Thinking about how some people will never know that most original paintings are looking so different from their photographs on the internet.
Like this here for example. It is "Paysage au pin" by Berthe Brincour and the only photograph I could find on the internet.
And this here below is the original that I photographed with my phone at a museum in Luxembourg last year.
You can't even see the brush strokes in the first one! If you zoom into my photo you can see the direction she went with the brushes and how it all looks like a gorgeous lively mosaic. The entire charm, everything that makes this piece feel so alive to me, gets lost in the first photo.
I don't know where I am going with this. If you do traditional art yourself and you photograph it, just know that there will be people like me that will go absolutely bonkers if they can spot your brush strokes and "imperfections" and what have you.
Being able to see where someone put the brush, is literally so magical. The painting is alive to me. There is such beauty in that.
Also check out museums and art exhibits if you get the chance. You will gain even more appreciation for the paintings you know and love and find new favorites too.
If you are a trans person in the UK either under the care of a gender clinic, or even on the wait list for one, please do send them an email or letter opting out of your patient records and data being used for 'research', like the clearly transphobic review that's coming for adult services next.
This is especially important if you are under 30 years old.
There's a great template letter you can use here, it took me less than five minutes to copy stuff and send off an email.
you came back wrong and i am racked with guilt because i cannot bear to see you like this and i should have let you rest. i loved you so much that i defied death itself but i do not think either of us are happy
Hiya, I'm a disabled student and need a little help with groceries again 🥲
If anyone could spare anything my way for things like bread and milk I'd appreciate it a bunch!!
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I am open to doing commissions but I currently have three major deadlines coming up and won't be able to start them until after (so around mid-May) if you'd prefer that option!
a while back i saw a picture @mllekurtz took in the gardens of Villa Taranto and really wanted to do a little study of it. then inserting everyone's favorite wizards into the potential picture was suggested, so naturally i no longer had any other choice but to go through with it. it truly looked like a dreamy garden somewhere in Exandria and the wizards fit in too well 🤌