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More from the Lightscapes Set Gorgeous morning at a car boot. I got distracted by this and walked off a bit to take this at 5.30am on a cold winters morning.
More from the Lightscapes Set We were at a picnic when I needed the loo and being me I took my camera to just incase… and I’m glad I did as this was just around the corner!
Here is the image following ‘Red Ribbon’. My little girl worked out how to open the heavy back gate and thought she could escape into the big park at the back of our new house. I decided to add this image to satisfy the curiosity of everyone who wanted to know what she saw through the hole in the gate!
Full view please :) Some beautiful words that avalyn was inspired to write for this piece: / ‘A winged ghost / calls to the edge of the world / her heart flung wide / her soul the colour of storm. / Test the air restless spirit / ....... fly into the core of love.’ ..::Stock Photo Credit::.. / Model / Sky / Cliff / Texture / ~various brushes to create lightning, tree and text If you like this, please check out: / / /
© Silas Toball Cover Illustration for the 2009 calendar “A Knock at the Door” published by Amber Lotus A Knock at the Door is a film (and available as book with DVD) which caused a small internet sensation when it circled the web and inspired a million viewers even just before the age of youtube. The film can be viewed for free on our website but is also available as book with DVD. For inspiration visit the Message from the Muse Blog! For our gallery of inspirational and mytho-poetic art visit Duirwaigh Studios Duirwaigh Studios: / There you can find prints, greeting cards, calendars, books and more that will make perfect gifts. Plus our inspirational film “A Knock at the Door” and more…
Featured in Halloween and Inspired Art groups This image goes along with the poem Something Wicked by autumnwind as part of a collaboration for the Halloween Art & Writing Challenge in the Halloween Group * “Something Wicked” / The wondrous age of twelve years old / Holds stories yet have not been told / Of places chanced upon in fright / Where evil lurked with all its might / By name the Reservoir so called / A magnet dark, hung low and crawled / Its venom veiled and so enticed / For those who dared upon it thrice That summer’s eve I shan’t forget / As now recalled with deep regret / For death arose, its shape unfurled / And offered up it’s Godless world / Trembling so, yet held bewitched / The wind encircled and transfixed / Design of malice so precise / For those who dared upon it thrice This foulest dread did not offend / Enraptured rather to the end / In blackest beauty lust transcends / And so devoured my dearest friend / Whatever broke thy devils trance / I offer up to heaven’s chance / As wicked waged its dire device / For those who dared upon it thrice In nightmares beauty changes form / Of deadly charms I do thee warn / Seducing madness paid its price / For those who dared upon it thrice* Acrylic on 9×12 canvas board- Inspired by the song ‘A Beautiful Lie’ by 30 Seconds to Mars. I was watching the music video for “A Beautiful Lie” by 30 Seconds to Mars, and was really touched by the intro with the Eskimos. (If you haven’t seen this, here’s the link! A Beautiful Lie Video ) The band is really breaking grounds by putting this environmental awareness stuff out there. (It can make or break your career in the music biz) I also thought that the director/photographer for the video was a genious! It’s such a captivating and stunning video, the shots of the scenery is amazing! So….I downloaded the CD. (It’s one of my faves right now….GREAT music!) Without the video to distract, I listened to the song with my eyes closed, as I knew this one would work for my next painting. (This is kinda part of my process right now. LOL) The little electric sounds at the beginning and end of the song made me feel like I was either falling into space or just into the dark oblivion. Empty, alone, fragile…..that’s where the background came from. IT’s a deep deep blue almost black – I added the parts that kind of spin out from the inner circle to show that things are spinning out of controll and that you’re spiraling down into the depths of something. Once I had the background done, I went back to listening to the song while the paint dried. This time, I saw that poor poor faerie was the one falling into nothing. This is when I decided to keep everything dark – whites blacks and grays – because I knew there would be an explosion of red. The white and gray leaves came next. I felt like the gray wasn’t the right color, but thought it might look better after adding the trunk and branches. So, I went with a solid black for that. I chose the black to keep with the dark theme, but also because it would really stand out in some parts, yet kind of fade into the background in other areas. (A Beautiful Lie – this is a beautiful tree, but is it really there?) This is when I hated it and wanted to trash it and start over! Instead, I stepped away from it for 2 days – came back refreshed and decided to add in the red & silver. I did the silver to throw in a brighter color to balance the piece a bit, but to also show the etherealness of the faerie. The faerie has fallen and was basically held by the