1. The Awakening
The awakening painting was created by first making a pencil sketch on paper then scanning it into the computer. I used Corel Painter 7 & IX to paint the image. Mostly I used the soft charcoal variant of charcoal & the artist...
2. Moon Goddess
I’ve had a love affair with the moon ever since I was child, and my favorite past time was going outside after sunset to swing on my swing set, until the moon came out. I would sing to the moon and mom would play the guitar, it was...
3. Nimue
The Lady of the lake from the Arthurian legend has always fascinated me, and the moment I laid eyes on a photograph sent to me of my niece Tessa, I knew I had found my inspiration for the painting of Nimue. It was a photo of Tessa,...
4. Daybreak
Aurora is the Roman Goddess of the Dawn. Her name means ” daybreak, the dawn, or sunrise. Ovid describes her as the one who brings the light of day as she rides in her chariot across the skies ahead of the sun. I envisioned her with...
5. Mask Of Gaia
Gaia the primordial Greek goddess believed to be The Mother Goddess or Great Goddess. She is also said to personify the earth, the Greek version of “Mother Nature”. The inspiration for this painting came from a dream I had...
The Buddha Within
I finished The Buddha Within, and here are a couple of close up photos.
Reflections Of The Inner Spirit Series
The Buddha Within
Rose Arizmendi (C) 2008
Acrylic & Mixed Media on Canvas
16 x 20 inches
Kuan Yin & Golden Fluid Acrylics
I spent most of the day working on my painting of Kuan Yin , layering in watercolor, golden fluid acrylics, acrylic inks, and also used Golden’s Iridescent Bright Gold (fine) on the bamboo leaves.
The picture below is a closeup of Kuan Yin’s face so you can see how tissue and rice paper have added texture to the canvas.
Kuan Yin
“Hope is the dream of a soul awake”.
-French Proverb
Relaxing Vacation
My husband and I had a wonderful vacation. We sketched, painted, and visited some of our favorite places, but mostly we just kicked back and relaxed. We also took a little break from our computers, it is sometimes good for the soul just to get away from everything. No schedules, email, deadlines, zip, nada, etc..
My batteries are recharged and I’m ready to get back to work in the studio. I have three paintings waiting for their third coat of gel medium and when they are done, I can move on to my next project.
“A vacation is having nothing to do and all day to do it in”. ~Robert Orben
The Lady Of Shalott by John William Waterhouse
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Out & About
My husband is taking a couple days off, so we are going to be out and about enjoying our mini vacation. I won’t be posting as frequently for the next few days.
Tomorrow we will spend the day in San Francisco and will be taking our sketch bags and camera. We hope to visit one of our favorite places “The Japanese Tea Garden“, in Golden Gate Park.
I plan on taking lots of photographs over the next few days, so I can share them on the blog.
A Day In The Garden
I spent the day in the garden raking, clipping back the hedges, and clearing out more tree limbs. Whew! What a job that turned out to be!
All I want to do right now is take a shower, fall into bed and sleep. I had planned on catching up on some reading, but its nighty- nite for me.
In The Garden
“In my garden there is a large place for sentiment. My garden of flowers is also my garden of thoughts and dreams. The thoughts grow as freely as the flowers, and the dreams are as beautiful”. ~Abram L. Urban