carnival of struggling bumbling newbies - December 20, 2008
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Welcome to the December 20, 2008 edition of carnival of struggling bumbling newbies.
Joe Manausa presents >What is a RSS Subscription? posted at >Tallahassee Real Estate Blog, saying, “Have you ever noticed that anytime you read a blog, there is a Subscription Button that encourages you to subscribe to it? Well, I have been questioned about this often enough to recognize that most readers do not understand how RSS works and why bloggers should continue to explain it in order to expand their subscribers list.”
Jeff Carlson presents >Are bagels healthy to eat in the morning? posted at >Gobs Channel, saying, “Must see about bagels that you probably don’t know.”
Matthew Paulson presents >Laid Off? What Now? posted at >American Consumer News.
Barry Wright III presents >Distilling the Value of Blogs posted at >3stylelife.
Ralph Jean-Paul presents >Keep Your New Year’s Resolutions posted at >Potential 2 Success, saying, ““”Start sticking to those New Year’s Resolutions by learning what resolutions really are, why some resolutions don’t work, and how to follow through on them.”"
Wayne John presents
>Sorting Generic.List Items posted at
>Wayne John, saying, “Great example of sorting a Generic.List
Sam presents
>NEW !! The Art of Impressionism. Famous Paintings and Painters, Men and Women posted at
>Surfer Sam and Friends, saying, “Famous Painters of Impressionism
Men and Women and their Art
Impressionism is the most popular movement in Western art. Impressionism began as a new way of depicting the world with bold color to capture the fleeting effects of light and color in nature. The style was born in the 1850s and 1860s in the studios of Paris, by a group of independent painters who studied and worked together. For subjects they turned away from classical, religious and mythological topics, and looked at contemporary life and nearby landscapes. The painters chose modern subjects from daily life, the busy cafes and concerts of Paris and the countryside. The Impressionists also rejected the overworked highly finished surfaces of academic art in favor of an airy, unfinished look.
What is Impressionism?
In Impressionism, the goal of the painting was to recreate the sensation of the visual experience for the viewer, instead of recreating the subject. To the Impressionists, color was more important than line. They used distinct slabs of bright, bold color, and contrasting colors like red with green and blue with orange, to capture the effect of sparkling light. Shadows were indicated with color instead of black paint. They rejected the scrupulous realism that was the style of the day. Instead they depicted the fleeting impression of the moment, rather than the details of the subject.
To do this, paint was applied quickly in thick brushstrokes that capture the ephemeral effects of light, atmosphere and color. Color was dabbed onto scrubbed paint, with visible brush strokes. The paint was unmixed, rather than smoothly blended, for a feeling of intense, vibrating color. Sometimes paints were applied wet paint on wet paint, and mixed into one another on the canvas. The invention of metal tubes for paint in 1840 allowed painters to work longer outdoors. The Impressionists took advantage of this and created many of their paintings outdoors.
Traditionally, painting composition used a point of focus with figures arranged to lead the eye to the point of focus. The Impressionists went in a new direction with paintings that looked uncomposed and unplanned. The arrangement was open and unstaged. Poses were relaxed, informal and candid. To capture the effect of movement, they used unusual visual angles, blurred figures and figures cropped at the edge of the canvas.”
Isaac Yassar presents >Do It Now posted at >Isaac Yassar .com, saying, “If you want to be a successful blogger, then your first step is starting to write, do it now! A journey of thousands miles starts with a single step.”
SpkTruth2Pwr presents >Plenty of Experience in Obama’s Administration posted at >The Apathy Remedy, saying, “It seems like all of Obama’s picks for advisors has some ties to the Clinton Administration. Is this necessarily a bad thing? This post discusses in detail.”
Fiona Lohrenz presents >Why You Should Start A Day Care In A Recession posted at >Child Care Only.
JRickG presents >Personal Deconstruction, by JE Gonzalez posted at >JE Gonzalez.
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