum blossoms, lush greenery, blurred background, macro photography, light blue color scheme, soft lighting, static composition, blooming flowers, delicate petals, spring atmosphere, high definition detail, realistic photography EmmAI style, enchanting ambiance.
“No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith.”
― R.A. Salvatore, Streams of Silver
Prompt: A painting of a white westie puppy, ears up, sitting in the center of a group of four kittens. The kittens are in various poses, some sitting, some standing. The dog has a happy expression. The background is a garden, and a wall. The scene is peaceful and playful, with a soft and whimsical atmosphere. In the artistic style of artist Beatrix Potter, --ar 5:4 --v 6.1
This digital fine art was created using Midjourney AI and Photoshop
“I love snow for the same reason I love Christmas: It brings people together while time stands still. Cozy couples lazily meandered the streets and children trudged sleds and chased snowballs. No one seemed to be in a rush to experience anything other than the glory of the day, with each other, whenever and however it happened.”
― Rachel Cohn, Dash & Lily's Book of Dares
“I've got a theory, it could be bunnies...
I've got a theor-
Bunnies aren't just cute like everybody supposes
They've got them hoppy legs and twitchy little noses.
And what's with all the carrots-?
What do they need such good eyesight for anyway?
Bunnies, bunnies it must be bunnies!”
― Joss Whedon Buffy the Vampire Slayer