#sketching #art #drawing #fmdnetwork #pencildrawing #draughtsman #pencilsketch #pencilartwork

'the alley with no name going to nowhere' mvclarke, for much deliberation, January 2025

#December 31, 1869
#OTD Henri #Matisse, #French #Painter, #Draughtsman, #Printmaker, and #Sculptor, is born.

Henri wrote,

"There are #Always #Flowers for those who want to see them."

#Art #Artist #Poet #Perspective
#Master #Mastery #Abstract #Paris
#Gardening #Garden #Gardener #GardenersofMastodon
#Nature #Flowers #Flower
#Practice #Optimist #Optimism #Hope

#December 31, 1869
#OTD Henri #Matisse, #French #Painter, #Draughtsman, #Printmaker, & #Sculptor, is born.

Henri wrote,

"I think that #Nothing is more #Difficult
for a #True painter
than to #Paint a #Rose...

since before he can do so,
he has #First to #Forget
all the #Roses
that were ever #Painted.”

#Master #Mastery #Abstract #Paris
#Gardening #Garden #Gardener #GardenersofMastodon
#Nature #Flowers #Flower
#Art #Practice #Remember