{"id":1977,"date":"2018-08-21T12:45:22","date_gmt":"2018-08-21T17:45:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.itsallmalarkey.com\/staging\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2020-03-16T11:22:35","modified_gmt":"2020-03-16T16:22:35","slug":"painted-lady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.itsallmalarkey.com\/staging\/2018\/08\/21\/painted-lady\/","title":{"rendered":"Painted Lady"},"content":{"rendered":"

Entomologists and farmers are currently my two favorite kinds of people. They both give me such interesting<\/em> presents!<\/p>\n

Last year was a good one for Painted Lady butterflies<\/a>, and one of the spider webs in the greenhouse at the Northern Plains Botanic Garden<\/a> managed to catch quite a selection. Since the spider apparently died before wrapping them, my entomologist friend saved them all for me.<\/p>\n

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With all the classes I am taking and attempts to learn things I don’t know how to do yet, I have apparently been giving people the idea that I don’t think I know how to do art. Or don’t think I am any good. Or something. In the midst of yet another class where I am pretty sure my brain cells are going to explode if I try to shove in any further information, I totally understand why I give that impression, however it isn’t true. I am trying to share my learning experiences, but other kinds of art I am pretty comfortable with.<\/p>\n

To prove it, and to give my tired brain a rest, I reverted to painting in a way I already know how to do. My portrait of a painted lady.<\/p>\n

I only have 20 more of them left to do something with.  \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

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Painted Lady
Vanessa cardui<\/em>
Gouache on paper
11×15<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n