A gift for you all..

[moonflower]

Hello, I would like to present the Mystic wicks community with a simple gift. this is to all of you, for your spirits, your advice, and kindness. May this always be a safe haven. :)

Its just a little something from my sketchbook. Its alot simpler than my usual art, and not my usual style either, but I feel the emotion in it comes across.

It is called 'Moon Priestess', it represents the mother channeling through a young priestess in the moonlight. I hope it is appreciated. :)

http://www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/moonpriestess.jpg

[loopy]

Oooh *awes* Preeeeeettttty. :D:D Lovely! Thank you! :D:D

[Swanspirit]

thank you ..... it brings to mind
"drawing ( forgive the pun) down the moon . but in a very beautiful and heartfelt way , as when one actually does draw down the moon , and your heart is filled with the Goddess.
Love and Light
Swannie

[Earth Walker]

That is wonderful. :sunny:

[EasternPriest]

Very beautiful.

[moonflower]

Im so glad that this gift is well recieved. Im very shy about my art. ^^;

[SpikesPet5150]

Beautiful! Thank you so much for sharing! I doubt I'm alone in this when I say MORE MORE MORE!!! :) You're very talented.. thank you again for sharing!
~Bree
:elf:
P.S. My elf likes it too! :)

[Myst]

Ooh, you're greentea! I was looking at your site earlier, lovely!

[moonflower]

Ya, im greentea. :) Wow you were at my site? Im flattered! :cutie:
I uploaded 2 more of my sketchbook pages. Im still shy but the positive reinforcement helped lol. 8O

Water spirit: a random doodle.
www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/waterspirit.jpg

Orchid: a winged entity that came to me in a dream. I haven't seen her face yet though.
http://www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/orchid.jpg

[loopy]

Wow, I like the first one the best, I think. I can really *feel* emotion practically vibrating off of her. :)

[Myst]

Yup, I'm redesigning my site again so I was looking for ideas and inspirations. I'm transferring over to a new host so I can have hostees and more the one email account, I also hope to have some sister sites, groups, cliques, and a webring for elite women web designers...... I'm thinking of doing a pretty pastel layout now... hoping to get some help from my friend who makes graphics... :)

And your work is lovely!!!!

[SpikesPet5150]

Once again, Bravo! Your art is exceptional! I still want more! :) You'll soon find out, my appetite for *real* art is never satisfied! By *real* art, I mean art that comes from the heart, from your emotions. Wonderful work! Thanks again for sharing!
~Bree

[reanna]

Originally posted by moonflower
Hello, I would like to present the Mystic wicks community with a simple gift. this is to all of you, for your spirits, your advice, and kindness. May this always be a safe haven. :)

Its just a little something from my sketchbook. Its alot simpler than my usual art, and not my usual style either, but I feel the emotion in it comes across.

It is called 'Moon Priestess', it represents the mother channeling through a young priestess in the moonlight. I hope it is appreciated. :)

http://www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/moonpriestess.jpg

That is beautiful... Thanks :):):):)

[sherry]

You truely are talented, these are all so beautiful!!
I totally agree MORE MORE MORE!!!!!!:)

[flar7]

thank you. It is an exceptional statement when an artist shows their bravery to show work to people they may never see.

Why not post it again in the art forum? They could use a thread or two.

[Sequoia]

omg. . . . your art.. . . it's so BEAUTIFUL. . . . it brings such a smile to my face, it's beautiful, very very much so. . .

I LOVE it!!! Please please never stop drawing!! Your work is so very beautiful!

*hugs and thankies!!!*

[moonflower]

Wow im so flatterd! *blush* lol thank you all for the comments. I really wasn't expecting such a positive reaction to my doodles. Im honored. Thank you all. Look forward to more 'gifts' :)
(Yeesh I want a scanner & tablet)

[Sequoia]

hehe I have a scanner. You COULD snail-mail me your piccies and I'd scan them. ^^; if you're actually interested, PM me

[Swanspirit]

out there ..... it is like putting your liver , or some other inner oran on display and saying do you like it ?? what do you think? but then after a while you realise it is your inner experience and its wonderful for it to be liked thrilling even ..... but it is still your inner experience that counts..... and Sweetness and Light
Yours is shining through .........
Love and HUGS
Swannie
Here is one of mine from drawing to graphic what do you think?

