It seems that the first break of life through earth is impending, maybe after today’s afternoon snow.
It seems that the first break of life through earth is impending, maybe after today’s afternoon snow.
If you could picture the hand of the spirit of spring, like the women of Botticelli’s Printemps – clutching at the fresh thaw of soil, with an iris perched upwards on her baby finger. Representing the way the iris is the first flower in spring to pierce the ground with its sword-like blades through the cold.
The point is to establish an eye for balance – prior to attempting a studio light composition that has to start with colour (to prevent blending with black.)
I find it burns a lesson into the back of my head.
I am going to be working on a series of drawings of a Tuckamore tree. This is my warmup outline piece from today, from source. I wanted to capture it before I fleshed it out further for reference. There will be more versions with variations because I am trying to design an image.
