tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post6956910347063995527..comments2023-10-20T06:14:52.781-04:00Comments on L.W.ROTH, ARTIST: Hello Summer, Hello YouLinda Rothhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-57386723172910093922013-05-29T19:16:13.085-04:002013-05-29T19:16:13.085-04:00It sure is Michael. You too. It sure is Michael. You too. Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-59608520920206542762013-05-29T04:31:25.101-04:002013-05-29T04:31:25.101-04:00Great history lesson!
Wonderful sketch of George W...Great history lesson!<br />Wonderful sketch of George Washington!<br />Enjoy your break and whatever you do!<br />Living life is art!<br />Michaelart by Michael Perchardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06767323223269323935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-89746024843348133372013-05-28T07:20:34.144-04:002013-05-28T07:20:34.144-04:00George was just one of the guys. A young man on a ...George was just one of the guys. A young man on a mission in threatening surroundings with his colonial militia of younger guys and a band of Indians. Bear in mind. he didn't fire the first shot himself--he was still deciding what to do--one of the other youngsters in the group did and bedlam took over, sort of a mob rule syndrome. We humans unfortunately are not always angelic. We have demonic moments when good sense is totally lost. <br /><br />I'm looking at that little sketch here in the blog and thinking, it needs a bit more yellow in the upper left area. We always know what we should have done in retrospect. Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-83262707934515983812013-05-28T07:09:29.153-04:002013-05-28T07:09:29.153-04:00My time is up. Passed by the easels yesterday on m...My time is up. Passed by the easels yesterday on my way to find a pot caddy in the storage room and got sidetracked from my mission by a Woodland Series abstract. The values caught my attention. They weren't dimensional enough. So, a few brighter strokes here and there and there went a half hour. When I remembered what I was really doing down there, I put my brush down to go do it and thought this BTW method might be the best way to paint--No thinking, just responding on the spur of the moment while thinking of something else? Not a good way to paint if the business of art is your real subject, but a great way to paint when you just want to get it right. Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-7328155749742151082013-05-28T00:35:54.383-04:002013-05-28T00:35:54.383-04:00Love how you love history and pass along what you&...Love how you love history and pass along what you've learned. So interesting! That drawing of George W sure is good...and I love the plein air from the past. I agree with you, when you feel like laying off from art --it's ok! (As long as you don't make it forevah!)Celeste Berginhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06791708298070342301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-85984399796506152922013-05-24T17:22:45.796-04:002013-05-24T17:22:45.796-04:00Quite a story about George ! That's exactly ho...Quite a story about George ! That's exactly how most wars start even today. An escalation of small differences and POW, one day everything explodes and it's nobody's fault. I wonder if women leaders are more or less prone to violence. But putting all this aside, have a great weekend in your garden. Lots of success with your flowers and Bravo for your summer painting. It's a real celebration of nature. Helen H Trachyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04460338225744567908noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-86255098606699536212013-05-24T15:29:11.024-04:002013-05-24T15:29:11.024-04:00It was. History is fun at this age. We were fed s...It was. History is fun at this age. We were fed such positively colored stories way back in our school days; it's fascinating to read the different historians' accounts today, years later when we've absorbed our own history and know what does go down in governmental agencies and are no longer wearing rose colored glasses. <br /><br />Washington was a great man, but on his first command, he was a boy just twenty two who had aspirations, who had never fought in battle, who had fears. I think Chernow's accounting and the fact that it was backed up by France's response, Britan's response, does suggest his judgement was faulty that day in May. He did resign his command shortly after. <br /><br />The drawing is just a drawing. A spur of the moment doodle sitting outside having my second cup of coffee. I like spontaneously sketching like that with no aspirations of crating any real art, just jotting down my impressions and punching up the color. All painting to be is about punching up the color.<br /><br />Have a nice holiday weekend Dan. I'm planting rose bushes--even if the temps are low enough where a coat is required. <br />Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-36257052844687498762013-05-24T12:00:50.874-04:002013-05-24T12:00:50.874-04:00Wow - what a story about George! It just confirms ...Wow - what a story about George! It just confirms my cynical "believe nothing" attitude. Great post. Really cool plein air pastel! Must have been fun to do.Dan Kenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13130079803891606515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-42517823848836556572013-05-24T07:49:11.421-04:002013-05-24T07:49:11.421-04:00Thanks Franz. The sketch is a 'doodle.' Do...Thanks Franz. The sketch is a 'doodle.' Doesn't everyone take their coffee out onto the balcony with a box of pastels and liven up the greenery with flecks of red? <br /><br />Washington is a much more interesting person than I was taught. Of course, the women I know do look at me as being the odd bird who reads history and doesn't belong to a book club. Romance novels are not me. Steven King, yes. Ray Bradbury, yes. Hemmingway, wonderful writer. And the other fiction I've read is Harry Potter, of course. But historical points of view are fascinating. There are so many of them wherein somewhere lies the truth. Great reading.