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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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Friday, June 29, 2018

Blueprint in Brown Plein Air Watercolors by Bertie Brown


Summer Blueprint in Brown
original watercolor quick sketches: 9" x 12"

Blues 'n Brown Cruise
there’s plenty to do 
in summer it’s true
but sometimes I must
simply adjust
my take on all work
and shirk all that work
take time to relax
look forward, think back
embrace solitude
consider my mood
it’s summertime blues

a soul soothing cruise
BB
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Tuesday, June 19, 2018

Into the Woods Plein Air Watercolors by Bertie Brown

in the beginning
                                                                Into The Woods
                                              original watercolor plein air landscape : 10" x 14"

curiouser and curiouser
it seems to me
this summer’s the bomb
at flirting, you see
‘cause just when you feel
a cool  weightless breeze
a sun so friendly
you’re relaxin’ indeed
a thick hulking cloud 
of hu-MID-ity
descends with a shout
and spreads itself out
oh yes there’s the rub
to summer time fun
those idyllic days
come quickly undone....
BB


Thursday, June 7, 2018

The John Jacob House Watercolors by Bertie Brown

The John Jacob House
original watercolor plein air home portrait: 9" x 12"

think that it’s done
and I had some fun
‘though there a few 
solutions that skewed
my original view
and managed to be
surprising, you see
so now I don’t know
if it’s fit to show
if not,
 you’ve just got

to tell me to Stop!
BB
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Monday, June 4, 2018

Wild 'N Crazy Watercolors by Bertie Brown

Wild 'N Crazy
original watercolor wildflowers: 9" x 12"

Sophie and I 
are asking you-all
are buttercups high in cholesterol?
they glisten like butter
in their golden yellow clusters
we think they’d taste great
and we’d be well fed
if we used them as spread
on jam or jelly bread
wouldn’t popcorn just popped
be better with hot
melted buttercups drizzled
all over the top?
is lobster that’s baked
in buttercup paste  
richer in flavor
more pleasing to taste?
Sophie and I
just giggled and said
we think that we’ll paint

those buttercups instead!
BB
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