Georg Friedrich Kersting, A Man (artist) at His Desk. 1811. Klassik Stiftung Weimar, Goethe Nationalmuseum
1811 caught my eye and stopped my Twitter scrolling. Kersting never fails to please, luminous watercolors and delicate details. Summer is here, along with events in so many years I feel quite distracted.
1780 this weekend (L’Hermione in Boston). 1775 a few weeks later. 1814 in August. 1833 in September. You could get whiplash looking at waistlines and sleeve silhouettes.
What I need is to take the time to sit, like Kersting’s man, to reflect and to write and to make a plan. I’ve fallen behind on the garment-a-week program, and need to catch up quickly. The faster I sew, the less like the Young Mr can outgrow the garment before it’s finished.
Kitty Calash 
I had the pleasure to see this painting last year on my journey to Weimar and to the Museum Stadtschloss (which is an amazing and breathtaking place, like all the sites in Weimar are). It’s a quite small painting and hangs right next to Kersting’s famous piece of art “The embroideress”. Unfortunately I’ve had my contact lenses in that day (not knowing that I would be able to get THAT close to the paintings) and having an issue with seeing up close with these lenses, I could not figure out all the amazing details (sigh)…well I suppose another visit is due this Autumn 😉
Thank you for showing!