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- December 16th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Maia's Paintings
Icons-painting Sacred art
For almost 2000 years the Christian icons have always been the objects of prayer and contemplation for believers.Interest is growing for this Sacred art form, not only for its aesthetic and artistic q…
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Maia's Paintings
Human face drawing-face proportions
Teaching is the best way to learn, they say and this is the truth. So let's learn to draw together.Some proportions of the head are generally common to all faces and need to be right in a portrait.The…
- December 6th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Picture of Orthodox Cathedral in Cluj-Napoca
Holiday Atmosphere. I wish you all joy and happiness, may all your dreams come true in this new year!During this long winter holidays' period churches are among the most visited places (besides part…
- December 3rd, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Crows gathering-silver sky
I took this beautiful sky picture during a visit to the cemetery. At first it was quiet but after a few minutes everything changed and the familiar late autumn scene of crow congregation began. The cr…
- December 2nd, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Playing with the rainbow - light refraction
Rainbow on command! This was My world today and it was so very beautiful and wet.After more than a week of fog and dark days, today it was a beautiful sunny day.At this time, everywhere in the city pe…
- November 24th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Gazania, the treasure flower - macro photos
The gazania, or treasure flower is another amazing artwork of mother nature.This vividly colored,exotic flower still holds strong these days, despite the short periods of freezing. Gazania is native o…
- November 22nd, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Notice the shadow - light is the reason!
Light and shadow; that is a fascinating subject.Light is everything. Light means color and shadow.I've just found this great meme called "Shadow Shot Sunday" at Hey Harriet blog, with stunni…
- November 20th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Afternoon walk-last colors of autumn
Some more autumn colors and sunny days before the colorless winter definitely takes them away from us.Enjoying the last sunny days on the banks of the Somesul Mic river.For many beautiful sky photos f…
- November 16th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Kürtös kalács - Barbecued Chimney Cake
That's My World!The worldwide famous Kürtöskalács is a traditional Hungarian pastry originated from Transylvania. I have encountered a very funny renaming of the Kürtöskalács, on the web: the &…
- November 13th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Pink Dahlia close-up macro
Pink Saturday.Dahlia, with it's perfect geometry of overlapping flower petals, is another spectacular artwork of Mother Nature.No wonder, the flower symbolism associated with the dahlia is dignity, el…
- November 12th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Raindrops - macro
Watery Wednesday.My favorite season is sunshine but we don't have part of it these last days.Dark gray clouds cover the sky and it is raining all the time.No landscape shooting in this weather, but st…
- November 10th, 2009
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maiat has uploaded the photo Country road-autumn landscape to flickr.
- November 9th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Maia's Paintings
Index of blog posts
TutorialsColor theoryHow do we see color?The Color WheelHue, Value, Tint, Shade, ChromaRBG-CMYK-RYB Color ModelTips for acrylicsHow to keep acrylics softWet palette for acrylics-cheep solutionsAcrylic…
- November 5th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Sea buckthorn-healthy fruits for winter
The sea buckthorns are attractive small shrub. In autumn the sea buckthorn plant bears clusters of golden-orange fruits, juicy berries which provide vitamin C, vitamin E, flavonoids, oils rich in esse…
- November 3rd, 2009
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maiat has added Camera-Critters Meme to her favorite blogs.
Camera-Critters Meme
Participating in Camera Critters is easy and fun. It's all about critters/animals... pets, wild animals, farm animals, insects, birds... you get the idea? There are only a few simple rules to follow:rnrn** Each week for Sunday, you post a photo invol - November 2nd, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
All Saints\' Day - Day of the Dead
My World Tuesday.In my part of world, we don't celebrate Halloween, there is no trick or treating but getting ready for the "Day of the Dead", a holiday of ancestor appreciation.Like in mos…
- October 31st, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Mallard ducks in the park-duck pictures
One of the park's attractions in my city are the mallard ducks swimming in the calm water of the lake.They are very noisy but their beautiful colors compensate for the shouting quack.Male and female d…
- October 30th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Big clouds on the sky-sky photos
Skywatch Friday.The weather was changing from one minute to another on this day and there were so many beautiful clouds on the sky.These big clouds behind the church look almost unreal.This statue is…
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Make way for the sun! - autumn sky photos
Sky watch Friday.Today, all day long, big dark clouds were gathering over the city.It is not sunset time but this big fat cloud tries to overshadow the sun.Here it comes; make way for the sun!A few mi…
- October 29th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Maia's Paintings
Man portrait - pencil sketch
Have a nice day - pencil portrait drawingWhen sketching or drawing a portrait from life you have to find the most prominent characteristic features of the face you are drawing. Everyone has a unique f…
- October 27th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Mushrooms in autumn-tree fungi pictures
On my quick Sunday walk I found this crop of stump mushrooms in the nearby woods.I don't know much about mushrooms, they are just beautiful photo subjects for me, a typical autumnal scene.We often see…
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Self-made ATV upgrade with roof-street scene photos
Creative Every Day ChallengeLook what the cat brought in the town!It is an all-terrain vehicle (ATV), as you can see. Normally ATVs or guard bikes are street-legal vehicles in my country but I don't k…
- October 22nd, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Maia's Paintings
Winter\'s Sparkles - pastel painting
This is a 42cm x 33 cm pastel study on black paper made for a future acrylic painting.Constantly reading and tying to improve my painting skills, I found a very useful tutorial of the great painter, L…
- October 19th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Sunflower pictures-fluffy sunflower
Not many flowers can be so cheerful as sunflowers.I love the brown sunflower head surrounded by the bright yellow, silky petals.Sunflower detail close-upand this fluffy sunflower with it's many petals…
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Pictures of red hollyhock ( Alcea rosea) - Reference photo
The ancient hollyhock, the marvel of the gardens, a delight that blooms all summer. I like them very much, so I took these photos to use them as reference photos for my paintings.I invite you,…
- October 9th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Sitemap
Landscapes, cityscapes, architecture Free time in Central Park-Slideshow Wedding preparations in Central Park Summer landscape - Lake in the park Buildings in Cluj-Napoca - cityscapes City Overview fr…
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Flowers for Libra natives-rose close-up pictures
HAPPY BIRTHDAY LIBRANS!I am a Libra and today is my birthday.You are all invited to my birthday party; I have no cake to offer but some beautiful rose pictures and a few birthday jokes and sayings.Ast…
- October 8th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Bells and towers in the sky - sky and cloud pictures
Beautiful blue sky today in the afternoon and many beautiful clouds too.Here are a few sky photos and cityscapes for Sky watch Friday.Cluj Napoca cityscape - Hero's AvenueCumulus cloud - Cluj Napoca c…
- October 1st, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- September 26th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- September 25th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Maia's Paintings
- September 24th, 2009
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- September 23rd, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Fall flowers color explosion-flower pictures
It is Chrysanthemum time again. End of September, time when nature's colors are fading. As a compensation, the mum, with it's classical beauty offers the last color explosion before the frost hits.Chr…
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
Pictures of Chrysanthemum - Queen of Fall Flowers
The Chrysanthemum, the Flower of Happiness, was so revered in Japan that only the nobles could grow it.While in the United States, the flower is usually regarded as positive and cheerful, in some coun…
- September 17th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- September 14th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- September 12th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- September 11th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Maia's Paintings
- September 9th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- September 5th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- August 29th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- August 22nd, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- August 20th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- August 19th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Maia's Paintings
- August 5th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- July 26th, 2009
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maiat has posted a new entry on: Color Magic - Photography
- July 23rd, 2009
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