Winter is coming...

Solstice Snow
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Solstice Snow

It began with a canvas textured with molding paste... I applied paint in a few layers to get to this point:

I added more paint, and created a mountain peak, then attempted a snowy mist blanketing. 

Adding a whimsical tree, and bits of lace trim to the ground and as a star, and tiny beads as snow. Here is the finished piece:

Solstice Snow 

Now... go check out what the other artists at Paint Party Friday have been up to this week! 

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Hump Day Haiku - Sunrise

A bit of sunlight 

breaking through the morning clouds

Winter has arrived. 

Ah, Winter Solstice!

Hope of longer days to come

sealed with sunlit heart.

I'm getting a bit fanciful of late, seeing hearts in everything. 

Do you see a heart in the rosy clouds between the trees, or is it just me? 

Sharing the joy of a beautiful sunrise and the knowledge that the days are getting longer at at last!  Wishing my friends Happy Chanukah, Happy Solstice, Happy Yuletide, and a Merry Christmas! 

I started doing Hump Day Haiku with Carla Sonheim's Silly classes...  and decided as a challenge for myself, I'd continue.  In this process, I have found that creating a haiku to go with my photos feeds my soul. 

Perhaps you'd like to share a haiku you have written?