Life after Death
She has life: hers to live with all the wisdom and grace she can, out there in the world. Yet, hers is life after death – the death of her child. She carries that loss always, so too the joy they shared – their marvellous precious life. She brought him into the world, yet sheContinue reading “Life after Death”
More play time
Three colour background, collage and drawings, letting your intuition lead…playtime! 🙂
Time to play
How about three colours for the background, pattens from around the house, cut out words and pics from magazines? Put them all together, and see what happens! 🙂
The lesson of the crocus
The crocus, closed til Warmth and light shines directly So too our soft hearts. 😊
Contrasting pencil
I wanted to do a precise drawing, to take the time to look closely and draw what I observed. I had a lovely stalk of wheat, quite small and very pale, but close up there were lovely shapes and beautiful detail. I took a photo of it, cropped the image to the shape I wanted,Continue reading “Contrasting pencil”
Woodland Reflections
Puddles are wonderful natural mirrors! So, after lots of rain, a walk in the woods becomes a hall of mirrors! It’s all about how you look! Have fun 🙂
Splendid Beards
This marvellous beard is on the sculpture of Christ on the Heavenly Throne, at the abbey of St. Pierre, Moissac, France, from the early 12th century. The lines of the scultural form really lend themselves to drawing. Happy Days.
‘It ain’t necessarily so…’
I didn’t have a stack of mirrors, so I raided the kitchen drawer for tin foil! It forms a great reflective surface for a still-life composition. Playing with images of reality and illusion is something that Florence Henri toyed with, an American-born artist who developed her photographic style in her mid-30’s. She created a photographicContinue reading “‘It ain’t necessarily so…’”
Christmas snow
Aren’t Christmas cards great! Not only do you get lovely messages from friends, but you get some beautiful art too! This card depicting a scene from a print by Utagawa Hiroshige caught my eye. It is a section of a larger work in which two woman stand either side of this scene, looking beyond theirContinue reading “Christmas snow”
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