In-Between Cards …

January -  A new year is upon us. Time to start my cards for this year. Yet, if you are like me, you might be excited about creating handmade cards but just cannot get that motivation started again. Wow! It's a bummer of a feeling.

My solution: Do something totally different and out of my norm. And "Greenman" is really out of my norm.

A few years ago, I became captivated by a beautiful and mythological series of drawings. I downloaded several and started making them come to life my way. The one I'm showing here was one that I used colored pencils to finish. It gave me a chance to practice and improve some of my blending and shading techniques. 

This is a copy of an original drawing is by C Kester from 2010. I have no ideas how the artist envisioned the finished works. My goal was to show the different seasons through the leaf colors.

This will be part of a grouping of 4 Greenmen that we will frame and mount in my crafting room. Two are already completed with Chameleon Pens and the other two will be with Prismacolor Pencils. I really love working with both medias.

What do you do to rejuvenate your creativity?

Thank you so much for stopping by today. I look forward to hearing from you and about your projects.

Till next time, may God Bless you and yours.