Time Drawn: April 2010
You may recognize part of this picture from the header image above. (If I’ve changed the image by the time you read this, I used the top right corner of this picture, just a bit of sky, rocks, and flowers.)
I rather like this piece, though it was a touch experimental. I’d just finished taking a Chinese Painting class, and wanted to combine those skills with another of my artistic loves: Celtic knotwork. Here, I did it more directly, with Chinese-style cranes and Celtic-knotted fish. It’s not a perfect match (I could have incorporated more of the Celtic into the background to make it mesh better) but it was a joy to create.
I think I have to add both Chinese and Celtic art to my “I should do more of this” pile. I’m getting far more inspired than I expected from just putting up my art and talking about it. I am working on a dreamscape, like I mentioned two weeks ago, for instance. Now I just need to stop playing Minecraft and start making more art. Hmm… That may be a problem…
