A black and white picture of a subject I've seldom truly seen...

A gleaming ray of the moon like it's never been,

Skipping off of liquid glass into the unknown of time,

Is the only thing that seems alive tonight.

This evening the sea is the ocean

As well as the road to a promise not quite spoken,

It's the distant lover that would caress my boat if I would heed it's moan.

Now,the moon seems so oddly alone,undressed of its shroud of clouds,whispering storms,

It pushes my thoughts into the waves

With the stark,cold light it sheds like a dozen arrowheads

Which cut free my roots from the earth

So I may walk over water,into the dark,

Glide with the wind and burn in the light to come,

Sway over secrets death has been keeping,

Above tower-highs of solitude and centuries of silence,

An ancient graveyard of life and knowledge

I hope I won't be presently visiting.

Black turns to gray,as indiscriminate as white

As I sail into the heart of something i don't understand.

I stand-off the moon and try to stop the rocking of the boat,

All to prove my worth...

hmm...by Razvanish.

.πλέγμα σε γαλήνια ανατολή.

Gives me the eye.

And off he goes again.

CXLVI "the sixteenth day of july", originalmente cargada por caese.

Leona Lewis - Bleeding Love

the salty bones of the earth raised up in a shallow pond to bake exposed for a thousand years

salty earth

white plains cracked into hexagonal regions big as pie plates

a river of salt between barren, jagged peaks

and in the distance, a faint veil lingers over the valley floor

walking with death and salty gnomes.

rain on a salty inland sea

a light crust of frost clings to up thrust brown peaks

no deluge can wash that salt away

more salt would bleed up out of that wound an blanket this barren plain again

One of my friend noticed that the gold chain in my neck was missing. So few of us went to the beach , to search the chain in the places where we played. We could not able to get it.I felt, Its really foolish to search in the sea waters. So I asked the guys to come out. Everyone left to the restaurant and had a cup of hot tea. At that time the sun started to set and the scene was excellent. I just took my cup of tea and started walking in the beach water by looking and enjoying at the sun set.

The dazzling of the reddish orange color in the sky and a small mountain rock in the seashore with a beautiful sundecks of "The Leela" hotel added more beauty to the scene. For every second I can able to see the sun moving towards the sea water to take a water bath . In the same time it started drizzling. Every one playing in the beach were running towards some shelter near the seashore. Hardly I was the only guy still standing in the beach waters. The coastal guards were whistling at me to come to the seashore. I acted like I was not hearing them, I continued to look at the sun set. Sun was almost very nearer to the sea level. The scene at this time was really amazing. Really one should have thousand eyes to watch it. I was in the state of bliss, it started raining most and most of the clouds were dark Grey in color , darkness were surrounded in sky, the reddish orange started fading and sun's glow was reduced , no one was there around me .

Just imagine that a single man, with a cup of tea in his hands, standing in the beach water while raining, darken clouds, light orange colored sky near the sun, sea water reflects the orange color, a small rock mountain and the excellently constructed sundecks of The Leela hotel, with a cool breeze blowing in my face. Still I can feel the moments. Really I enjoyed each and every milliseconds of a second. Almost the sun was set and few coastal guards came near to me and asked me to move from the place. I was totally wet , reached the restaurant and had some fish fries and left kovalam at around 7.00 pm. Check with a net image of sunset in kovalam beach.

Most of my friends are worried about the chain I lost, but I was not much concerned about that. I was telling myself that I have paid 11000 rs to nature to watch its wonder. It worth to pay for it. Though that chain got some sentimental backgropunds like my first gold ornament and my mom presented to me 9 years back etc., I was not much worried. Bocs everything happend for a reason, If I haven't lost the chain there , we would have left the place at around 5.45 pm and I would have missed the most beautiful show of the sun in my life.

Thanks for Kerala, Kovalam beach, The Leela Hotel, the rock mountain, my gold chain , the rain and the cup of tea for showing me the pleasant side of the Sun. Life is always beautifull when living with nature.