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-68056221200851966562013-05-24T07:36:47.895-04:002013-05-24T07:36:47.895-04:00No,no,no. It's a joy to 'play' in the ...No,no,no. It's a joy to 'play' in the dirt. Most of the time, what we plant takes off eventually, but there are also times, we have to remember 'it's just produce' and pull it up, take it back to the nursery and start again. I'm doing roses too. Three new bushes in the entrance garden. Two in pots on the deck. Meanwhile, I noticed aphids on the established ones. Get out the spray! It's 36 degrees out now with highs for the weekend predicted in the low sixties. The after effects of that horrible tornado no doubt. We'll wear jackets. We're the lucky ones--this time.Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-21642566557740261892013-05-23T22:06:56.239-04:002013-05-23T22:06:56.239-04:00Have a great Memorial Day weekend tending to your ...Have a great Memorial Day weekend tending to your garden and enjoying the out of doors. I hope to do some of the same. I bought 3 new rose bushes and have been waiting to plant them. Its been extremely windy here and now we are in the middle of another cold snap - 36 degrees when I left for my life session at 8:30 this morning! I am still learning about weather in the mountains! The azaleas I planted 2 weeks ago are brown and crispy - I don't think they are supposed to be like that! Perhaps I should stick to painting! :).Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07899318999574055763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-1593534467133078322013-05-23T17:44:08.790-04:002013-05-23T17:44:08.790-04:00Bella la tua parete verde e splendido il tuo Washi...Bella la tua parete verde e splendido il tuo Washington,interessante la storia!<br />Complimenti Linda!<br />Ciao,buon fine settimana!Franzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07996162267956019097noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-63086092948716517492013-05-23T17:38:15.498-04:002013-05-23T17:38:15.498-04:00I'm looking forward to them too. It seems from...I'm looking forward to them too. It seems from comments, my last two, now to be known as the Woodland Series, paintings didn't go over very well. Unfortunately for me, I am liking them a lot. They are very strong and energetic. They are going in a direction that leads I don't know where? But I'm going to follow the path--as soon as I can send an e-mail:-))) Don't you will they had funny faces on Blogger. What dolts!Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-3209828022227621902013-05-23T17:32:47.108-04:002013-05-23T17:32:47.108-04:00A difference of opinion is the fun of discusssions...A difference of opinion is the fun of discusssions! According to what I read in Wikiview, historians are still discussing what really happened in the Jumonville Affair. My interpretation from Chernow's accounting is just that--an interpretation. I wasn't being facitious when I said his personality, his drive for recognition and success in the field that gave him the status he was seeking, is what made him the perfect Commander of the Continental Army--losing was out of the question with him. He had done that--at Jumonville Glen--and the battle of Necessity Fort(when Jumonville's brother attacked seeking revenge for his brother's "assasination," as the French government described it. <br /><br />But he was also a social climber. While his family did very well over generations in America and eventually owned large parcels of land, they were still farmers. Being in the military, put his foot on the ladder to be in the social class he wished to be. Unfortunately Lawrence, his most admired brother, had to die in order to get him his first military assignment: to go deliver this message to the French to stop building forts in the Ohio valley. <br /><br />We would have such fun discussing Chernow's book--and I'm only on page 55! I'm loving it even though I get distracted by wanting to know more about the events from other sources and do take the time out to seek them out. <br /><br />The Green Wall is really just a sketch done one morning on the deck with my coffee in 2010. I am not painting as much as I was. My email problem has totally consumed me. Tomorrow, I intend to put the matter to rest. I've decided to pay for help--though it aggravates me to no end.<br /><br />We should have a blogger live chat room. OMG, how do you think you do that? Linda Rothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02833417183469551153noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-4870443736874875362013-05-23T14:55:35.798-04:002013-05-23T14:55:35.798-04:00Linda: I read Churnow's account of Washington ...Linda: I read Churnow's account of Washington and did not get the same overall impression. It is true that the author attempted to humanize Washington. In the process, he expressed several opinions that differed from those of most respected historians, but, in the long run, he saw Washington as fully prepared to lead his country during the Revolution, despite a severely underequipped military, and clearly expressed admiration for George as a selfless patriot. What was new and interesting about Chernow's work was a side of Washington about which we never hear. His relationships, family background, and reaction to the social events of his time was all new material to me.<br /><br />On a personal note, <i>The Green Wall</i> is one of my favorites. It seems you are painting quite a bit. I hope you enjoy a successful summer!JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14692103477055483000noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2153983949078742556.post-25704916632112947122013-05-23T12:47:28.480-04:002013-05-23T12:47:28.480-04:00Sometimes it is a good thing to have a break, had ...Sometimes it is a good thing to have a break, had two myself this year so far, and you never seem to slow down anyhow.<br />One learn so much about computers when it doesn't work as it should. In a way that should happen more often, or not, but we would all be computer wizards.<br /><br />Looking forward to your future paintings..Roger Åkessonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15198884418075720705noreply@blogger.com