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I've done one of the four pages of the pattern - hopefully will find some time over the next few days to do some more...
From a bridge smack in the middle of Christiania. On both sides of the canal, little self-made houses and converted military barracks host the local families.
My first egg tempera painting in progress. Egg tempera is an ancient form of painting which uses egg yolks to bind pigments. Tempera painting is going through a revival of sorts due to artists discovering its unique optical properties. No other painting medium can suppass the translucence and radiance of color as egg tempera (ET).
Some famous artists who have used this medium include a great many of the renaissance painters (prior to the advent of oil painting), Andrew Wyeth, Paul Cadmus, Reginald Marsh, Peter Hurd, as well as, many other current artists.
More info. on egg tempera:
Ypres (leper), is a town in the Belgian province of West Flanders. It's surrounded by the Ypres Salient battlefields, where many cemeteries, memorials and war museums honor the battles that unfolded in this area during World War I. After being destroyed in the war, many important buildings were carefully reconstructed, including Gothic-style Sint-Maartenskathedraal (St. Martin's Cathedral) and its soaring spire.
The First Battle of Ypres (French: Première Bataille des Flandres; German: Erste Flandernschlacht 19 October – 22 November 1914) was a battle of the First World War, fought on the Western Front around Ypres, in West Flanders, Belgium. The battle was part of the First Battle of Flanders, in which German, French, Belgian armies and the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) fought from Arras in France to Nieuport on the Belgian coast, from 10 October to mid-November. The battles at Ypres began at the end of the Race to the Sea, reciprocal attempts by the German and Franco-British armies to advance past the northern flank of their opponents. North of Ypres, the fighting continued in the Battle of the Yser (16–31 October), between the German 4th Army, the Belgian army and French marines.
The fighting has been divided into five stages, an encounter battle from 19 to 21 October, the Battle of Langemarck from 21 to 24 October, the battles at La Bassée and Armentières to 2 November, coincident with more Allied attacks at Ypres and the Battle of Gheluvelt (29–31 October), a fourth phase with the last big German offensive, which culminated at the Battle of Nonne Bosschen on 11 November, then local operations which faded out in late November. Brigadier-General James Edmonds, the British official historian, wrote in the History of the Great War, that the II Corps battle at La Bassée could be taken as separate but that the battles from Armentières to Messines and Ypres, were better understood as one battle in two parts, an offensive by III Corps and the Cavalry Corps from 12 to 18 October against which the Germans retired and an offensive by the German 6th Army and 4th Army from 19 October to 2 November, which from 30 October, took place mainly north of the Lys, when the battles of Armentières and Messines merged with the Battles of Ypres.
Attacks by the BEF (Field Marshal Sir John French) the Belgians and the French Eighth Army in Belgium made little progress beyond Ypres. The German 4th and 6th Armies took small amounts of ground, at great cost to both sides, during the Battle of the Yser and further south at Ypres. General Erich von Falkenhayn, head of the Oberste Heeresleitung (OHL, the German General Staff), then tried a limited offensive to capture Ypres and Mont Kemmel, from 19 October to 22 November. Neither side had moved forces to Flanders fast enough to obtain a decisive victory and by November both sides were exhausted. The armies were short of ammunition, suffering from low morale and some infantry units refused orders. The autumn battles in Flanders had become static, attrition operations, unlike the battles of manoeuvre in the summer. French, British and Belgian troops in improvised field defences, repulsed German attacks for four weeks. From 21 to 23 October, German reservists had made mass attacks at Langemarck, with losses of up to 70 percent, to little effect.
Warfare between mass armies, equipped with the weapons of the Industrial Revolution and its later developments, proved to be indecisive, because field fortifications neutralised many classes of offensive weapon. The defensive firepower of artillery and machine guns dominated the battlefield and the ability of the armies to supply themselves and replace casualties prolonged battles for weeks. Thirty-four German divisions fought in the Flanders battles, against twelve French, nine British and six Belgian divisions, along with marines and dismounted cavalry. Over the winter, Falkenhayn reconsidered Germany strategy because Vernichtungsstrategie and the imposition of a dictated peace on France and Russia had exceeded German resources. Falkenhayn devised a new strategy to detach either Russia or France from the Allied coalition through diplomacy as well as military action. A strategy of attrition (Ermattungsstrategie) would make the cost of the war too great for the Allies, until one dropped out and made a separate peace. The remaining belligerents would have to negotiate or face the Germans concentrated on the remaining front, which would be sufficient for Germany to inflict a decisive defeat.
Made a fender out of an old FLH front fender, made a seat pan, lowered and moved the tank back a little and a few other minor tweaks.
this unit has sat for more than a week while the BNSF refuses to haul it because they wont send mechanical forces to inspect the just rebuilt locomotive. Its some day headed to the CP for lease.
It was rebuilt by Progress rail's mayfield KY shop though at this point its sitting south of VMV in North yard
My Malabrigo Waves Scarf is coming along great! I absolutely love working with Malabrigo. It might be my favorite yarn.
Progress on a painting for Solid Gallery Ones "Message in a Bottle" Show. I think I am gonna call this one: "Our Dreams, like our bottles...sank with the ship."
10X13 mixed media on 180lb. Cold Press Watercolor Paper.
Rob Blandford, Robin Starr, and Nancy Everett, Richmond SPCA Progressive Dinner April 27, 2013 Presented by SPENCER, LLP
In-progress linen band embroidered with red silk using blackwork stitch techniques (called scarletwork when it's in red) with pattern from Holbein's portrait of Mrs. Pemberton as transcribed by Kirrily Robert/Lady Katherine Rowberd. Working pattern in background at left. Centre of linen indicated by purple silk stitching. Will eventually be a shirt cuff. Blogged here.
Maj. Gen. Michael Wehr, (center) Deputy Chief of Engineers/Deputy Commanding General, talks with Soldiers from the 27th Eng. Bn., 161st Eng. Sp. Co., about their progress on the road repair from damage caused by Hurricane Florence at Military Ocean Terminal Sunny Point, N.C. Oct. 5, 2018. -U.S. Army photo by Russell Wicke
To all those who cheered when I announced my intention to stop smoking, all those who keep encouraging me, all those who repeatedly ask how I'm doing :
smoking and cigarettes are rapidly floating out of my world, just like this ash-tray! Thanks for your support!! // Voor allen die me toejuichten toen ik m'n voornemen bekendmaakte om met roken te stoppen, allen die me blijven aanmoedigen, allen die steeds weer vragen hoe het nu gaat : roken en cigaretten verdwijnen, net als deze asbak, razendsnel uit mijn bewustzijn! Bedankt voor jullie steun !!