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Methods and Madness

Sometimes I paint fast and loose

Other times quite controlled

The subject decides the method

But each work has the same goal:

A painting that is successful

And beautiful to behold!

BB


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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Com-posers Series Impressionistic Watercolor Floral/ Sunflowers by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

giclee print/Sunflowers: 18"w x 14"h

Plein Air Posers

Sophie and I

Are painting plein air

Under bright sunny skies

On a day so fair

Our sunflowers primp and preen

While we apply the sunscreen

Then get right to work

As we quench our paper’s thirst

With lots of water, that’s our technic

‘Cause happy accidents are what we seek!

Bleeding colors, water marks

Lights contrasting with darkest darks...

Working quickly, we’re in a hurry

(We try not to worry

Will this be a keeper

Or one we will bury?)

Well, Sophie girl

What do you think

She nodded and smiled

And gave me a wink!

BB

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Monday, June 27, 2011

Dollars and Sense Still Life Watercolor by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Dollars and Sense

original watercolor still life with beach theme: 22" x 22"

and the donkey said

to the fishies and the shells

no I haven’t lost my head

but I do think I’m like,

well

so much smarter than you guys

though the dollars do make cents

and the starfish lights the sky

with his one and only eye,

whence

the conch’s divine design

lets us hear the ocean sighs

while those fishies on the tray

simply swim their life away

so

I wonder as I wander

trotting through this beachy work

does my common horse sense

make much more cents

than the dollars

near my collar

or

is that fish of golden color

rich in gold, hence,

much more smarter

than myself and all the others

BB'11

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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Com-posers Series Impressionistic Watercolor Floral/ Sunflowers by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown

Com-posers

original watercolor floral/sunflowers: 9"w x 12"h

woo hoo Sophie

our girls have come back

it seems they’ve brought summer

tucked in their backpacks

with petals wide open

and brown faces glowin’

there’s no time for faintin’

we gotta get set up

and get busy paintin’

woo hoo, Sophie, 'tis true

"summertime

and the livin’ is fine..."

BB'11

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Monday, June 20, 2011

Overlook Overture Plein Air Watercolor Landscape by Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Overlook Overture

original watercolor landscape: 13"w x 7"h

en Plein Air

it’s so plein to see

that Sophie and me

we just want to be

painting outside

with nothing beside

the sun and blue skies

and birdies that fly

above our fair heads

we may have a canopy

some shade from a tree

where cool breezes roam

through our painting home

it’s really sublime

to have this shared time

and we both agree

the view that we see

is quite ‘painterly’......

BB'11

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Sunday, June 19, 2011

Black-Eyed Suzy Floozies Watercolor Floral by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Black Eyed Suzy Floozies
original watercolor floral/black eyed suzies: 7"w x 12"h
Black Eyed Suzy Floozies
original watercolor floral/black eyed suzies: 9"w x 12"h
Black Eyed Suzy Floozies
original watercolor floral/black eyed suzies: 7"w x 11"h

Black Eyed Suzy Floozies

original watercolor floral/black eyed suzies: 7"w x 11"h

are Suzies

all floozies

that show off their wares

right out in the public

on lawns everywhere

they’re not shy or stoic

in fact they agree

they think they’re heroic

as they proudly say

we shivered through winter

as we hoped and prayed

that we’d bloom away

right through the next summer

and all it’s sun days

BB’11

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Thursday, June 16, 2011

Beach Front Property Watercolor Seascapes by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental



Beach Front Property

original watercolor seascape/ Lewes, DE: 11"w x 9"h

oh to be

by the sea

just my fam’ly and me

sunblocked nose

bug sprayed toes

sunning responsibly

grasses sway

sand dunes say

join all nature at play

roaring surf

sandy turf

it’s an excellent day!

BB

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Friday, June 10, 2011

Sophie's Stuff Watercolor Still Life by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumetnal

Sophie's Stuff

original watercolor still life: 18"w x 17"h

Hey there Sophie

What can we say

Of this painting

That is waiting

For a clever

Word endeavor

Tying everything together to the letter

We’ve got crayons

In the foreground

And a pig bank

That is quite round

There’s a tall glass

Where some fruit spar

And some marbles in a jar so they don’t roam far

Not to mention

All those daisies

Overlooking

This bright table

Where the fabric

Folds and colors

Help relate our playthings all to one another

BB'11

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Tuesday, June 7, 2011

Black-Eyed Suzy Floozies Watercolor Floral by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

Black Eyed Suzy Floozie
original watercolor floral/Black Eyed Suzies: 7"w x 11"h

Black Eyed Suzy Floozie

original watercolor floral/Black-Eyed Suzy: 7"w x 11"h

My Black-Eyed Suzy floozies

are back in the new-sy

‘cause Sophie and I’ve found

them poppin’ up from the ground

and prob’ly real soon

we’ll paint one that blooms

this’ll get us in shape

for our sunflower-scapes!

BB’11

Watercolors by Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

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Sunday, June 5, 2011

June Tune...Finally!

Bloom Anew

BB says

I hope and pray that soon

BB says

my kindred month of June

Bb says

will hum it’s friendly tune

as it brings summer anew

so my sunflowers can bloom

I will laugh at last

‘cause she’s come back

fair weather in her sack!

BB’11

FINALLY...

my June Tune

has Resumed!

Saturday, June 4, 2011

The Green Scene Plein Air Watercolor Landscape by Pennsylvania Daily Painter Bertie Brown - Art is Instrumental

The Green Scene

Sam Lewis State Park

original plein air watercolor landscape: 10"w x 11"h

Fine Whine

my sister says

you are gonna get it

my sister says

you get a weather credit

my sister says

when winter has been bedded

summertime is this way headed

it will be so fine

you won’t remember all your whine....

BB’11

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