Love Unleashed

© Sybille Sterk Do not copy or publish this in any way, shape or form without my written permission

Photography, edited in Photoshop. :D

Some love letters and a bird cage. Love should always be free to leave or stay, how else do you know its yours?

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Blood Rose Tears - Photo Manipulation

Illustration for the poem Blood Rose Tears by Autumnwind

Credits:

• Model, Face 1, Psamathides
• Crow, Phatpuppy
• Bird Cage, MRanum and MRanum
• Cloud brushes, Leboef
• Grasses and Plants PS Brushes, Redheadstock
• Background, Moonchild-ljilja (first on the left)
• On Crack, dazzle-textures
• Backblech 04, Sundel
• Paper Texture, Night-Fate-Stock

all other stock/textures are my own.

MCN: CDTE5-FE33Y-UNSTB

Tête-à-Tête

My latest painting. took a while to complete, partly because it is close to my heart, partly because of the break-down of my computer.

The painting is the second in a series of paintings, all inspired (loosely) by the poem 'Hollow Men' by T.S. Eliot. It's one of my favourite poems and I love the imagery in T.S. Eliot's poetry. I've seen a documentary about his life and work recently and it made me want to paint this.

I have slightly modified the first painting in the series with a new technique to frame my paintings, therefore here it is again:

Panier Avec L'Oiseau

Tête-à-Tête

Here is the new painting where the original caged bird is joined by a raven.

The raven is a very spiritual bird and I've always found it interesting; be it in Edgar Allen Poe's poem 'The Raven' or in mythology the raven is a fascinating creature.


Here is a close-up of the bindweed:



And here is a close-up of the two birds' faces. I am particularly pleased with their eyes and expressions.


There will be two more paintings in this series, one I've already started, the other is still in the planning stage.

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Once all four are done, I am considering to have them professionally printed and will offer them together with some of my dress designs in my Etsy shop.

Oh NO!!! Dragonflies Re-Working...

There was me thinking all was well, and then I started looking through the printouts of the final images and, imagine my despair, the dragonflies had gone all wonky. They had looked okay on screen but not when they were printed out. Sniff. More work....

Spent most of the day re-working the file, especially the background, to make the picture look as good as it possibly could. Here's the final version.

Dragonflies



And here are three more images I added to the final selection:

Panier Avec L'Oiseau

Seen here before, but to save you clicking on a link and then the back button... here it is again:



Brand new and never seen before are the next two images. They were inspired by a painting by George Auriol, 1863-1938. George Auriol is the pseudonym of Jean-George Huyot. He was an Art Nouveau artist and designer, one of a group who frequented the Chat Noir or Black Cat Cafe in the Montmartre district of Paris. He came to Paris in 1883 to be a writer and some of his essays were published in Chat Noir; info from Typophile.


Candy Lily


Water Lily

It's a very different style from my normal, more detailed and complex style, however I like it and it was fun to do. The images started with some canvasses I picked up for my newly decorated living room. I decided I wanted to paint - real paint!!! - some pictures in the style of a poster by George Auriol of a bunch of daffodils. I really like the painting and the loose style it's been painted in. I also like the way he incorporates type and the little stamp into the picture. Not sure what the story behind the little stamp is, but it works. :-)

Well, the canvasses are still on the top of the shelf but I managed to draw four designs on the computer, 3 of which are finished, although, one of them I am not quite happy with YET, the other is only in a rough colour stage.

Promise, tomorrow it'll be jewellery again. I've taken pictures of the treasures I bought last weekend and also of the 4 commissions I made in the last week. BUT I am far too exhausted tonight. Too many late nights in front of the computer finalising my images when I wasn't making commissions. So watch this space. :-)

Panier Avec L'Oiseau - Cage with Bird

Something different for a change. Been drawing the last couple of days.

The picture was created in Corel Painter and I've used lots of different techniques/brushes to create it. Not quite sure why the title of the picture had to be French but... just needed to be.

I am thinking about putting some prints of my pictures in my Etsy shop, mainly my dresses and some lily pictures I did recently, and, of course, the picture below and any others I do in this series. The lily pictures are not quite finished yet, but I'll post them soon.