Last week I worked on an angel in a different style from my usual painting and put it on Ebay. She didn't do well there so I put her on Etsy after the Ebay auction was over and we will see if she likes living there for a bit! I added texture medium to the paint and I really like the dimensional look. It has led me to thinking in a different way about working on canvas and adding dimension. I have always thought that art work even on a canvas could have more presence, look more alive. So today I am going to Michael's and check out what sparks my imagination.
Whatever did we do to deserve this, haha! I have the heat turned up and I still can't get warm. Are human being subject to permafrost? Oh well I did take a couple of pictures this morning of the pretty sunrise the frosty weather brought. Those of you who are in a warm area....:P
It is cold this morning! It was hard to get a picture without the vapor my breath generates in this freezing weather obscuring the view. But I had to put out seed for the brave little birds that come each morning looking for sustenance and I just needed to get a picture of these courageous fellows who spend the winter months here with the rest of us and give us hope that warmth will return soon.
I have found myself being more prolific than even I had expected, but hey go with it it right? This past week I did a painting of an angel that I am really happy with. I love it when things turn out the way I pictured them and this time it did. I had an idea about using Golden gel medium and applying real fabric to the canvas for her dress. First I tea stained the fabric to dull it down a tad and after it had dried I painted a few stylized roses around the neck and shadowed some areas with a thin mixes of mauve and cobalt blue. Of course it is done in acrylic, I have yet to dedicate more time to oils and watercolors, but their time is coming!!!
Here we are back at the beginning or so it seems sometimes. Last year ended with many challenges, my son moved to Missouri with his beloved Lydia so I spent the holiday season alone. My precious dog of 13 years, Lili, died on December 19th after a long and largely undiagnosed illness. And yet......through all the tears and sighs I am alive and strangely I am renewed. So I begin again, fresh and filled with ideas and inspiration that I have to give God all the credit for. I prayed for strength and purpose and He came through for me once again. So in the midst of all, I have some peace. Jesse is a phone call away, Lili is with me in my heart, and angels lift and sustain me. It's 2010 and I am well!
