Images Of Clothes Drying On A Clothes Line. Themed Image Thread.

Maria, i'm not quite sure what you mean by "washing lines", at first i thought of watercolors then censorship... lol

but now i think this may fit your theme more...

You need full resolution,but it's there,really.

This is an acrylic painting showing the different era's fashions, I was trying to express how when I hang washing out I find it very nostalgic/therapeutic. from b&W, Sepia, colour and to the modern day Drier, there is no washing there just pegs and the dandelions. I never use a drier of course because I love to hang out washing :))
Thanks Ed and Michael, i am just going to take a longer look at your images.:)
Very Funny Ed :))
Michael, beautiful painting but can't see any washing, I will imagine it, I'm sure its out there somewhere :)

Another acrylic painting, with a different mood.

Maria, we call them clotheslines in America, at least my family always did. They are quite nostalgic. My sister and I use to hide and chase each other between the clothes my mother hung on the line. Good old memories I suppose.
I did this drawing with ghosts getting in the clothes to add interest. Maybe the ghosts are there since there are not many clotheslines any more.

Jeff, I am going to Venice this year, hope to get some images of washing, I like the digital painting effect.
Jim, yes, Love that drawing.
Roger, lol, love hanging out washing but hate ironing! I'm wondering what the items on the right side of the line are? :) or dare I ask?

My only one is from the Tuscany region of Italy:



On top of a hill in the Tuscany Region of Italy rests the medieval city of Volterra. High stone walls and narrow winding streets seem to hide pleasant surprises often found around the next turn. Like this open area that was brightened and warmed by a morning sun. I stopped to enjoy what I saw. The rough texture of the old stone buildings, the colorful laundry, the guardian Saint above the window with the brightly painted shutters. Saving energy and the environment with the simplicity of Nature's Way, the locals were obviously ... Going Green.

Well, this one is not on a clothes line but I found it in the most unexpected place: a few years ago when I visit the forbidden city in Beijing, China. I spotted the worker drying their clothed in one corner.

Maria,

Answering your question.

Sock Garters

We didn't have a clothes dryer until I was about 12, and I remember many wintery days helping my mother carry in my dad's jeans from the line, frozen stiff as a board!

This isn't exactly a clothesline, but the clothes and chaps WERE thrown up there to dry out, so hopefully it meets the criteria.

I only have a few, but here are three of mine. One is from a living history site in the United States and the other is from an apartment building in Gerona (Girona), Spain - two images, one from a distance and the other a close-up.

I took these photos in Portugal.

Heres a couple of urban laundry:

The clothes dryer uses the most energy in the average home so three cheers to the celebration of wash lines!

"The clothes dryer uses the most energy in the average home so three cheers to the celebration of wash lines!"

But Edward, isn't that a clothes dryer behind you in your avatar??

Love all of the different lines, especially Alfred's brush poles.It does pose the question, whse and why. Some great backgrounds of coloured, sepia, (Nickolyns 'Line Dance' great title) and patterned buildings, from interesting perspectives;the textures in ' Urban Lisbon' and 'Sicily Street', I kinda like those narrow winding streets draped in washing like bunting! 'Italian Summer' prints moodily carefree, But, also those washing lines blowing free across barren land, and Deliah, I had forgotten about frozen clothes, happened all the time in England, not so much in Australia, infact never! Do we have any images of frozen washing?
Roger glad to hear they were sock garters, love that image.
I wasn'expecting such varied work and wonder what is to come! Thanks Guys.

Why do some of these images just show up as little boxes where I can't see the pictures? Is this happening to anyone else?

yes everyone, don't know why!!

Had fun with the processing :)

Fresh and clean - the washing is on the line. And the shadows are really nice.

Cool shadows and patterns Mathias, and Nina sooo pretty, good lines too within the whole image.

From Silver River State Park, Ocala, Fl.

From Dubrovnik, Croatia. Old Europe feeling...

Not sure how you post the image here but did do a wonderful photo in Ireland with laundry hanging out to dry. Tried a copy and paste which didn't work.

Will reply to images later today. Great contributions.:)

Watercolour

I love the fresh smell of clothes dried on the clothesline. I do it whenever it is a fine day.

I've come late to this party, but I have a few. @Karen - seems like exactly the same Venetian canal caught both of our eyes!

Mary Ellen, I love the red shadows and the story behind the clothes of the Venetian couple. The green doors are beautiful! Can't wait to go to Venice. This was only a week long thread but I hope to find a few other images I have somewhere before the close.
Barbara, Grandmother's quilts reminds me of my grandmother, and again the shadows in the grass, the cool colours and long grass in the foreground give a great atmospheric feeling. The vibrancy of Monday's washing, is beautiful, again tells a story of the Monday Jobs. I remember home made swings and see saws at home in England, this image is largely universal, as too is the nostalgic b&W photo.:)
Liz, your digital paintings are great, you can't get enough of those Venetian washing lines, and the little stories you imagine behind the hanging clothes, who wears them, etc,
Charlyne, interesting ghostly clothes on your collage'd line. You sort of have to search for the washing but it's a nice surprise when you do find it.
Thanks everyone for contributing to the thread, really enjoyed seeing everyone's work and sharing the ideas behind the chore that is much more than a chore when you have time to enjoy it.
Barbara would love to see your poem about washing.

This painting was done just before emigrating to Australia. Interesting now when i look at it, all the singular things, except for the flowers. the tea towel looks so solitary as does the football, and insect flying through the air. The bright pink mallows were the main focus as each of our family took a cutting from my dads parent plant and grew them in our gardens. They grew quickly and the flowers were profuse. I can recall painting this image. I remember wanting to include the football as it was always being kicked about in the garden, and I've a feeling that there was more washing on the line but I ran out of time to paint. I also remember making sure no shadows were omitted, as it was a shady site in the late afternoon. The lady who lived in the house behind also took a cutting from my dad's plant. They were also planted in the cemetery near our grandparent's grave :)))) But had to be cut down as they took over, it wll be interesting to see if there is still some surviving when I travel home soon for a visit. Although the flowers look orange on this image they are infact bright pink.

Yes it was the 70's! Monday's were ritually for washing.We used to have great fun times with sheets drying. I was wearing a bright red silk bomber jacket and pale blue courdory flares, a feather cut hairstyle!!! Its all coming back to me...

Remember it freezing on the line?

Laundry on balcony.
Washing line is filled with shorts, shirts and towels.

Interesting Jan how this images shows all the barred windows, rusting metal, closed blinds and their intimate smalls on show for all passers by to see....wonderful!
Great colour Dean! And Barbara, great lines Dean, and no shadows....playful Barbara and love those distant outlines of cold clothes, I wouldn't have assumed they were frozen until you said though, but once aware the blue adds to the feeling and works on the imagination instantly.
Diane lovely light that seeps through washing, and between it and strokes the wall.

Well time is up and thread closes now. :(((. Thanks everyone. But I'm sure we will still be fascinated by washing, my goal for today is to paint an image of washing. I will probably post it on the poetry thread accompanied by a poem.

Maria.