Redan vid klockan halv tolv lyckades jag mödosamt kravla mig ur sängen, endast halvt vid medvetande. Detta hjältedåd möjliggör för mig inte bara längre vistelse i solljus, utan även en återanpassning till den kollektiva sömncykeln. Det känns skönt.

Om en minut slår klockan eftermiddag och det är god tid för mig att ta ostkakan ur ugnen, hälla upp en stark kopp kaffe och göra mig iordning inför resan till havet.

Lev väl!

About:
A very beautiful and challedging game for dolphins lovers! Flip out of the water and do awesome stuns in mid air. Your marine friends is able to touch the moon too! An addictive game that cannot be missed

Controls:
Keyboard. Up, down, left and right. Up to accelerate and down to roll.

Link:
http://www.kongregate.com/games/arawkins/dolphin-olympics-2

Somewhere in the Caribbean at dusk.

Taken, surprisingly, with a Kodak Easyshare DX4530.

Please excuse the poor photo (lighting conditions were terrible). Anyway - you get the idea - white frame with the image floating on top of the mat. I think it goes really well with the image.

6 by 10 $ 75.00 watercolor on paper.

I used to teach watercolor classes and Dolphins were a favorite subject of my students. Dolphins always seem so happy. They convey a sweetness and a wonderful spark of energy which is genuinely curious.
Next month I'm going to be doing a series of paintings which are related to the Earth and specifically water.  Be prepared to see some lake paintings because Lake Wylie is a great subject but I may do some under water paintings too. I've been working them up in my mind.  Usually I'll walk the dogs several times per day and while on these walks I allow my mind to develop paintings. I see mist rolling across the water in the early morning light with fishermen standing in their Bass boats, also another painting of White Egrets and Heron standing at the waters edge or just taking off from the water.  Of course my beloved Koi looking up thru the water to the surface, and  then there is always colorful sailboats and  wonderful sunsets.  I look forward to my month of water paintings, and I hope this month of painting water will remind you how precious each dop of rain and every inch of water is to  us and our planet.

Anyways, we're not leaving today, we're leaving tomorrow. We've been here for like a full three weeks and I am nearly desperate to get home. I swear I'm about to go crazy.

Last nigth (this morning), since I could get to sleep I got outta bed and just went out on the balcony. I'd never seen the moon set, but I got to last night. It was purty neat. Here's a picture of it.

Anyways, I'm out for now. Blahhhhhh

Steve

Konbanwa minna !!! hehe okies this is my fourth tutorial and why am i doing this ??? because it is hard to find sunset tutorials and i just love the view of it ^^ so okay lets begin ~~~ i would not be teaching the basics anymore because it is in my previous tutorials ^^. I am still an amateur but this is my own style >.< so please dont kill me T.T im still new

Always check the modes and brush opacity that i set if you want too XD

NOTE: Click on the images for a LARGER view.

Step 1 :

Open a new blank document at the size about 700-800 --width, 720--height. Background color leave it white ^^

Create a new layer and name it gradient. Set the mode to multiply-- opacity and fill at 100%

Step 2 :

the selection of colors can be made yourself but i had chosen mine by combining the warm colors.

open up the selection of colors for the gradient by double clicking the bar *points at the color bar at the top*

here are the colors used from first to last ( left to right ).

Brown----#6a2f11

Purple----#871776, second purple ----#a7098f, third purple---- #a7098f

Orange----#e77130

Goldish orange----#eeb223

Step 3 :

Drag your gradient as you wish but remember that it must be on your Gradient Layer. Check your gradient settings before you drag it downwards. We want a little brown at the top . Mine turned out like this *points below* it doesn't need to be exact ^^ but do it till you're satisfied XD

Step 4 :

Here is the fun part ^^ We are gonna start to use brushes provided by artist / people to make our job easier and to have the nice effects. The pros may know how to do the clouds nicely or do it themselves but im a newbie and had my own way XD . Name the Layer Cloud.
Cloud Brushes are from deviantart and i do not claim them as mine all credit will go to the creator for the cloud brushes XD. You can search through deviantart as there will tons of cloud brushes available for your use. Play with the clouds and use various of them.

