steal away,
steal away,
steal away to Jesus...
steal away,
steal away home...
i ain't got long to stay here.
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Showing posts with label art. Show all posts
Tuesday, December 30, 2008
and in the midst of the christmas frenzy, she crept out the door for a breath of silence
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Work in Progress (to be continued)
Day 1... I sat down and began sketching a red book lying flat on the table ... the rest of the image just began to emerge.
Day 2... she has the beginnings of a face! Sorry about the colours... this photo was shot under indoor lighting.
And she has an eye. :) A left eye, no less. Which, of course, means that I have to painstakingly cover up the right side of the picture while I do the other half so I don't smudge it. I should have thought this out better!
I'm moving tomorrow... will be off the computer for at least a day or two.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Pastels
Today, I dwelved into the wonderful world of pastels. :)
I just love the way pastels let you 'interact' with your picture. It feels almost as if you're sculpting something, when you blend them beneath your fingers, pulling colours across the paper with your bare hands. Pastels have this very unrefined, 'raw' feel to them. Instead of drawing perfect, smooth, artificial lines, they crumble and smudge and fill the air with colourful, floury dust. It's so therapeutic to create art with this feeling of freedom -- this reckless abandon -- where you don't have to calculate your every move. I worked on two pieces today. The first one is complete... I made it for my mommy:
The second piece is still in progress. It's going to be a portrait of a girl who's leaning against a book with one hand, leaning her head on her other hand, daydreaming. I put a smiley face on the photo at the left to show you where the head's going to go (the sketching is kind of hard to see).
The spine on the green book is done all wrong, but I'm going to fix that when I do the background -- probably all-black. I'm also really bothered by the fact that I didn't give the poor girl an elbow... I'll see if I can add that without messing up too much of what I've done. But first, I'll finish her head, arm, and hand... it's going to be kind of hard to reach into those spots without smudging everything I've already done... Normally, I'd probably give up on this piece -- I don't usually work on art for more than one sitting; but, now that it's up here for the whole world to see, I feel like I have to finish it. I work well under pressure. :) I'm pretty pleased with it overall, despite some of the flaws... it'll keep me busy over the next few days, at any rate!
In other news, God has answered a prayer (thank you, Lord!) of mine that I've been praying for over 3 years. It means some huge changes in my life, so I'll be off the Web for a while... will probably return to regular posts in mid-September. I'll try to fill you in as much as I can in-between then!
Love, Oksana
Monday, March 10, 2008
release
If the eyes are the windows to the soul, awaken. Open your eyes, lift them to the truth, let the truth set you free.
I'm clinging to the Lord's love today... tough times, but I know they'll pass.
Love, Oksana
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