The magic of wonder!
Week1….Aqua, yellow and pink….
Week 2 … Coral, teal and white…
Week 3… Lavender, grey and plum…
Week 4… Pink and greens
Week 5 …Red and blues…
What an array of colors it has been these past five weeks! I
have truly enjoyed creating with these colors and taking steps out of my usual
color schemes. The theme of magic, by which I do not mean the abracadabra,
incantations or rabbit-out-of-a-hat tricks, but rather, moments filled with wonder that I tried to explore in my paintings past
few weeks did really wave a wand of color magic on me. On all of us, I am sure!
We have all experienced magical moments, like the fabled magical
carpets in stories, flying us off to lands and experiences beyond our
expectations. Magical moments can be round any corner, behind any usual everyday
stuff that we see, but sometimes we will have to reset our logical minds to concede
that it is pure magic. It could be birds that fly in just as we paint birds on our canvases, glow worms on a lovely summer night or even crystal blue drops of rain that drench us in delight!
Magic - a middle-point where reality and imagination
together create something extraordinary, and can actually rub the dullness off
everyday life and weave it into big fluffy clouds of aqua, coral, pink or
blues… grey buildings painted plum or blue whales painted yellow… Well, why
not? Personally, I would love a blue elephant that flies and a yellow whale
that flies a hot air balloon. My son was quite used to bedtime stories that I
created on the spot from such imaginary characters, which he remembers even
now!
Magic can be in the ordinary. It can also be in the
extraordinary. And, that little bit of ‘extra’ …is what we as artists, writers
, teachers or persons from any profession, look for in our creations… Summer of color has
been that li’l wand of magic for all of us, but, the magic of color does not
end here…and our thoughts continue to weave magic for us.
On golden carpets of imagination, we fly on…over hills,
towns, and seas, midst the fluffy clouds!
The weeks colors were, raspberry, tangerine and lemon...and, here is my creation with an accompanying quote to explain her smile.
“She smiled and said with an ecstatic air: "It shines
like a little diamond",
"What does?"
"This moment. It is round, it hangs in empty space like a little diamond;
I am eternal.”
― Jean-Paul
Sartre, The Age of
Reason
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| A sketch I had made of her... |
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| digitally played with my painting! ;) |
With a lot of thanks to Kristin for hosting this wonderful event for all of us!
LOVE the color you achieved. She looks so different from her sketch to her painting.....I like both! Hugs! deb
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Love your last piece in SOC 4. She really looks like she's enjoying the moment.
ReplyDeleteWonderful work your last piece is very special. Valerie
ReplyDeleteAll of your SOC art is beautiful, especially this week's in orange.
ReplyDeleteWhat beautiful paintings! My favorite is the girl in pin and green.
ReplyDeleteThank you! xo
ReplyDeleteWhat a fascinating blogpost and what an amazing quote. I've loved visiting your SOC art and your final one is beautiful in these colours which seem made for it. If I had to choose a favourite it would be the one with the fireflies.
ReplyDeletewhat a difference a change in color and style can make -love them. Your projects are all beautiful, and I LOVE your banner at the top!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful work, Its great to see them all together, thanks for sharing :)
ReplyDeletethat quote just goes so well with this artwork. Love her smile! And all your other creations look magical together.
ReplyDeleteLôvélÿ quote, and Lôvélÿ lady! This weeds colors aster delicious, and you've used them well!
ReplyDeleteZafaran is beautiful! I love what you did with this week's colors! And thank you for sharing all of the rest of your SOC work, too! I have enjoyed following you and getting inspiration from you! HUGS!!!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful! A lovely representation of this week's colours and I enjoyed seeing all of your SOC work together.
ReplyDeleteIt was awesome seeing all these together, especially, since I'm no good at drawing. Yours are all so beautiful, but I think you saved the best for last.
ReplyDeleteI loved seeing all of your stuff together!! So nice!!
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