This is the latest Mixed Media artwork I have done. I put a border around the outside and it has various colours in it of green, black and fray. The artwork moves from Winter on the right to Fall on the left. You can see that I continue with my doodle art evolution even in this art with dots and slashes and such. There is a nest in the tree in Spring with two eggs in it and a Cardinal in the tree in the Summer. This artwork is sitting on the glass table up north with a bear candle (given to me by a neighbour Judy) on the right and another bird’s nest on the left (bought at the Horton Farmer’s Market. I am going to add some gold on the dark leaves of Fall. I have added glitter (sparkles that I love) to the snow in the Winter scene but it is hard to see. To make snow we added salt to the water colour and it bubbled and then when the paint was dry you brush it off. You will see typical seasonal foliage along the bottom. I had lots of fun doing this.
The Four Seasons
The seasons of our lives are captured in this Four Seasons Mixed Media art. Do we run and hide in the Winter or play outside and dance in the snowflakes seeing the sparkle of nature around us? Do we take on new things in our lives in the Spring like moving, planning events, taking courses, self evaluation? Do we search high and low for Spring Flowers to pick to put inside? Do we luxuriate in the summer with its warm climate, magical flora and song-filled trees of our birdie friends? Do we think about our past in the Fall or anticipate where we are going as we get back into the swing of things after the romance and recreation of Summer? Fall is my favourite time of the year and I anticipate cool nights, soft lighting, autumn walks in the forest or down a country road. It is a time when the trees and branches shine with spectacular colour and I feel like God has painted the earth. There is nothing like having falling leaves spread their wings and brush your body while sunbathing in the sunlight as they make a welcome mat for you to walk on.
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“Gail …… your work is lovely …. your talent just continues to grow as you do. I enjoyed the caption immensely.”
Betty