9 posts tagged “art”

Heavy.  It makes me think of lifting, holding, pushing, pulling and all the while not getting very far.  Although this may appear to be my version of Atlas, what I really had in mind was the weight of responsibility, the heavy load of the weight of the world on your shoulders.  We can be glad to never have to experience such pressure, even if we were to become the president of one of earths big nations, we'd still not be responsible for the whole. 

As Resurrection Sunday approaches, I think of Christ and how He took upon Himself the weight of the world's sins when He took our place to fulfill our insurmountable debt to God. He did not crumble under the weight as we would have.

So, the theme to illustrate this week is change.  You might say I took the easy way out by choosing to illustrate it as a noun rather than a verb.

Multiples of 1 and 2.

When I think of multiples I think of numbers and repetitive patterns, so here we have both.

Here's a variation on a theme.  I've had this in my mind for a while and it finally came to fruition.

Who are the most indecisive beings in the world?  We ladies are.

So what better way than to illustrate the concept "choose" than by showing how ridiculous we women can be?  Two identical choices save for the color can represent quite a conundrum, while gentlemen will never comprehend just how it could possibly take so long do put something, anything, on.

So, the theme given this time is Hidden Message.  This was one of the first things that came to mind. Two people, strangers about their own business, or maybe a closely acquainted pair discreetly sharing a hidden communication?

Rupuntzel, Rupuntzel,let down your golden hair!
I wonder what Rupuntzel did all that while waiting for her hair to grow before she could meet her destiny?

This is another digital illustration.

Edited to add:
I wasn't satisfied with Rupuntzel.  She seems to be lost in the landscape, except for the hair.  Instead, I've tried to do the theme a second time and did an Illustrator illustration of Li'l Red

I've begun to pick up painting again.  Its something I haven't done in a long time because of work and lack of inspiration.  My parents recently convinced me to take a watercolor class and my husband gave me a new set of paints including acrylics, oils, and watercolors.  What else could I do but start up again?

I had done a bit of watercolor on and off during the years, but I hadn't done anything with oils since high school and I'd never used acrylics before.  Its been fun trying and the results are mixed.

This post shows a series of apples.  One photograph, which is my usual "media", one watercolor before the class (red apple), one watercolor after it (green leafy apple), and my first oil in ages (two apples, above).