It's Thursday!
Yesterday it was very cold, but sunny when I set off to meet a friend in London to see the Winslow Homer exhibition at the National Gallery. We met at Charing Cross and made our way to the gallery via Trafalgar Square where the new 'fourth plinth' art installation was being set up for the formal 'opening'. This year it's a statue of John Chilembwe and John Chorley (you can read about it here). I took a couple of photos and thought the modelling of the sculpture was fantastic, but against a bright sky, my photos aren't so good. I like this one I took against Nelson's column and the fountains *g* (the article above has better photos of the statues)
After which we visited the exhibition. I wrote about Windslow Homer yesterday so under the cut are a few of the paintings I really liked.
Homer was a commercial artist as well as a war artist and painted to please the public so some of the painting are of subjects that were popular such as these children on the beach.
He is amazingly good at watercolours. I love this painting with the sailors straining to keep the boat under control against the stormy sea. The little boat-like thing in the background is a lightship helping sailors guide through treacherous waters.
Homer often spent winters around Bermuda. I love this watercolour with the trees and flowers. The little figure helps give scale and I think you can almost see the wind in those palm trees.
Homer certainly could paint the sea! This is a huge painting of the sea being whipped up by the wind. I would happily have this on my wall LOL!
A rather risqué painting of girls coming out of the sea after a swim. Risqué because you can see their legs in detail! Very shocking at the time.
We spent about an hour and a half looking at the paintings and then had some lunch in the very nice café at the Gallery before we headed home. I got back around 3pm. As I'd walked around two and a half miles I decided not to join Mr Cee on a Nordic walk in the evening so he headed off and joined the group at a local park.
After he got back we grabbed a snack to keep us going and then headed out to join a different Tai Chi class near us. This one runs for 90 minutes and we had a trial class with the group. The style is similar to the one we were learning, but if we decided to sign up we'll have to unlearn some of the ways of doing the steps that we have been taught. We're going to think about it.... we got back around 9pm and that was about it for Wednesday!
Today I've made some sourdough bread dough to prove and I'll bake some loaves later. Shortly I'll be heading out to have a mammogram which I'm not looking forward to, and then this afternoon I must sort out my glass studio as it's a mess!
I have questions:
28. What’s the closest thing to a castle you’ve been in? So many! I have Leeds Castle and Hever Castle (where Anne Boleyn grew up) and Dover Castle and so many many more not that far from me. I've visited castles that have been restored and castles that are in ruins. There are a lot of historic castles in the UK!
29. What were the circumstances the last time you were hoarse?
I was a little hoarse when I had Covid back in the summer. I've not completely lost my voice for years though :)
After which we visited the exhibition. I wrote about Windslow Homer yesterday so under the cut are a few of the paintings I really liked.
Homer was a commercial artist as well as a war artist and painted to please the public so some of the painting are of subjects that were popular such as these children on the beach.
He is amazingly good at watercolours. I love this painting with the sailors straining to keep the boat under control against the stormy sea. The little boat-like thing in the background is a lightship helping sailors guide through treacherous waters.
Homer often spent winters around Bermuda. I love this watercolour with the trees and flowers. The little figure helps give scale and I think you can almost see the wind in those palm trees.
Homer certainly could paint the sea! This is a huge painting of the sea being whipped up by the wind. I would happily have this on my wall LOL!
A rather risqué painting of girls coming out of the sea after a swim. Risqué because you can see their legs in detail! Very shocking at the time.
We spent about an hour and a half looking at the paintings and then had some lunch in the very nice café at the Gallery before we headed home. I got back around 3pm. As I'd walked around two and a half miles I decided not to join Mr Cee on a Nordic walk in the evening so he headed off and joined the group at a local park.
After he got back we grabbed a snack to keep us going and then headed out to join a different Tai Chi class near us. This one runs for 90 minutes and we had a trial class with the group. The style is similar to the one we were learning, but if we decided to sign up we'll have to unlearn some of the ways of doing the steps that we have been taught. We're going to think about it.... we got back around 9pm and that was about it for Wednesday!
Today I've made some sourdough bread dough to prove and I'll bake some loaves later. Shortly I'll be heading out to have a mammogram which I'm not looking forward to, and then this afternoon I must sort out my glass studio as it's a mess!
I have questions:
28. What’s the closest thing to a castle you’ve been in? So many! I have Leeds Castle and Hever Castle (where Anne Boleyn grew up) and Dover Castle and so many many more not that far from me. I've visited castles that have been restored and castles that are in ruins. There are a lot of historic castles in the UK!
29. What were the circumstances the last time you were hoarse?
I was a little hoarse when I had Covid back in the summer. I've not completely lost my voice for years though :)