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Friday haiku and watercolor painting

May 29, 2020 By Marit 10 Comments

Goodmorning beautiful ones, another Friday, another haiku!

Friday haiku

Een brutale meeuw
eist te worden opgemerkt
verstoort het ritme
A cheeky seagull
demands to be noticed and
disrupts the rhythm

The photo was taken by my friend Lena Schreijenberg

I submit this haiku to Recuerda Mi Corazon where our lovely hostess Rebecca brings us all together to share a haiku on Friday: Haiku my Heart

Watercolor challenge

I was disrupted too last week… I found a watercolor challenge on Facebook and I thought it would be nice to try watercolour painting again. I meant to finish this painting before the due date (which was Wednesday.) I created the first pencil sketch but had to order new micro pens to finish the image I had in mind. I purchased those before the weekend but it took ’till Wednesday evening before the materials were delivered… so I could finish my painting only on Thursday and by that time I lost interest and ‘cut corners’ (is that the phrase?) finishing it… I’m not satisfied at all but I show you the challenge photo and my painting anyway.

The given photo

and my take on it

This is a lesson I needed to be reminded on: when you lose interest and cannot put on the concentration, you better not start at all.

Thanks for stopping by my blog today, enjoy your weekend!

Je t’embrasse

 

Filed Under: art, Haiku, urban sketching Tagged With: haiku, haikumyheart, painting, watercolor, watercolour

Comments

  1. Cathy Keller says

    May 29, 2020 at 6:27 pm

    Wonderfully vivid haiku! And your watercolor is lovely!! Thank you!

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  2. Lea says

    May 29, 2020 at 6:31 pm

    I wonder what would happen if you followed the footsteps of the “cheeky” seagull? Are there treasures over that sand dune? You and Lena got my imagination going! I love your watercolor. Your mud is great as are the shapes and spots of color. I know that feeling, however… of starting and then losing that initial desire to create something. Who knows? Maybe it will grab you at another time to continue? or not? Thank you for these gifts and hugs to you Marit!

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  3. Lisa at Greenbow says

    May 29, 2020 at 7:31 pm

    I totally get it about not trying when you are not in the mood. You just get frustrated.
    Love your haiku and the photo illustrates it perfectly.

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  4. rebecca says

    May 29, 2020 at 7:44 pm

    hello beautiful friend across the sea! i love “cheeky” ever so much! i can smell the fresh salty sea air and wonder what could be better than “dancing to the beat of ones own drum!”
    thank you for your beautiful water color, your creative path and secure place in all our hearts.

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  5. A ShutterBug Explores says

    May 30, 2020 at 11:39 pm

    Your watercolor painting is divine ~ and love the seagull disrupting ~

    Be Safe, Be Well,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  6. Hazel says

    May 31, 2020 at 10:52 am

    Cheekiness is cute. Fun haiku. 🙂 I love your watercolor take on the boat. My kind of art – heart.

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  7. cie says

    May 31, 2020 at 3:52 pm

    Poem and painting are both wonderful. I used to do watercoler. Maybe someday I will again.

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  8. gillena says

    May 31, 2020 at 11:26 pm

    Beautuful haiku, beautiful watercolour. Happy Sunday

    Much💖love

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  9. Magical Mystical Teacher says

    June 5, 2020 at 3:25 pm

    It’s hard to ignore a seagull!

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  10. Mark says

    June 5, 2020 at 3:26 pm

    As annoying as they sometimes are, what would we do without seagulls?

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