HELLO!
Welcome back! both of us as I totally forgot to write last Saturday 😂
But here I am with the news, which are nor the newest news but I will go by stages, otherwise will be so much for one post.
I can start by saying: I can not believe how much I have done in a short time! but I will keep it lighter...
I did a new sketch and I was inspired by the song Running with the wolves by Aurora, I will explain more about this as I share part of the process.
I went to collect my canvases and as soon as I arrived I started to work with the sketch, as I began to paint my brain brought many memories and feelings, some good, some bad and I started to connect all about my painting.
My painting it's made with only acrylics, but has been so challenging as we have been under a severe hot weather alert and yes, was awfully hot and humid, so working with acrylics was complicated but not impossible and amazing.
I spent many hours painting and my feet were so in pain as I was standing all the time, maybe 4 hours daily.
I have enjoyed so much to paint again a female portrait, I think was a long time since I did a more detailed face.
I have been enjoying nature, getting inspiration from it, from details that I find beautiful and also from the spark of my northern spirit.This painting is about running and to find a place or something where to feel belonging, but at the same time the embracement of solitude.
This painting is full of feelings, I know I say this with all my paintings which at the end this is the purpose. I have spent many hours painting what I thought I was to be finished by late August, it will be finished very soon.
My feet hurt because my canvas is hung a bit higher, my arm gets tired too because I need to keep it high while I brush, but as I'm getting closer to the middle and lower part now it's late to uninstall the canvas to adjust it and beside the tiredness I feel super happy, my mind and thoughts go very fast even when I'm resting. I can't wait for August, the month of the Sun 🌞 or at least this is how I see August, and my favorite month for sunbaths before the change of season.
I thought I was not to paint a few days ago as I was from a burn out and I was planning to rest, but looking at my painting almost finished made me take the brushes again, also because I was so excited to paint the selenite rose. The last picture shows the “Desert Rose” and I wanted to include it as a representative mineral from Samalayuca.
You can see the desert rose/selenite and a selfie that I took during my visit…I miss to return! But not with this weather. It was fantastic to paint the rose without a real image of reference, so what I did was to paint the flower as a stone and the stone as a flower.
And now, just a few details and this will be ready!
I have been enjoying nature and visiting the Barr library where a very nice girl helped me to sort some materials and she gifted me a canvas without realizing she was making a big contribution to ART. so THANK YOU!
And here a bunch of pretty pictures from nature.
THANK YOU SO MUCH to the people who has bought my art this week!
