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Jul. 8th, 2012 12:36 amMeredith and I went to the Van Goh exhibit at the National Art Gallery today and it was AWESOME. I think the only painting I'd seen in person of his is the iris one that the NAG owns so it was amazing to see the rest. My favourites were basically anything with flowers, butterflies/moths, or interesting skies. Which was a lot of them.
It's absolutely crazy to think that he only painted for 10 years. Actually, the paintings in the exhibit were all from the last 3 years of his life. That amount of productivity is every artist's dream, no matter what medium you work with. Of course, it helped that he had a brother who could and was willing to support him financially.
I picked up a book and some posters from the gallery and then we headed straight to Wallack's for some art supplies because FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON we both got hit hard by the painting bug. I'd actually been meaning to buy some nice brushes and oil paints for awhile now, though I was waiting for my easel to get finished (that will hopefully happen later in the week). I have 3 blank canvasses though and decently solid plans for all three of them! Should be interesting, I'm really looking forward to having paint that can do texture, since acrylic just doesn't cut it for that.
Also, I got my Doctor Who zombie fic finished and posted and I even managed to figure out a few more tweaks for it today that I think vastly improve it. And like, 2 seconds after getting it up on FF.Net I had a review asking for more. Even though it is marked complete. Oh well.
Anyone interested, the fic is about the Eighth Doctor meeting Mary Shelley and bringing her to meet H.P. Lovecraft and have grand adventures. It was too wonderful a prompt to not write. You can read it over here at AO3 (and check out the other fic in the Fest too using the collection link).
It's absolutely crazy to think that he only painted for 10 years. Actually, the paintings in the exhibit were all from the last 3 years of his life. That amount of productivity is every artist's dream, no matter what medium you work with. Of course, it helped that he had a brother who could and was willing to support him financially.
I picked up a book and some posters from the gallery and then we headed straight to Wallack's for some art supplies because FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON we both got hit hard by the painting bug. I'd actually been meaning to buy some nice brushes and oil paints for awhile now, though I was waiting for my easel to get finished (that will hopefully happen later in the week). I have 3 blank canvasses though and decently solid plans for all three of them! Should be interesting, I'm really looking forward to having paint that can do texture, since acrylic just doesn't cut it for that.
Also, I got my Doctor Who zombie fic finished and posted and I even managed to figure out a few more tweaks for it today that I think vastly improve it. And like, 2 seconds after getting it up on FF.Net I had a review asking for more. Even though it is marked complete. Oh well.
Anyone interested, the fic is about the Eighth Doctor meeting Mary Shelley and bringing her to meet H.P. Lovecraft and have grand adventures. It was too wonderful a prompt to not write. You can read it over here at AO3 (and check out the other fic in the Fest too using the collection link).
