House of Mirth

On Saturday night I realized that I still had not submitted for Laughter. At 9:00 pm I was watching "Rosemary and Thyme" my favourite show, about two middle aged women that are gardeners and detectives! I love it, of course it is British where they actually let people age naturally and the scenery and gardens are to die for. So I came up with a quick outline for "House of Mirth". Sunday morning I honed it using tracing paper and transferred it to some airbrush paper. I started painting and finished last night. I need to use it for "Join Us" too because I need to work on my job the rest of the week so I am cheating... Join Us at the House of Mirth for some Laughter!

Laughter

I wasn't sure if I should post this one or not. It was the first thing poped up in my head, a tiny little baby laughing! Well it is a huge change of style and that's what worried me the most. Then again I hope you enjoy it!

Laughter

He is:

" Stenterello"

This is the most typical of the Florentine masks, famous for its Tuscan wit and trenchant good humour. It was first performed at the "Teatro dei Fiorentini" in Naples. Luigi del Buono, a former clockmaker, invented it after he had been struck by Pulcinella’s popularity in the south and decided he would invent something similar for Florence.

Stenterello always laught about himself!

Laughter is nature's stressbuster!

Laughter!

Ha, ha, ha, ho, ho, ho, hee, hee, hee, hoo, hoo, ha!

Laughter: Hilarity Among the Flowers

My Monday Artday post for Laughter this week.

Mary Stebbins Taitt