[moonflower]

Very beautiful Swan! I love it, it pulses with energies. Very peaceful. A mother watching her child sleep is what it brings to my mind. :)
Ooh Puma thank you for the kind offer!
Its very sweet of you. :)
I have a couple friends that sometimes scan things for me (when they remember hehe), but for that kind offer id be more than happy to draw/paint you a special picture and snail mail it. :) Pm -me- if you're interested hehe.
Im getting braver, I have some dragons I drew scanned. Dragons are my passion for drawing, I draw them almost every time I pick up a pencil, I have been since I was very small. I also do scupture, I feel I am ALOT better at that than I am at drawing.
I particularily like sculpting hands for some reason. I think the human hand has such posibility for emotion, its fascinating. I will go find one to show you all. Perhaps I should be doing this in the 'art' forum? I didn't know there was one till I saw it mentioned in one of the posts in this thread.

[Swanspirit]

But I want to see yours too !!!

[moonflower]

Some of my dragons. :)
Im particularily shy about them. ^^;

Circe: A baby blue winged anphibian dragon.
http://www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/circe.jpg

Ebon: An older male dragon. (Doodled while on an airplane in pencil & charcoal)
http://www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/ebon.jpg

Topaz: Just the head of a dragon, I messed up his eyes.
http://www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/topaz.jpg

I draw dragons so often its kind of odd. ^^; my best friend Jess always teases me (lightheartedly) about it. :)
(like: "OMG its not a dragon!" if im drawing something else).

I also draw anime style stuff alot too. I submitted some to a fanart contest, unfortunatley the one that had promotional stuff for the site all ove it won. (Ie: sitename rocks!) I wanted to win so I could get an anime artbook I had my eye on. Oh well.

Oh I found them! Here are my fanart submissions. (some of my actual finished work, not just sketchbook doodles)

Chibi Chibi: watercolor & pencil
http://www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/chibicrysmall.jpg

Chibi Usa: Pencil & charcoal
http://www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/chitl.jpg

Usagi Tsukino: Pencil & watercolor
http://www.sugarie.net/greentea/art/dibdsmall.jpg

[moonflower]

Ohh! Lovley dragon swan! He positivley crackles with lightning energy. :) I like it! Does he have a name? (Im cheesy and always name my dragons)

[Swanspirit]

Your stuff is very good.......... has an emotional quality to it that is very compelling..... keep drawing ...... do you paint at all ??
I LOVED that last one and the dragons were great !!!!!!!!!
maybe we do need to be in the art thread LOL
HUGS
Swannie

[moonflower]

Yes I paint. :)
The anime ones were painted in watercolor. I have a huuuuge setup at my house for art. I have a drafting table coverd in acrylic, watercolor, chinese paints (im learning to do chinese painting & caligraphy, i allready do japanese caligraphy). I have tons of art stuff strewn around the house. (messy me! ^^; )
We should do some sort of neat event in the art forum like;
"Draw your interpretation of this emotion/thing/idea" and see what shows up. Ive always wanted to do something like that with a group of people. (ah memories of art classes).

[Swanspirit]

I used to do art therapy groups with kids where they drew to a theme or music etc etc , it was wonderful ........ I GOT paid to do that stuff ..... it was wonderful .......... and then they got to interpret as well ........... it was very useful too
YOU are a wonder MISS MOON !!!!!!as in now I wonder why I didnt think of that LOL

[moonflower]

lol! *curtsies* why thank you. ;)

Ooh that sounds like a wonderful job! I bet it was great!
Do you have any idea on a theme for the first 'round'? How about we do a weekly or bi-weekly 'theme drawing' session? Allowing photographs of sculptures or whatever too so its not limited to drawing only. It would be great to see sculptures of our theme of the moment too. (I love art! Heck, I manage an art gallery!)
:)
:D *all excited now* :D

