Six Frigates: How Piracy, War and British Supremacy at Sea Gave Birth to the World's Most Powerful Navy by Ian W. TollMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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28 December 2010
Six Frigates (book review)
Six Frigates: How Piracy, War and British Supremacy at Sea Gave Birth to the World's Most Powerful Navy by Ian W. TollMy rating: 4 of 5 stars
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25 December 2010
Watercolouring
It is extremely intimidating to know so many artists of so many mediums. Having a mother who creates anything she wants with a carving knife, brush, piece of charcoal, or calligraphy pen made me feel safer as an art critic than an artist. I am not a grumpy critic, but a bit picky thanks to a lot of exposure to art on all levels.
However, in the past year, I have come to the conclusion that art is not about meeting societal expectations, but to enjoy. It would be inappropriate to tout myself as a trained artist, but it is equally inappropriate to not pursue something that I enjoy. As a result, I decided to make postcard size gift tags for some friends and family, although my first sampling of friends and family was a very small circle given my rather new entrance to personal art.
After many attempts with charcoal, pastel, and coloured pencils, I have surprisingly found that the intimidating concept of painting is the most comfortable. Oils are terrifying to me because of the requirement of precision, but watercolouring is something that actually relaxes me. The clean colours and ability to 'move things about' with water is very attractive to me. I've made 4-5 larger watercolours from travels and postcard size paintings of Malta and France trips, but below are my string of paintings for this holiday season in order of completion.
However, in the past year, I have come to the conclusion that art is not about meeting societal expectations, but to enjoy. It would be inappropriate to tout myself as a trained artist, but it is equally inappropriate to not pursue something that I enjoy. As a result, I decided to make postcard size gift tags for some friends and family, although my first sampling of friends and family was a very small circle given my rather new entrance to personal art.
After many attempts with charcoal, pastel, and coloured pencils, I have surprisingly found that the intimidating concept of painting is the most comfortable. Oils are terrifying to me because of the requirement of precision, but watercolouring is something that actually relaxes me. The clean colours and ability to 'move things about' with water is very attractive to me. I've made 4-5 larger watercolours from travels and postcard size paintings of Malta and France trips, but below are my string of paintings for this holiday season in order of completion.
16 December 2010
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