A Wonderful Day

The rain has arrived and thank goodness, it has been such a dry season for us. When I stepped outside this morning everything smelled so fresh and clean. What a wonderful way to start your day!

I grabbed a cup of hot tea and decided to do some sketching. I wanted to play around with some ideas which had been bouncing around in my head lately.

I have always been fascinated by archetypal images, and today I was primarily focused on The Divine Child archetype when I did the sketch below.

The Awakening – Sketch 2B Pencil – 5 X 7 inches

“Myths are the world’s dreams. They are archetypal dreams and deal with great human problems. Myths and dreams come from the same place. They come from realizations of some kind that then have to find expression in symbolic form.” – Joseph Campbell

“You cannot predict what the next step is; you just have to do it. It’s so mysterious.” – Hui Lin Liu

“I am inspired when the elements and forces of nature combine to form strange and transcendental appearances… sometimes subtle, sometimes dynamic, they act as portals to a mystical realm.” – Diana Lehr

winged Heart

Over the weekend I did a few more sketches, using the heart theme from my previous post. There was one sketch I kept coming back to, where I had drawn wings inside and around the heart.

After scanning the drawing into photoshop and then moving it into Painter IX, I began the painting by adding color and more detail to each area.

I have no idea where I am going with the blue area on the left hand side of the painting, but I’m sure I’ll figure it out tomorrow.

Winged Heart – Combined Media – 9 X 9 inches

Happy Accidents

The other day I was going through some old watercolor paintings, which had been torn up to use for collage. They were spread out allover my table, and I accidentally placed my clear rose quartz heart, which I had in my jacket pocket on top of these random images.

When I came back from lunch to resume my project, I noticed how the crystal heart distorted the images underneath, so I quickly grabbed my camera and began to play and create different images with the crystal heart. Later I downloaded the reference photos, and here is the first image I painted from this happy little accident.

Heart Dance – Combined Media – 7 X 8 inches

Work In Progress

Here’s a new work-in-progress titled “Vivian, Lady of the Lake.” I chose to paint the figure first and then began developing the background from my reference sketches, and now it is taking on a life of its own.

It’s a gorgeous day and I plan on taking a little walk to stretch my legs, we are suppose to reach the mid-70s today.

Vivian, Lady Of The Lake – Combined Medium – 11 X 14 inches

Busy Day

I’ve been busy working on my new gallery, moving images from my old site to the new one. I ran into a few glitches, but I’m finally getting the hang of it. I still have a long way to go!

The flowers below are so magical, I took several photos to use as reference material for a new painting.

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