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Thursday, October 2, 2025

Day 4787: Mixed Media Artist, Nikita Ale & Strangler Fig Tree & TBT.

"Disclosure": junk papers collage, digitized.

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Click: Roberta Flack, Until It's Time ...

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Mixed Media Artist

Meet Mixed media artist and MMAcademy instructor, Nitika Alé as she creates ethereal, vibrant works based on a harmonious blend of artistic intuition and technical expertise. Alé’s focus is flowers and portraits, often incorporating the former into the latter. Using a variety of mediums like pastel, charcoal, acrylic and watercolor paints, her artwork is multi-layered, both physically and metaphorically.

Fortunately, Alé’s knack for art has also translated into teaching. Her newest course, launching today, is Mixed Media Portrait Drawing, but she also teaches Dream Your Own Abstract Acrylic Floral Paintings through My Modern Met Academy. With Mixed Media Portrait Drawing, Alé teaches portraiture basics, as well as how to work across three different mediums: charcoal, soft pastel, and watercolor.

Mixed Media Portrait Drawing is available for immediate purchase at the My Modern Met Academy website. With over 70 minutes of lessons and resources, this course is priced at $34.95. Perfect for intermediate artists and veteran creatives alike, Alé’s class is an amazing chance to experiment with new mediums and develop your artistic intuition.instructor Nitika Alé creates ethereal, vibrant works based on a harmonious blend of artistic intuition and technical expertise. Alé’s focus is flowers and portraits, often incorporating the former into the latter. Using a variety of mediums like pastel, charcoal, acrylic and watercolor paints, her artwork is multi-layered, both physically and metaphorically.

A short video, here.

* In this blog I mainly try to show you unusual things and forms of art, but I thought you might like a touch of the pretty art. I am not connected in any way to to MMAcademy or Nikita Ale, and have not and will never monetize this blog.

Demura Sensei, "Suika", Santa Ana, CA 1977.

A 4+ minute video, Butterfly Nightmare, here

Just because ...

California quail

Thursday's Smiles ...

Wednesday, October 1, 2025

Day 4786: Visit to Austria & Off Among the Clouds.

"3 rules": junk papers collage

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Click: Austrian Goldried Quintett, “Mei Muata und Mei Vota

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Elenor at Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Burgenland

Elenor write, "The story goes on.In the afternoon of our first day we arrived in Bad Tatzmannsdorf in Burgenland where we stayed for several days bathing and walking in the lovely countryside.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bad_Tatzmannsdorf tells:

Bad Tatzmannsdorf has long been recognized as an important health resort, and there are numerous legends of remarkable cures associated with Bad Tatzmannsdorf. Its spring waters, composed of alkaline, iron, and acidulous mineral water, is known since the Roman times. Bad Tatzmannsdorf already gained recognition as a health spa in the early 17th century. It then it became a popular destination for visitors from Vienna. The resort area now boasts a variety of world-class hotels, museums, sports complexes, and more.

Before WW1 Bad Tatzmannsdorf war part of Hungary, which was part of Austria-Hungary, and the emperor of Austria was king of Hungary. Luckily now both countries are part of the European Union and borders aren't so important any longer.

the spa from above,

two pics from our delicious dishes

wonderful spa gardens ...

and the countryside.

Thank you, dear Elenor!

On the way to Las Vegas Airport Monday, I had decided not to take pictures from the plane again, but I did. The pilot took right turn over the ocean, instead of the usual left and I caught some different views for you. I still wonder how the first human decided to board the gigantic cigar-shaped object that was surely too big and heavy to get off the ground? Strange? Brave? Both?