Spring project - International Folkebåd Facelift - Day 1

This is our first day working on the boat to get it summer ready. It's been up on land during the icy winter. Saturday we took off the cover and stated scraping off layers of paint on the hull all the way back to the original color from the 1970's. We are giving the boat a little makeover this year. The boat was designed in 1967, it's a classic Scandinavian sailboat, folkebåd (peoples boat), kind of like volkswagen beetle of boats. Well this is only day one of many. The boat goes into the water at the end of April, then it's officially summer sailing season for us.  

Turquoise

We are almost finish with our Vision Book course. This weeks petal is turquoise symbolizing balance, challenge, personal growth, and expansion. Sounds like we'll be busy!

Slice of Life, Scandinavia

A house at our harbor getting a new thatched roof.

Project #7 - butterfly paintings

Some butterflies we painted in our Vision Book course.

Project #6 Seafood Still Life

Last nights project was inspired by Picasso's seafood still lifes. We were required to use a lobster in our work that was drawn down in the exhibition and collaged onto the canvas. The red lobster is a great contrast with the cool colors in the paintings.


The sea still life was often used when Picasso lived in the South of France. Fresh fish and lobster was readily available unlike in other areas of post war Europe where people were starving.


The lobster and cats (in the still lifes from 1962) were symbols of USA and Cuba at the Cuban missile crisis.

David Hockney

This exhibit opens in two days. I wonder if it will be a room filled with iPads on the wall. Looking forward to seeing this. Also looking forward to one day having my own iPad. Sigh.

Picasso Head

A fun Picasso website. In relation to my course at Louisiana Museum.
http://www.picassohead.com/