Step 5 :

We will start to use lower opacity brushes to give the effect better. Just adjust the opacity of your brushes on the new layer named Cloud 2 . You might not notice any difference but there is.

Step 6 :

Lets add a little white on a new layer named Clouds White using the various brushes again ^^

Step 7:

Lets do the sun setting shall we ( start a new layer named Sun Setting) I placed the sun at the center but you can place it anywhere you want XD

I used orange colors and later on added in the blending options on the Sun layer *points below* you just have to right click the layer and select blending options . Just use a soft round brush ( like the airbrush )

I selected outer glow opacity at 10% adjust it again on what you like.

Step 8 :

Go back to your Cloud layer and do the same adjustments as step 7 ( the blending options part ). The reason why i left this out earlier was so that you can compare if you want to add this effect or not.

Step 9 :

Time to work on the water. The way i do my water is different than others is because i do not want it to look usual but unusual XD so shall we start ? Go to your Gradient Layer and Erase the bottom part. You can use a big eraser so no worries ^^

Step 10 :

This is important XD Make a new layer set at the mode multiply below the gradient layer. Meaning in between the original background layer and the Gradient layer. Use a light blue color and color it roughly like what i did but do not ever erase the outer edges *points below* see the effect which gives it almost as if there are mountains at the back from a far range ?

dont use the airbrush mode but a solid brush. From here on things are gonna get complicated and messy ^^

Color used for the water base is --- #4962fc

Step 11 :

To create the water darker i begin a new layer named Water 2 mode in multiply. Once again use a solid brush and various tones of blue and roughly do it here and there. I used a light tone of blue and moved on to a darker one. Just brush it anywhere.

Step 12 :

On the same layer take the smudge tool and start smudging the unfinished water XD lol just have fun with it and take your time ^^ i randomly did mine >.<

Step 13 :

Lets add some other warm colors on the water ^^ examples like pink, red , orange, yellow,beige,purple, dark brown, and white are all mixed inside it. Just randomly do it again( like step 12) but this time on a new layer named Pink Etc Water with the mode in Normal by using the hard brush again. The thing different is to set your brush at a lower opacity and the colors are focused at the center.

use different shapes of the smudge tool to get your effect. I got mine this way *points below*

When you are done use Filter-->> Blur-->> Gausian blur at about 1.5-3 pixels. Depending on your liking

Step 14 :

Once again i go to deviantart to find brushes for better effects i do not claim the water brushes as mine, credit goes to the maker / artist ^^ This time i search for water / sea brushes. Start on a new layer called Pattern with the mode as normal and when you have had the brush use a large scale one about 663-800 px. Try not to make it too obvious as in a bright white. We just want some light effect on the water. Lower down the opacity.

Step 15:

This is the simplest part name your new layer White Lines and the mode would be Color dodge XD just grab a small brush at the size of 3 Px and start drawing flowly lines like what i did. Do it on which ever flow you think is nice ^^ Once you are done with the lines open up the blending options for that layer. Select Outer Glow - opacity 63% , Spread - 1%, Size -4 px. You can leave the default color as it is.

Step 16 :

Lets add some fluffy waves . I start on a new Layer named Fluffy Wave with the mode as Color dodge. The brush i am using came along with the sea brushes ^^. Now all you need to do is to use the brushes at the edges. *check your brush opacity* Do not mind about it touching the outside picture because we want that effect. So there is no need for any erasing to be done.

Step 17 :

There you are done ! A sunset for the evening view by the sea XD

This art was made before this tutorial >.< For a darker version of sunset before night. I aint a good artist yet so yea im still learning T.T What matters is the view behind lol XD Changed the water way XD

Thank you for your time and patience ^^ enjoy ^^

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