{"id":2137,"date":"2017-02-27T22:06:36","date_gmt":"2017-02-28T05:06:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/?p=2137"},"modified":"2017-02-28T09:44:14","modified_gmt":"2017-02-28T16:44:14","slug":"the-attentive-eye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/callibeth.com\/blog\/2017\/02\/27\/the-attentive-eye\/","title":{"rendered":"The attentive eye"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>
\n“To the attentive eye,
\n<\/em>each moment of the year
\nhas its own beauty,
\nand in the same field,
\n<\/em> it beholds, every hour,
\na picture which was never seen before,
\nand which shall never be seen again.”<\/em>
\n\u2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson.<\/p>\n

I matted and framed (11″ x 14″) this piece to today for the calligraphy exhibit at Rocky Mountain College’s The Ryniker-Morrison Gallery in Billings, MT.
\nThe watercolor lettering was initially done with a disc-ended Brause Ornament nib \u2013  similar to a Speedball “B” series nib \u2013 and then the rough edges and finials tidied square with a bowl-pointed school nib. All on St. Armand handmade watercolor paper, a luxuriously felty, bumpy surface.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“To the attentive eye, each moment of the year has its own beauty, and in the same field, it beholds, every hour, a picture which was never seen before, and which shall never be seen again.” \u2013 Ralph Waldo Emerson. I matted and framed (11″ x 14″) this piece to today for the calligraphy exhibit … <\/p>\n

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