December. Walnuts, swedes, cranberries, turnips, pomegranates and passionfruit.
This year the Winter Solstice occurs on December 21. This is the shortest day or longest night of the year and I think it’s fascinating that although the interpretation of Winter Solstice has varied from culture to culture, most cultures in the world and throughout the times, celebrated it as a turning point and have held a recognition of rebirth, involving holidays, festivals, gatherings, rituals or other celebrations around this time. And still do.
Blue Branches is inspired by my longing for light during the dark winter months. The crisp blue quality that is specific to blue winter’s skies in the north and the beautiful twilight blue hour or l’heure bleue, with its intense blues. I’ve been documenting the process of how this image was created in my Creative Minutes project.
This desktop picture is a perfect match for the collection of Luminous Blue Folder Icons and as usual the download includes fullscreen, widescreen and iPhone versions, both with and without a desktop calendar for December.
Save this wallpaper to your computer.
Tags: blue, Blue Branches, collage, desktop calendar, desktop wallpaper, nature, sky, trees, watercolours, winter
Blue Branches
I’ve continued my studies of the sky and trees that I worked on last Thursday and yesterday, and something happened with theses shades of blue that I’m very happy with! This is IT! And I’m going to make a wallpaper and a calendar for December with this design. So keep a lookout for the new desktop art!
Tags: blue, Blue Branches, Creative Minutes, creative process, layers, nature, trees, watercolours, winter
Frosty trees against a blue sky
I’ve continued my studies of the sky and trees that I started experimenting with on Thursday.
In this version, the branches turned frosty, I suppose it’s a sign that I long for snow!
Tags: blue, Blue Branches, Creative Minutes, creative process, frost, layers, nature, snow, trees, watercolours, white, winter
Today I’ve been experimenting with layers. Trees. Silhouettes. Winter. Paint. Bare branches. Photography.
Shades of brown and a blue. A watercolour sky. A crisp and cold winters day.
Tags: blue, Blue Branches, Creative Minutes, creative process, layers, nature, trees, watercolours, winter
Dreamboard. Full Frost Moon. November 2009.
This dreamboard didn’t turn out as I had planned it, not at all. And here I thought I had clear idea for what I wanted to bring into November! Since I’ve been spending my autumn expanding, following my heart, being in my creative process, participating in projects, resetting my internal compass, getting to know new friends and connecting with old ones, I felt it was time to, consolidate. To retreat to my home, to prepare for the holidays, find peace, bring beauty to my home, do yoga and sort out drawers. That is what my dreamboard was supposed to be about, but it took a direction of its own.
What I see is a dreamboard that’s about giving my creativity wings! Finding creative freedom. And a dreamboard strongly influenced by the bright colours of the autumn leaves, that bring me so much joy and inspiration!
For those of you who feel inspired by this dreamboard, I created Satsuma Sky, a desktop wallpaper and calendar for November with this motif. I hope you enjoy it!
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