[Swanspirit]

is a Goddess round ................ and you know we have someone who knows about time periods to interpret as to possible influences say Mediterranean Greek lots of coool stuff ,
Yooohoooo Gunner where are Youuuuuuuuu ???
here is a goddess I did recently in the sand on the beach ...... I thought she was going to be a mermaid but have a look see, where is your gallery ...........???
HUGS
Swannie

[Swanspirit]

here you go

[moonflower]

Lovley lovley sand art! I was at the beach today making sand sculptures! What a coincidence! (I still have sand in my toes too lol!). My gallery is on Vancouver Island, B.C Canada. :)
I will be opening one in Campbell river shortly also. (One that will be completley managed & run by me, this one is also run by my parents, but I am the one who deals with customers, does art consulting, orders stuff etc. My father assembles frames *it is also a custom framing gallery*)

[Swanspirit]

lol LOOK FOR A PM ...........
hugs
Swannie

[Swanspirit]

all i can say is GMTA.........
HUGS
Swannie

[Mariposa De La Luna]

Beautiful! They truly convey the feelings put into them, even if you call them "simple doodles". I wish I could "doodle" like that ! :D I love them!

[loopy]

Moon.. those dragons and anime are wonderful! I love them; can't believe you didn't win!

[moonflower]

Not to be conceited but I can't believe I didn't either, there were hardly any entries and the one that won was blatantly ripped off of an original picture and very badly done. (Not to be harsh but it was just a quick scribble in pencil) but it had 'this site rules' 'blah blahshamelessplugblah' sort of things on it. x_x
Puu! I worked really hard on them too. Ah well, cest la vie. Maybe I wasn't ment to have the Ayashi no Ceres artbook.

[Swanspirit]

Moonflower .... see if there is anything there you like ??

http://www.web-orama.com/visionary.htm for those who have flash ....... and if you dont go here
http://www.web-orama.com,
click on the art and then art again and then Swan ........
HUGS
Swannie

[SpikesPet5150]

ohhh! Swan!! Those are beautiful! You're very talented! I wish I could draw... and sometimes I try, but .... well here's an example.. a couple days ago, I drew a picture of Jon Bon Jovi... I think it looks just like him.. my fiance said, "Who's that?" My friend Mel said "Is that Chad?" Chad is my brother.... and some people say he looks like Jon Bon Jovi, but I tend to disagree, but probably only because I think Jon is a hottie, and thinking of Chad along those lines is a bit gross. LOL I think I'll pretend it *is*, in fact, a picture of Chad, that way people don't feel stupid when I say it's Jon Bon Jovi. It's a sick, sad world.

Thanks for sharing your art!!
~Bree

[Swanspirit]

I am hugely flattered to be listed there...... which is what I was going to suggest to moonflower ... about getting your art listed in places other than contests :>
Try it !!! Lots of places are looking for art :>
and yours is GOOD!!!!!!!!
HUGS
Swannie

[Myst]

Originally posted by SpikesPet5150
ohhh! Swan!! Those are beautiful! You're very talented! I wish I could draw... and sometimes I try, but .... well here's an example.. a couple days ago, I drew a picture of Jon Bon Jovi... I think it looks just like him.. my fiance said, "Who's that?" My friend Mel said "Is that Chad?" Chad is my brother.... and some people say he looks like Jon Bon Jovi, but I tend to disagree, but probably only because I think Jon is a hottie, and thinking of Chad along those lines is a bit gross. LOL I think I'll pretend it *is*, in fact, a picture of Chad, that way people don't feel stupid when I say it's Jon Bon Jovi. It's a sick, sad world.

Thanks for sharing your art!!
~Bree


mm lemme see it! :)

[SpikesPet5150]

LOL if I can get it to scan, I'd love to show it to you guys.. then I could post a pic of Chad, see if you think it looks for like Jon or Chad.
~Bree

[moonflower]

I love them Swan! If I had to pick favorites I would choose star henge & moon henge. I love them! Very very beautiful powerful work. I wish I had some prints of your work to showcase in my art gallery! Keep it up!

