Peacock blue

I painted this a while ago after I purchased my wonderful peacock handbag. I'm sure I blogged about it, but can't remember sharing this picture. I wanted to meld girl with bird and attempt to capture some of nature's deepest colours and shimmering highlights.

I always felt this picture wasn't quite finished though and meant to return and add an embellishment or ten but you know how it is, you move onto the next one and the next...

Tonight however, my peacock lady has been given the opportunity to spread her tail feathers once again and show off a little (artistic licence naturally required since we all know that its the male peacock with the fancy feathers!).

I'm playing with the Digital Whisper artists again this week and using the peacock images provided to layer up and blend. Look at those amazing colours, textures and shapes. Isn't nature just the most wonderfully inventive artist - with the richest palette imaginable?

I feel I finally did my peacock girl justice. I think I like the close up dark one best. She seems to be hiding some mysterious secrets don't you think?

Watching paint dry

I'm working on a new piece and while I was waiting for the layer of paint to dry I thought I'd blog hop. Of course, I could have cleaned the bathroom or made sandwiches for the morning, but where's the creative inspiration in that might I ask!

First hop had me hooked. Lori at Ravenpainting (if you've never been to her virtual gallery, it is seriously worth a look). As I balanced on one leg I was transfixed by a most angelic scene. She took part in the Digital Whisper challenge to take an already beautiful angel picture and go create some more...

So I hopped on the other leg over to Digital Whisper and gathered the angel into my arms. A little play in Photoshop and here she is looking like she has been through a bit of a Renaissance (she was rather Pre-Raphaelite when I started). Bet you didn't know that Michaelangelo was hiding in Photoshop did you? I pressed the Help key and suddenly there he was, paint splatters all over his robes and a very old looking bottle of wine in his hand. We shared a glass then set to work...

Got to dash, my paint's still not dry so there's still time for another blog hop - especially as this leg is getting tired now...