Miniature Antique American Folk Art Painting on Paper, The Happy Family ceramic marbles with a little light creasing

with a little light creasing near the bottom

but would also I think just be great additions to a collection of interesting brushes

It feels simultaneously very old and quite modern

Graphite on natural colored construction-type paper

Miniature Antique American Folk Art Painting on Paper, The Happy Family ceramic marbles with a little light creasingI can't stop looking (peering, really) at this miniature American folk art drawing painting, earlyish 19th century ink and watercolor on paper I believe. In addition to being wonderfully done, with marvelous details the little dog! the profile of the child's face in his mothers arms! the way the house is set into the very green river bank, with stairs marching down I also love its internal tensions and contradictions. If you look closely, there appear