[Swanspirit]

I am working on having prints done :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :sunny: :boing: :boing: :boing: :boing: and am more than a little excited :boing: :boing: :boing: :boing:
just a TAD bit ......:rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl:
so will let you know when some are ready ??
HUGS
Swannie
and I am really excited because my brother the photographer .......... has brought me some of his work and says can "play with them" and do what I like this is a sample of his photography and me playing I just did for him ...... he does a lot of nature work . architecture and many other genre.

[moonflower]

cute little fairy! :)
Yes please let me know when you have prints! I will hopefully be able to buy a few. :) Ill frame them and put them on display. (Ill send you photographs!). I could sell some of your prints in my gallery too (if i can afford to buy stock and depending on the quantity you get).
Where abouts do you live? (wants rough idea of shipping) hehehe

[Swanspirit]

on the Eastern shore by the Ocean.....
here is a look at the Atlantic .....
if the Beach Cam is working ....

http://colossus.netwatchinc.com/default.asp?Site=ocmd
Thank you so much !!! I am looking into Prints within this month (Virgo you know gets us organised LOL )
Love and HUGS
Swannie and I would LOVE to see pics of the Gallery
here is a "tweaked photo" of a friends daughter in the garden ......... I need to work on this more .... but I am liking it so far

[Sequoia]

ooooohh they're so PRETTY swanspirit!!! How on earth did you make those? o.o I've never seen anything like them! ^_^ beautiful!

[moonflower]

what a little cutie that little girl is. :) Love the wings.
Keep up the wonderful work swan.
I was painting a bit tonight, attempting to do a goddess inspired picture. It just isn't coming to me, maybe I should wait for the full moon? ;) Im out of practice with my paints and I was attempting chinese style painting. (The most difficult I have tried so far! It looks easy, but that is decieving lol) you have to hold the brush a certain way also, and just the preparation of the paints and grinding the inkstone is a 'zen' experience. it takes ALOT of patience to complete a work. Ive only finished a few so far. (mostly paintings of black orchids). I hope to maybe take classes sometime, id love to hone my painting skills enough to be able to put the things in my mind on paper. Im in an artsy mood but have no idea what to work on, maybe ill go finish some of my beading or something, painting just isn't happening tonight. ^^;
What sort of arts/crafts/ect is everyone interested in? (I should probally put this in the art section.. ^^; )

[Swanspirit]

That will take your art for different things......... I love pagan art, fantasy sci fi celestial all those wonderful imaginative things .... can you imagine your creatures in pics ??? you take some nice nature pics and insert your lovely creatures in there .......
and tweak it with your own style ........
here is another one of my brothers pics that I havent touched yet ......
he has captured the essence of these violets ...... and they sparkle with dew .......no shy violets these, but in the GLory of the Goddess ......... I havent decided what to do with them something very special .......maybe with my grandaughter .......
HUGS
Swannie

[Earth Walker]

No shrinking violet that.:) :cool:

[Swanspirit]

He has won many awards.... and this weekend I got to show him my work ....... and he has pronounced me " a Visionary Artist" and coming from the man with the degree in Fine Art, the winner of so many awards, the professional photographer , that is high praise indeed ..... I feel "official" now LOL ............ here is another one of his......... I love this one .......love and HUGS
Swannie

[Earth Walker]

Beautiful Rose! Does he do animals too?
David should make a book of his pictures...very good stuff.:)

[Swanspirit]

For years........... to do something but he is like me in a the sense that the artistic side flourishes .... but the "organisational side " is well ........ not as developed??? or it isnt our best area LOL
I am working on that ..... I would love to use his work and use it as the background for some nice fantasy themed pieces..... and he is sending me more so who knows ????
Can you see the little bug on the leaf under the rose ??? LOL
HUGS
Swannie
and here is another ......
Photos by DAVID V. BTW copywrighted :>

[Sequoia]

BEAUTIFUL!!!!! those are wonderful photos!!! please give him my compliments!