autumn tumbles down

autumn tumbles down
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Autumn burned brightly, a running flame through the mountains, a torch flung to the trees.
Faith Baldwin

I listed these 2 autumn paintings, acrylic paint on gallery canvas, on Etsy.

every day of afternoon sunshine I just want to enjoy it as much as possible, and every afternoon of rain i am afraid it will rain for 6-months straight. (this is Seattle. that could happen.) but i think there are a few more days of sunshine, at least. if i ever move it will absolutely be to a place that gets more sunny days a year than Seattle. though Seattle is quite nice in summer - not too hot.

mouse in her nest

mouse in her nest
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99

here we have a little mouse, and her nest. i was thinking of making a little hut for her to put her nest in. keeps off the rain. i might work on that tonight. it will probably be made of felt. or i might start a new painting. i am thinking of doing a 10w x 20h painting of a tree in blues, browns, and greens. i might add some purple too but that is a little up in the air now.

what color do you think trees should be?
and what other animals need little huts? bonus points if their bodies are more or less shaped like fat little walnuts because those are easy to crochet.

watercolor

watercolor
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lick on this image to go to flickr and see things bigger. or smaller! or from different angles. well, some angels anyway.

i worked yesterday so today feels like tuesday, which it is clearly not! but at least there is a little late autumn sunlight, i went to the park at lunch and lay in the sun and read. oh, how i miss the park in winter. i still go for short visits but it isn't the same!

i have been painting a lot. the larger painting here will be 10 x 20" when it is done. i wish i could paint all day long!

i have been reading a couple series by Cherie Priest, and I just love her books. I read two of her Eden Moore Books and have the 3rd reserved at the library. I started Bone Shaker last night and I love it too. For anyone interested in steam punk, Seattle, Seattle history, and / or underground Seattle i recommend!!

and here is her website:
Cherie Priest.

heart of the cobalt rose

heart of the cobalt rose
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Here is my nod to blue. Or one of them anyway, I love this pure cobalt blue. I suspect I will be using it more in days to come. this particular drawing is watercolor, ink, and colored pencil on watercolor paper. It's available on Etsy.

and a quote for you from Eleonora Duse :
"If the sight of the blue skies fills you with joy, if a blade of grass springing up in the fields has power to move you, if the simple things of nature have a message that you understand, rejoice, for your soul is alive."

It has been a kind of rough week. I am working Sunday, but am glad to have Saturday off. I can't decide if I am going to do some art or just do some nothing!

beaded angel

beaded angel
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see nothing but sand; the angels come to visit us, and we only know them when they are gone."
~George Elliot

i listed 2 new angels on Etsy.

beaded autumn angel

beaded angel
Originally uploaded by megan_n_smith_99

it is certainly feeling like autumn in the northwest. it's getting nipper and foggier and there has been more rain in the forecast (plus much more to come.) i am sitting at my desk eating chicken soup with rice. (canned, i am afraid. My stepfather would blanch at the sodium content. Fortunately I have low-normal blood pressure and my doctor actually told me to eat a little more salt.)

This angel is something I was working on last week. I have not been feeling very well but have still done some art as I am able mostly little projects i can do curled up in bed, leaning against my headboard.

i've also been listening to audio books, most recently Salman Rushdie's Midnight's Children, which is wonderful. A wonderful book and the reader really adds a lot to my appreciation and understanding. It's both an excellent magical realism novel and an exposure to the history of India and Pakistan.Definitely a different perspective than my earliest exposure to the history of that time period - through the film Ghandi which I think I saw twice in the 6th or 7th grade.

I have some new watercolors too that I need to scan - I'll see how much energy I have when I go home tonight!

Demeter

Demeter
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Happy October!
This is a little drawing I finished a couple of days ago, and it seems appropriate for today. Demeter was the greek goddess of the harvest and fertility.

" I begin to sing of Demeter, the holy goddess with the beautiful hair." -- that is one thing Homor said about her, and quite a bit more, if you would care to learn more about her. When I was little, one of the first books I ever bought with my own money was D'Aulaires Book of Greek Myths, which I still have today. I always loved the photos.

Anyway this is my idea of Demeter, probably as a younger goddess, she does not look old enough here to be the mother of Persephone. She is on Etsy.