STILL LIFE AND CATS

I started art school when my son was 15,  at that age mothers are useless and bother more than anything else. Therefore I had to look for another occupation and decided to learn the techniques of painting.

First I tried Still Lives, but they looked rather boring and really more than still !

I also noticed something strange : All languages ​​of germanic origin say "still life" while the once of roman origin say "nature morte" which means "dead nature". In my personal case I would rather say that the Roman languages are right because my "Still lives" looked rather like "dead natures".  I didn't like it and gave up




These pictures would certainly be very nice as paintings "Still Life" or "Dead Nature" as you wish.

I had realized that I loved to observe my cats and started with painting cats. The only obstacle was that cats never stay still. I asked with my sweetest voice to please sit down and hold still. Of course cat Arthur agrees to please me and I thought the sunflowers would give a nice background. 



But ... Arthur too thought the sunflowers were nice and had first to sniff at them. There was also a box which he hadn't discovered yet. Standing there in front of my easel with brush and palette and asked dear Arthur to please sit down and look at me. He nearly did, but then moved again. Impossible to sit still and then suddenly he had enough, turned around and jumped from the dresser.

I stood there like a still life now and thought I have to find another way to paint my cats, as they don't want to be "dead natures" I left my brush and palette and looked in my computer to find a nice photo of Arthur where he stood still ! On photos nobody can't move.

Unfortunately I don't know if this masterpiece is still with my other paintings or if I have sold it, anyway, never try to paint a cat. Even if she sleeps and wears her tail on the left, the next time you look the tail is on the right !




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FRIDAYS FAVE FIVE

All good things come to an end, and our last week had started.




In not even two days the tent for the Christmas and New Years festivities were finished.



While we went to the big shopping mall Cleopatra, we saw Christmas decorations on the street. The locals or tourists, just enjoy the funny father Christmas, the beautiful fake Christmas trees, the garlands and the lights



We bought some bits and pieces for Christmas or just as gifts there were such beautiful things which you don't find in Europe or other Western countries.



I watched a young man who filled in glass bottles with colored sand and made little camels or other things with the sand. Amazing to watch that, I had seen it already but it always surprises me how they do it.



In our hotel too each day we discovered more decoration. The Christmas tree hadn't arrived yet, they had ordered a new one apparently.

On our last two evenings Nicole and I watched an Oriental Show in the evening and one where couples from the hotel had to do funny things.



This was a dancer on stilts, it looked just beautiful when he canced



Then a very nice belly dancer





A Dervich who whirled around



and the couples, where the woman had to make a mummy out of her husband with ... toilet paper ! I assure you it's really very funny. An English couple won.

On the last day there was again a fruit festival, this time with strawberries, ! Delicious.



These strawberries taste the sunshine and the other fruits too !

And then we had to leave. Our flight was only at 8.30 pm so we had the whole day at the beach, but we stayed at the pool not to import tons of sand with us in our suitcases. I had asked if it would be possible to keep one room until 5 pm, and of course I got it, I am such a good client !

The bus picked us up at 6 pm and we said good bye to Hurghada.



Last view out of my window.

The flight was quiet without airholes and we arrived punctually at 10 past 1 am in Brussels, were the streets were white with frost ! Our taxi was waiting for us and drove us home. I was in bed at 3.30 am !



And here is my view this morning ! Fortunately the sun is shining but it is cold !! So I feel a little upside down, half here, half in Egypt and I am dressed for the north pole !

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