Day 27 - Cherry Blossoms on a Tree mean Spring to ME

 

"Cherry Blossoms"

8" x 10" 

Aqua Oil on stretched canvas

Painted from my own photo of cherry blossoms on our tree when

we lived in Kansas. Aqua oil is a very different medium, first time I have

ever used it.  I am not sure I like it very much.  I tried it on Claybord,  the wrong surface

to start with today, then switched to a regular canvas. Took be ALL day

to paint for Day 27, not what I had planned. Live and learn, the trials and tribulations

of an artist in the studio.

Day 27 of 30 Paintings in 30 Days

"Raven"

(on hold)

8" x 12"

pastel and watercolor on Colourfix Plein Air Painting

Board (Multimedia) by Art Spectrum

I found a new surface, that I didn't even know was so wonderful.

Just before I took a big break from doing art, I ordered 

these boards as I was taking a class

and was tired of gluing the paper

to a foamcore board.

These are so wonderful!!  They accept the watercolor so well, and then putting 

pastel on TOP, is like painting on butter (or at least a 

really super pastel surface as far as I am 

concerned).  I love how this one turned out.

The photo does not show the color of the background like it

really is, must be the time of day I took the photo.

Raven - genus Corvus

(and there is no consistent distinction between a crow

and a raven, although I read somewhere about the tail feathers

being of different lengths)

brings messages from the divine to the mortal world.

In the order of Bards and Druids, raven is symbolic

of a Black Hole in Space which draws

energy toward itself and releases it in 

new forms. (I like that explanation!)

This is another one of my favorite animals.

So mystical and mesmerizing to watch.

  AR - Pixabay