tree. Shes fading into the background and there are spots of her silver body throughout the piece. She’s kind of becoming everything around her. I very much believe in reincarnation and life after death. (Which is also why the pose is almost like the crusifix.) It’s kind of a play on organized religion and what we’ve been told about death in general – It’s all a beautiful lie! :) The red was chosen to symbolize blood. This makes the viewer pose some questions – is it all blood? are those blood splatters or wings? are those blood spots or flowers in the tree? All in all, it’s a play on reality – what’s really there? what isn’t? Is it all just a beautiful lie?! “Lie awake in bed at night / And think about your life / Do you want to be different? / Try to let go of the truth / The battles of your youth / ‘Cause this is just a game It’s a beautiful lie / It’s a perfect denial / Such a beautiful lie to believe in / So beautiful, beautiful it makes me…” Full lyrics / A Beautiful Lie Video / 30 Seconds to Mars
This is a photo of my niece that I shot before I had a digital camera. I scanned the photo, added it over and image by CruelDreams that I edited in ps by using the channel mixer, dodging, burning, cloning and added text. Took a photo of a butterfly and selected each wing section separately and cut and moved them into position using transform. Adjusted the opacity of those layers to give each wing section a transparent appearance. Painted with the airbrush tool on a lower opacity over the wings to make the colors tie in with the costume. Also used the airbrush with warm color to add the effect of light coming from her wand illuminating the darkness around her and added touches to her and her wings where I felt the light would hit.
Autumnal colours deep in the woods are picked out by the late sunlight. I’m sure little eyes are watching as I take the shot. Harrow Weald Common, Middlesex.
This is a shot taken in Spring of the bluebells that carpet the floor of the Weald. I remember playing In and Out the Dusty Bluebells as a child at school. I wonder if it is still played anywhere today? In and out the dusty bluebells: All but one of the children stand in a circle, hold hands, and then lift them up into arches. The remaining child weaves in and out of the arches to the tune of In and out the dusty bluebells, In and out the dusty bluebells, In and out the dusty bluebells, Who shall be my partner? The child then stops and stands behind one of the other children in the circle. While they all sing the chorus, the child behind taps on the child’s shoulder in front. Tippy tippy tappy on your shoulder, Tippy tippy tappy on your shoulder. Tippy Tippy tappy on your shoulder, You shall be my partner. The child behind then gets hold of the second child’s waist, and they weave through the arches together, with the remaining children cloing up the circle. Thetwo then pick a third child at the chorus, and so on, with the line getting longer and longer until the last two in the circle foorma an arch, one gets chosen as the last partner and the last child starts a new game in the middle. How simple life was then.
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My Website Featured in The Woman Photographer June 09 Imaginary Paper flowers / Paper flowers I linger in the doorway / Of alarm clock screaming monsters calling my name / Let me stay where the wind will whisper to me / Where the raindrops as they`re falling tell a story In my field of paper flowers / And candy clouds of lullaby / (Paper flowers) / I lie inside myself for hours / And watch my purple sky fly over me / (Paper flowers) Don`t say I`m out of touch / With this rampant chaos, your reality / I know well what lies beyond my sleeping refuge / The nightmare I built my own world to escape In my field of paper flowers / And candy clouds of lullaby / (Paper flowers) / I lie inside myself for hours / And watch my purple sky fly over me / (Paper flowers) Swallowed up in the sound of my screaming / Cannot cease for the fear of silent nights / Oh, how I long for the deep sleep dreaming / The Goddess of imaginary light In my field of paper flowers / And candy clouds of lullaby / (Paper flowers) / I lie inside myself for hours / And watch my purple sky fly over me / (Paper flowers) Paper flowers / Paper flowers Evanescence
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©2007-2009 Aimee Stewart, Foxfires – please see my CC Terms of Use before considering using this image for any personal or commercial use. Click Here —-- And they all come out in gowns of the finest silks, taken from the pockets of royalty as they wander the forest… —-- “Come one, dear ones, and do come all / to the grand event of The Foxglove Ball! / Adorn yourselves with the stuff of dreams, / of lacey gowns and glittery things…” / Aimee Stewart —-——- Credits: I have used a lot of my own photography stock of trees, gardens, parks, flowers, water, texture, lanterns, etc. as well as… Exclusive stock by piratequeen-stock / LisaJenStock ,and here as well , and here , and here / Jaidaj Stock / Taco Stock / Atistaplay Stock , and here / 3D stock: My own DAZ Studio stock, plus JLStock, and here, and here / and Stock Exchange And then hand painting detail work to make it complete. :)
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