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| jhloos |
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  Joined: Thu May 03 2012, 12:52AM Posts: 95 | Hi everybody, Well, there it is, mi June Study Burn with the La Mancha windmills of Mota del Cuervo. For the figures of Don Quixote and Sancho Panza, I used the example of an engraving of the 19th century French ilustrator Gustave Doré. Doré ilustrated an French edition of the Quixote in the 1860th, and this knight and squire are part of the scenery of one of these ilustrations. In my woodburning I changed a "little bit" the Quixote story. Using the fact that a storm in 2007 destroyed part of the blades of these windmills (that´s the year I took the photograph), it now looks like that Don Quioxte fought against the "giants" and finally won and destroyed them!!! Even his horse looks triumphant and his lance is not broken... I hope you like the burning! Jurgen   | ||
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| canadian |
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 Joined: Wed May 09 2012, 03:27AM Posts: 127 | Hi Jurgen this is David from canada your windmills look great .I havnt done any of those study burns yet but i should . | ||
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| jhloos |
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Joined: Thu May 03 2012, 12:52AM Posts: 95 | Thank you David! I am sure you´ll like the Study Burns, because you´ll learn a lot of things, so get your woodburner, you are still in time to do this one till the end of Month. Ok, I am just joking... Perhaps you get inspired for next month, July. I hope you do and participate with this fascinating project, Jurgen  | ||
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| J Kendall |
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 Joined: Sat May 05 2012, 12:55PM Posts: 98 | What a wonderful job! I like the horses | ||
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| merv |
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 Joined: Fri May 04 2012, 11:58AM Posts: 269 | Great job, I also like the horses and the landscape is great. The windmills look perfect well done Jurgen. | ||
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| jhloos |
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Joined: Thu May 03 2012, 12:52AM Posts: 95 | Thank you John and Merv, I am very pleased you like the Spanish scenery! One of these horses is supposed to be the donkey of Sancho Panza, but well, it´s not a quite good example of a donkey. Perhaps it looks like a little horse with big ears... The French artist Gustave Doré drew the characters of the Quixote, already at the 19th century, like funny cartoons, and it´s possible that these funny images we have nowadays about the knight and his squire date form these original ilustrations of Doré. Jurgen [ Edited Tue Jun 26 2012, 11:57PM ] | ||
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| Athina |
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 Joined: Fri Mar 04 2011, 08:53AM Posts: 257 | Jurgen i really love the scenery you burned, it has depth and is very nicely burned. Well done! | ||
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| jhloos |
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Joined: Thu May 03 2012, 12:52AM Posts: 95 | Hi Athina, thank you very much! You did a very beautiful burning also, with a beautiful threatening sky! I normally don´t burn the skies and leave the grains of the wood do their work, but I love the sky you did! Jurgen | ||
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| Mesquiter |
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  Joined: Sun Apr 20 2003, 01:00PM Posts: 2111 | Outstanding with great detail !! | ||
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| jhloos |
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Joined: Thu May 03 2012, 12:52AM Posts: 95 | Thank you Bill, it was a lot of fun doing this theme! Jurgen | ||
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