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| "In the Poppy Meadow" |
Hello there, and hope that all is well and thriving with you.
This week, I've been celebrating. Specifically, there was delight to be had in:
1. All the wildflowers that are making their way back to to so many spaces here in the UK. Not just in meadows, or even field margins and by the roadside.
No, they seem to be appearing in ever space, including even more by our local reservoir...
No, they seem to be appearing in ever space, including even more by our local reservoir...
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| (Photo by Jim Fernbank) |
2. Finally capturing all of the feeling of that beauty in the way, and at the size, I've really wanted to for years. Hence the digital pastel painting at the top of this post. Why all new things seem to start with poppies for me, I'm not sure. But they do. Perhaps it's their beauty, and my love of them. And/or their being beloved and familiar, when trying something otherwise new). Anyway...
If you're into this kind of thing, here's a quick time-lapse of the different stages of the process I went through in digitally painting "In the Poppy Meadow " (which took about two hours in real time).
And all of this led (via a route with which I won't bore you) to the realisation that:
3. I can (finally, and thanks for your patience) add paintings and designs to...jigsaws! Here's what "In the Poppy Meadow" looks like as a jigsaw puzzle (which can be of various sizes):
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| "In the Poppy Meadow" Jigsaw Puzzle". Click or tap here to find out more. |
That's all for now. But hope this post was a fun boost one way or another-and thanks *so* much for being here, and taking the time to read this.
More soon.
More soon.
