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SKETCHBOOK 41 - BRIDGE OVER THE BLACKSTONE CANAL IN FALL
I wanted to try something a bit more ambitious, and I also really wanted to draw that bridge. It came out well enough, but I think I can do better. The problem is materials. Filling in all that water will use up a huge amount of color, so I need to “suggest” the river, but not fill the page with it. I think I did more river than I needed in this, and it made the leaves on the ends of the branches…
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SKETCHBOOK 41 - BRIDGE OVER THE BLACKSTONE CANAL IN FALL
I wanted to try something a bit more ambitious, and I also really wanted to draw that bridge. It came out well enough, but I think I can do better. The problem is materials. Filling in all that water will use up a huge amount of color, so I need to “suggest” the river, but not fill the page with it. I think I did more river than I needed in this, and it made the leaves on the ends of the branches…
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Bridge over the Seine in Paris (Pont sur la Seine à Paris)
- Artist: Albert André (French, 1869-1954)
- Date: 1896
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Collection: Private Collection
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UPDATE: Mackinac Bridge open to all vehicles
ST. IGNACE, Mich. (WLUC) – UPDATE: The Mackinac Bridge is open to all vehicles.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority notified the public via text at 3:40 p.m.
Last published 3/14/26 at 4:27 p.m.
The Mackinac Bridge is currently closed due to weather conditions.
The Mackinac Bridge Authority sent the notification of the closure early Saturday morning. The bridge is closed to all vehicles due to “severe…
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The Flight of Jane Shore
- Artist: Val Prinsep (English, 1838-1904)
- Date: c. 1865
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Collection: National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
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The Flight of Jane Shore depicts the dramatic, historical fall of Elizabeth “Jane” Shore, King Edward IV’s influential mistress. After Edward’s death in 1483, she faced persecution, imprisonment, and forced public humiliation by Richard III, here visualized as a desperate escape attempt.
