Pauline Persing Art, Writing,& Natural History

I have never been able to make up my mind whether to concentrate on art, writing or natural history. I usually concentrate on one of the three for a while, then concentrate on another of the three. Art, writing and natural history are intwined in my life and often involve teaching a combination of these subjects.

Friday, February 28, 2014

Happy Birthday, Eric

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Eric with Courtney and Seymour It was good to see you today and give you a birthday hug. Enjoy this year, you...

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Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Weather...It's Winter, It's Almost Spring, It's Winter Again

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We had three more inches of snow on February 14. (7.6 cm) And here is how Charleston Falls looked on February 15 about 8:30 AM. Th...

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Saturday, February 22, 2014

February 22, 2014, Fifty-three Years Since That First Bouquet

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This bouquet that commemorates the one Tom sent fifty-three years ago to my college dorm room. As usual I was dense. I wondere...

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

The North Wind Doth Blow, February 17, 2014

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Dark-eyed Junco (Junco hyemalis) Photo by Tom Persing The North Wind Doth Blow The north wind doth blow, And we shall have snow...

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Using a Commercial Gray Scale to Recognize Values

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I find keeping a gray scale handy helps when I am painting. You can make your own as I showed in an earlier blog. I find making a gray sc...

Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Relating Complementary Color Studies to the Gray Scale

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It is February 18 and I am revising this post. I'm still trying to clarify what I am saying in my own mind. I probably will revise th...

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Friday, February 7, 2014

A Different Look at Charleston Falls, February 1, 2014

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On February 1, our area had a welcome day of relief from the cold, the snow, and the wind. (34 degrees Fahrenheit at 7 AM or 1 degree Cel...

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Pauline Persing: I have been interested in art, writing and natural history since childhood. After leaving elementary school teaching, I took a part-time job teaching drawing to children. That turned out to be a part-time job for the next twenty years. It was one of the most enjoyable jobs I have ever had. During the same time I was a part-time educator for a local nature center and then an environmental educator for the county parks. When I am with children or adults in the woods or prairies or streams, I am sure there is nothing I could be doing that would make me happier. Throughout my teaching career, I have learned as much as I have taught. Along the way I have written articles and short stories and painted a lot of watercolors. Writing helps me understand myself and my world. Painting is pure pleasure.

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