^^I don’t like doing this, but there is a string, it’s just very faint. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Nonnenbruch%2C_Die_Bogensch%C3%BCtzin%2C_Studie.jpg
With your skin’s alabaster glow/ and your garment worn shockingly low/ you seem younger than Spring/ but you won’t hit a thing/ when there isn’t a string on your bow..
“Archery, three / Looks, ten / And I’m still on unemployment / Shootin’ arrows for my own enjoyment.” With apologies to “Dance Ten, Looks Three” from A Chorus Line; music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante (1975).
Her feet are not well placed. Her right hand is too low. Shirtless archery is a one way ticket to string burn. I’m guessing that this is a posed picture.
Their bet was twofold – Gretta had to shoot an arrow, while shirtless, without sustaining the obvious injury after which, Han’s would have to jam a dagger down the front of his pants without… HANS! GET BACK HERE YOU COWARD!
has info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his German Wikipedia page:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Nonnenbruch
(again, Google Chrome can automatically translate as necessary). First work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2550 (October 5, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
BE THIS GUY over 4 years ago
Next time, try stringing your bow.
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
“Darling, maybe we would do better at catching men if we didn’t shoot arrows at them.”
Strob over 4 years ago
No one noticed there was no bowstring. Or arrows. Or maybe even the bow!
Say What Now‽ Premium Member over 4 years ago
^^I don’t like doing this, but there is a string, it’s just very faint. https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Nonnenbruch%2C_Die_Bogensch%C3%BCtzin%2C_Studie.jpg
Papared25 over 4 years ago
“This isn’t leaving me all a-quiver. Maybe we should hit golf balls off the deck instead.”
Bilan over 4 years ago
No arrows. No bowstring. But somehow the judges gave her a perfect score.
Baslim the Beggar Premium Member over 4 years ago
With her accent, Helga fooled many men into thinking she meant something else when she said she felt like having a nice pluck with a good shaft…
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
With your skin’s alabaster glow/ and your garment worn shockingly low/ you seem younger than Spring/ but you won’t hit a thing/ when there isn’t a string on your bow..
JanBic Premium Member over 4 years ago
Pesky breasts. That’s why the Amazons cut them off.
orinoco womble over 4 years ago
Air archery is a safe as Nerf catch but not as cool as air guitar.
gopher gofer over 4 years ago
when she gives a guy the shaft he really feels it…
wameen over 4 years ago
What a lucky shot! The baiji sure is yummy!
thebashfulone over 4 years ago
Artemis and Diana chat about the advantages of having really, really long arms.
Carolyn Saunders over 4 years ago
Better tell everyone it was a line-caught tuna……
Buzzworld over 4 years ago
“Isabella you’re out of arrows and it’s time for our hot oil massages anyway”
Pocosdad over 4 years ago
“I’m tired of being the weathervane. When is it you turn?”
Egrayjames over 4 years ago
Those two could move into my neighborhood anytime!…..Don’t I wish?
Econ01 over 4 years ago
What to do when the conservation agent is coming and you don’t have a hunting license.
khmo over 4 years ago
The top down approach to art? Max figured no one would notice the lack of quiver or string.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
Anorexia is a condition/ that can thwart the strongest ambition/ to play, and play well/ in the N.F.L./ at almost any position !
rmremail over 4 years ago
It was Diana’s job to take care of peeping toms when they were sunbathing
J Short over 4 years ago
Sis: A forearm guard? How about a guard for my nipples?
Reader over 4 years ago
No Sis, using a bow string has too many drawbacks.
aerotica69 over 4 years ago
As a former collegiate archer, let me just say that if she ever strings that bow and tries to shoot something, a chest protector is a must.
Bookworm over 4 years ago
“Archery, three / Looks, ten / And I’m still on unemployment / Shootin’ arrows for my own enjoyment.” With apologies to “Dance Ten, Looks Three” from A Chorus Line; music by Marvin Hamlisch, lyrics by Edward Kleban, and a book by James Kirkwood Jr. and Nicholas Dante (1975).
Blaidd Drwg Premium Member over 4 years ago
Nonnenbruch didn’t sell many paintings, but he made quite a lot selling admission to watch him paint.
grange Premium Member over 4 years ago
Her feet are not well placed. Her right hand is too low. Shirtless archery is a one way ticket to string burn. I’m guessing that this is a posed picture.
Call me Ishmael over 4 years ago
“I shot an arrow into the air/ it fell to earth, I know not where "/ but since, right then, my breasts were bare/ nobody really seemed to care…
PO' DAWG over 4 years ago
“Damn it Gale! You shot the neighbors cat.” Now put on your friggin’ glasses"
Linguist over 4 years ago
“Yes, Cecily, posing with a long, skinny bow alluring. But, I’m afraid that the symbolism is wasted on Algernon."
prrdh over 4 years ago
Diana rating the first Welsh applicant for Amnisiad.
Another Take over 4 years ago
Their bet was twofold – Gretta had to shoot an arrow, while shirtless, without sustaining the obvious injury after which, Han’s would have to jam a dagger down the front of his pants without… HANS! GET BACK HERE YOU COWARD!
Holden Awn over 4 years ago
While she was a terrible archer, she was inexplicably very popular with passing boaters.
PoodleGroomer over 4 years ago
She is issuing a rebuttal to Cupid’s tiny bow and arrows.
LFate over 4 years ago
Her bow arm looks good and solid, but even so she’s going to take off a nipple shooting topless.
Radish... over 4 years ago
She bows to no man.
mac04416 over 4 years ago
Well sis, yes he is handsome, and that shot hit the mark. Problem is, you’re not Cupid.
mabrndt Premium Member over 4 years ago
The Archer:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Nonnenbruch,_Die_Bogensch%C3%BCtzin,_Studie.jpg
has info and links that point to more info about this painting.
https://www.galeriearyjan.com/pdf-2-1948-1949-nonnenbruch-max-the-archer.htm
has info about this artist, perhaps in addition to what’s pointed to by the title URL, which indirectly points to his German Wikipedia page:
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Nonnenbruch
(again, Google Chrome can automatically translate as necessary). First work by him used here.
Again, a larger strip image is shown by (⌘- or Ctrl-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #2550 (October 5, 2020) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment.
MissScarlet Premium Member over 4 years ago
You might as well put that string back in your waistband and tie up your trousers. It’s not doing anything for your aim.
wincoach Premium Member over 4 years ago
A still shot from the highest television ratings an Olympic event ever received.
maverick.kaminski over 4 years ago
Naked archery must be painful for a woman, considering that, supposedly, Amazon women archers cut off a breast to get it out of the way!
MCProfessor over 4 years ago
I would think that a nipple guard would be in order.
d1234dick Premium Member over 4 years ago
Maddie, shooting at the guy who stole her bra. she missed but he dropped it anyway.
Snoopy_Fan over 4 years ago
I like her, um… posture. Yeah, that’s it. Her posture.
Night-Gaunt49[Bozo is Boffo] over 4 years ago
The last arrow in her quiver and broke the bow string coming completely off
jmcenanly over 4 years ago
I get a twinge right here when I pull the bowstring back.