Spring Light

 

Hi Everyone,

What a difference a week makes. Only patches of snow left now. I've been listening but haven't heard the robins sing yet. Since the lawns are free of snow, I am sure that will happen soon. It always makes me happy to hear the birds sing.

My new computer lost a RAM card, so with only 4 gigs of RAM I hope to be able to finish this post. Sometimes it works okay and at other times it fails. 

The company wants the RAM back so they can check the card. I expected them to send me another card while waiting. However, all my protesting fell on deaf ears. ("The lady doth protest too much." Shakespeare) The old card will be off to Toronto today via snail mail. Not the best service in the land. But all will, no doubt, work out well in the end.     

Ice to the left. 

 After a long winter, it's more than wonderful--celebratory, in fact, to feel and see the strong light of the sun.

             Many years ago, I started to notice a fish on certain church steeples. I was intrigued. Finally, it dawned on me. Must have been all those Sunday school lessons. I thought of Jesus as the fisher of men.

But I did find this too: When Jesus was waking by the sea of Galilee he saw Simon and Andrew casting nets. He said to them, "Follow me, and I will make you fishers of men." Matthew 4:18-19.

                           

                                       Beautiful blue                                        

           Making more watercolour backgrounds to draw on. Using salt to add texture.

Pastel on Pastel mat paper. Apparently, velour paper works best for fine detail.

 Anyway, it was a fun project. (I could not blend her hair. Who knows maybe patchy hair will become fashionable. :) 

I will, at some point, give this painting a go on velour paper.

The reddish brown in her hair is from the pastel bits I've been saving and grounded down, added a bit of water to and formed into a new pastel stick. I was expecting a neutral colour, but I guess there was a lot of orange in the mix.

Until next time…

Cultivate Your Dreams

Linking to Link Parties via my link party page. 

The parties cover most of the globe; there’s much to see and admire, so do stop in for a few visits. 

                                          Sending my special thanks to the hosts.