Background Music (Series) by Daily Painter Bertie Brown Original Contemporary Figurative Drawing

Musically Inclined

original musical motif abstract drawing: 7 1/2"w x 9 1/2"h

Musical Mystery

A new thing to do

When you’re bored or feelin’ blue

Let a cloth freely drop

Right over the top

Of a still life gone stale

Or one that just failed

And let a drawing begin

Using lines thick and thin

Till a theme comes alive

Or an idea starts to thrive

It’s surprising what you can find

Hidden behind time..

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Master Copy - Paganini Portrait by Ingres

master copy drawing: 7 1/2"w x 9 1/2"h

An Ingres drawing

Is perfect, you know

From his first pencil mark

To his last stroke so dark

So with great trepidation

And yes, capitulation

I drew this for my assignment

In a classroom confinement

I drew as I fussed

But I got my A Plus!

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Background Music

original contemporary figurative drawing on gessoed music manuscript: 9 1/2"w x 12 1/2"h

Perfect Practice

Practice makes better

But perfect?

Not ever...

Especially if drawing

Is what you can do

You’ll prob’ly improve

But that’s questionable, too

My advice to you

Buy an Etch-a-Sketch too!

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Musically Inclined Series by Daily Painter Bertie Brown Original Musical Motif Watercolor

Rhythm & Blues

original watercolor still life with shells, bottle:14"w x 13 1/2"h

Musically Inclined

original contemporary musical motif watercolor/horn: 11"w x 14"h

Water Music

original watercolor still life, shells and sand: 11"w x 14"h

Conch en Fa

There once was seashell named Conch

Who was lonely and displeased with his lot

So he puffed out his cheek

Buzzed a low mellow screech

Now he’s part of the rock group “Conch-crete”

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original musical motif watercolor still life: 17 1/2"w x 22 1/2"h

Dynamic Duo

That’s the name

The horn and violin

Were given in their fame

They play well together

Then each plays alone

One plucks and bows

The other buzzes into a mouthpiece for tones

With fervent fingers flying

Over keys and bridge

The audience is left sighing

Applauding all that they did!

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original contemporary musical motif watercolor: 13 1/2"w x 10 1/2"h

Going Solo

The piano stands alone

Neither lost nor forlorn

Just a confident fellow

Black and white outside

Inside, mellow.

Its song is melodious

With high notes that soar

But can be quite odious

When notes don’t sound sure

One thing is certain

With a rising stage curtain

The piano likes to play

The solos he’s given

In a most excellent way!

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Eggplant Eggs-travaganza by Bertie Brown

Eggplant Eggs-travaganza

13"w x 10"h

Egg-ceptional Eggplants

Sophie says let’s do a painting today

We’ll use some veggies

With plenty to say

There at the groc’ry store

Dark and demure

Eggplants so purple

Their beauty secure...

Yes, let’s buy them

Not to fry them

But to show the world

Their outspoken beauty

It’s really our duty

To capture their deep.....

Dark sheen!

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Radish Recital by Bertie Brown

Radish Recital

image:13 1/2"w x 10 3/4"h

Radish Recital

Sophie said, Lets use our new paints today

Carmine and Windsor blue

Areolin too

What could we paint

With our trio so quaint

Radishes, I think, would work out just great...

Wet applications

Give us saturations

Int-resting patterns

With water and spatters

Red, blue and yellow

Make fine pallet-fellows

Radishes Blush

Their round cheeks red and lush...

And the foliage

Green and gold-ish

Finish off the work

The radishes vital

A rich red recital

Is now on display

Today!

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Pepper Patter by Bertie Brown

Pepper Patter

Pepper Patter

Peppers here, peppers there

Peppers poppin’ everywhere

Some are yellow

Some serene green

All are mellow

Laid back fellows

Let’s not stop

With that mild lot

Let’s go for HOT

And that means RED

The big red bell?

Well, probably not

But you can tell

Those small hot shots

Are packin’ heat

That’s tough to beat!

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Rhythm & Blues Series (bottles, bowls, apples) by Bertie Brown

Rhythm & Blues

21"w x 27"h

Rhapsody

“Rhapsody in Blue”

Was our music today

Sophie and I thrilled

To the opening way

That the clarinet soared

Through that octave and more...

We set up a still life

With lots of great blues

We have so much fabric

It’s hard just to choose

Then added some apples

Three bottles, two bowls

On top of the fabric

With plenty of folds

We hummed to the tunes

While painting till noon

Sophie, my rhapsody

In tap dancin’ shoes

Gerschwin and Orchestra

Playin’ his blues!

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Uptown Girls By Bertie Brown

Uptown Girls

12 1/2w x 17 1/2h

“It’s Raining, It’s Pouring....

Sophie and I were bored

As we peered out the back door

And had to acknowledge

The steady downpour

We put on our thinking caps

Our imagination soared!

Hmm, I know,

The Strasburg Railroad goes

To Paradise and back

A short scenic trip

Where Amish farms sit.

Sophie said, “No!”

We’ve already seen that

Let’s go to New York

Via Lancaster’s Amtrak.

We’ll walk up Fifth Ave

Take in all the sights

We do wish “Les Mis”

Was playing The Shubert tonight.

We’ll visit Times Square

With bright neon lights

On tall buildings everywhere..

We quickened our step

We really must get

Ourselves to the Met

For a fabulous new show

Bronzino drawings, you know.

Let’s not forget

That giant statue-et

We hailed a taxi

To the Staten Island Ferry

The ride was right quick

With no time for me

To be quite sea-sick!

The day was soon gone

We made our way back

To Grand Central Station

Our memories intact.

This mini- vacation

Was great stimulation

The ride home so relaxing

We spent the time happily

Dozing and napping...
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