Login
Discover
Waves
Communities
Write
Login
Signup
brianvds
@brianvds
36
I am an artist and writer and live in Pretoria, South Africa. Check out my website to see what I am up to, and for some freebies.
Followers
277
Following
64
Follow
Email digest
Resource Credits
Available
Used
Location
South Africa
Website
http://brianvds.blogspot.co.za/
Created
2017-09-26 04:07
RSS Feed
Subscribe
Posts
Blog
Posts
Comments
Communities
Wallet
brianvds
steemcreations
9y
Steemcreations @steemcreations
Steemcreations is a project started by @steemcreations to share free images made by steemians for steemians, to use for whatever other projects. See his original post here: Free image for the day: How
$ 0.000
0
1
brianvds
steemcreations
9y
Steemcreations @steemcreations
Steemcreations is a project started by @steemcreations to share free images made by steemians for steemians, to use for whatever other projects. See his original post here: How to share your free stuff:
$ 0.000
3
1
brianvds
marketing
9y
Narcissus visits the interwebs
In a very perceptive article, ( Matthew Koller captures the problem with social media in general, and Instagram in particular: you pretty much need it as marketing tool, but if you’re not careful, you
brianvds
steemcreations
9y
Steemcreations (@steemcreations)
Steemcreations is a project started by @steemcreations to share free images made by steemians for steemians, to use for whatever other projects. See his original post here: Here's another free coloring
brianvds
steemcreations
9y
@steemcreations - Steem Creations: Coloring picture
Steemcreations is a project started by @steemcreations to share free images made by steemians for steemians, to use for whatever other projects. See his original post here: Here's another one of my famous
brianvds
steemcreations
9y
@steemcreations Steemcreations Free Coloring picture
Steemcreations is a project started by @steemcreations to share free images made by steemians for steemians, to use for whatever other projects. See his original post here: So here's another free picture.
brianvds
homesteading
9y
The Tale of the Fearsome Duck
I grew up on a small homestead out in rural South Africa, where we lived pretty much like Appalachian hillbillies, despite (or perhaps because of) the fact that my father had a master’s degree in philosophy.
brianvds
steemcreations
9y
@steemcreations FREE STUFF!
Steemcreations is a project started by @steemcreations to share free images made by steemians for steemians, to use for whatever other projects. See his original post here: In this spirit, here is a photo
brianvds
photography
9y
Color challenge - Friday blue
White against blue. Taken with an old Kodak C195 point-and-shoot: Centurion, Gauteng Province, South Africa -Brian
brianvds
school
9y
The more things differ, the more they are the same...
Never having been in America, I can’t be sure of this, but if the movies are anything to go by, American schools look like this: Big buildings with the whole school enclosed in it, and when students move
brianvds
psychology
9y
What should kids play with?
On the web, I saw someone ask this slightly strange question: How can I find people with exceptionally good taste and judgement in recommending children's books, toys, and other child related things? My
brianvds
art
9y
Seaside paintings
The Western Cape province coasts in South Africa are known for their quaint and colorful fishing boats and fishermen on the beaches. They are also popular subject for artists, including yours truly. Alas,
brianvds
wildlife
9y
Should lions be admired?
On the question-and-answer site Quora someone asked what struck me as a somewhat strange question: Is it just me, or do Africans not hold lions to the same degree of admiration Europeans do? To me, rather
brianvds
photography
9y
Wildlife around us
We all tend to think we live in a boring place, and we long for all those exotic places you see in tourist brochures. Me, I am lucky enough to live in one of those exotic places, though of course it doesn't
brianvds
photography
9y
A bit TOO peaceful?
People often think I'm morbid, but I have long loved the peace and tranquility of cemeteries. Apparently, with less and less space to bury people, cemeteries will also disappear over time. But at least
brianvds
art
9y
Autumn tree
For all the folks in the northern hemisphere, my recent painting of a tree in autumn: Oil on board, 25 x 20 cm (= about 10 x 8 inches). Here in South Africa, it is spring, getting hotter, trees beginning
brianvds
photography
9y
Longhorn beetle
A longhorn beetle; Pretoria, South Africa. These colorful critters spend most of their lives as wood boring larvae, and they can indeed spend years that way. Then the colorful and short-lived adults emerge.
brianvds
photography
9y
Praying Mantis
Captured this little fellow on camera some time ago; he/she looks very devout, but also ready to take a swing at me... :-) Pretoria, South Africa. In the old, days the only way to study insects in depth
brianvds
photography
9y
Nature around us - can you spot the snake?
Went to a kid's birthday party, at a little homestead some half hour or so outside of Pretoria. Great fun, and then people started milling around a tree and shouting and pointing - there was a snake in
brianvds
travel
9y
Russians in South Africa
A few days ago I saw a photo of a Russian Orthodox church in an article by @alextribeck. Go check out this young man's work here: It made me think of the only such church I have ever seen in person. I
Older →
