Day 4: Lantern Spill
November 4th, 2011
A big thank you to Annabelle for taking her longest nap ever, allowing her mommy to paint away in the morning! She also had her best night of sleep ever. May this be the beginning of a beautiful trend!
This piece was created intuitively. I let the ink spread first, looked for the image, and this is what I saw in it. A woman holding a lantern with the light spilling out of it like an ocean wave.
34 Responses
oh what a fabulous painting! Thank you for sharing it!!
Posted by: Anne | Nov 4, 2011 at 11:10 am |
Wow! I’ve recently started to slosh paint around on a page to see what I *see*. This is exquisite and isn’t it wonderful when they nap long enough to let us recharge the creative batteries?? I have two – one who naps and one who doesn’t …the one who doesn’t goes to Pre-k for a few hours so I try to fit a little creative playtime in. Keep creating during naptime! LOL
Posted by: Natasha, the Cartwheeling Nacho | Nov 4, 2011 at 11:22 am |
Gorgeous colors, Leah. Did you use salt?
Hooray for long baby naps!!!!
xo
lynn
Posted by: Lynn Richards | Nov 4, 2011 at 11:31 am |
Sooooooooooooo pretty!
Posted by: Lacey | Nov 4, 2011 at 11:53 am |
This is gorgeous! I’m so glad you had time to paint it!
Posted by: Julie | Nov 4, 2011 at 11:53 am |
This is absolutely beautiful. I love the complementary colors.
Posted by: Connie Rawlins | Nov 4, 2011 at 12:04 pm |
This is gorgeous Leah! Your daughter is also so beautiful!!
Posted by: Jehanne | Nov 4, 2011 at 12:12 pm |
Love the way the water worked on this. Yet another thing I need to try during this month! Inspiration everywhere! Thanks for all you do (and thanks to Ana belle cutie pie that she is!)
Posted by: Tammy Vitale | Nov 4, 2011 at 12:17 pm |
What a nice baby you have! This is really cool!
Posted by: Melissa Liban | Nov 4, 2011 at 1:02 pm |
Your art is beautiful,& the title adds to it – wondering about the spill and the story behind it. What does she see beyond the edge of the canvas? Where is she going? I love interacting with art!
Posted by: Carolyn Dube | Nov 4, 2011 at 1:03 pm |
This is absolutely AMAZING. Beautiful!
Posted by: Beth | Nov 4, 2011 at 1:08 pm |
wow, just beautiful! love your intuitive paintings!
Posted by: linda | Nov 4, 2011 at 1:18 pm |
Beautiful! The image that came out of your paint spill really speaks to me as you light the way for us during this month of creativity – perfect – not to mention that purple is my favorite color! thank you!
Posted by: Reva | Nov 4, 2011 at 1:40 pm |
Congrats on sleep! I love the stormy painting:)
Posted by: Bobbi | Nov 4, 2011 at 2:14 pm |
I love the purple background, and the idea of the light spilling from the lantern is very cool!
Posted by: dave | Nov 4, 2011 at 2:23 pm |
Another great one, Leah! I love the way the light looks like it’s flowing out of the lantern and the murkiness of the purple. Really powerful.
Posted by: Wendy Edsall-Kerwin | Nov 4, 2011 at 4:15 pm |
Beautiful and almost ethereal…nice work, Leah ~
Posted by: Serena | Nov 4, 2011 at 4:17 pm |
I love this–that purple is absolutely yummy! It makes me want to do something purple soon…
Posted by: Cat @ sea.sky.stone. | Nov 4, 2011 at 5:16 pm |
Wonderful creation, soulful and charming!
Posted by: Lise Meijer | Nov 4, 2011 at 6:28 pm |
This is wonderful, and the colour spread is great. It looks like the effect from using salt with paint.
Posted by: Nigel | Nov 4, 2011 at 7:10 pm |
Thanks, guys! And yes, I did use salt. I love that effect!
Posted by: Leah | Nov 4, 2011 at 7:13 pm |
What a beautiful piece!! I love to find hidden images too….always so surprising! Thank you for doing this challenge, its the first year I’ve participated and I’m already loving it!!
Posted by: Tracie Hanson | Nov 4, 2011 at 7:15 pm |
Love this, so beautiful. Thank you for sharing this challenge, this is my first time and so happy to have found you and your inspiration!
Posted by: Gretchen | Nov 4, 2011 at 8:51 pm |
oh it’s lovely, Leah. Isn’t a special kind of gift when something as beautiful as this comes from a wandering mind?
x
Posted by: forward tumble | Nov 4, 2011 at 9:14 pm |
Absolutely stunning…and so significant. YAY, Annabelle!
Posted by: Sandy/Creations by Coleman | Nov 4, 2011 at 9:45 pm |
I love your technique – seeing an image in the ink! This is beautiful and inspiring too.
Posted by: Carol Apple | Nov 4, 2011 at 11:16 pm |
I like it!
Gina
Posted by: Gina Lento | Nov 4, 2011 at 11:17 pm |
What a terrific painting! I love it! and I am glad your little one gave you time to create.
Posted by: Fran T | Nov 5, 2011 at 12:54 am |
Wow salt. I am very new to this game I see. Fantastic fantasy.
Posted by: SandyB | Nov 5, 2011 at 7:36 am |
The way you worked here is just amazing. I really love the outcome. Glorious colour and composition.
Gwen
Posted by: Gwen | Nov 5, 2011 at 8:00 am |
I love it!!!! So thankful that the baby napped long enough to let you work . It’s great when they start sleeping thru the night too.
Posted by: Carol Samsel | Nov 5, 2011 at 11:57 am |
Beautiful painting…fun to see where the paint will take you! Creatively awesome!
Posted by: Pop Art Minis – Joni | Nov 5, 2011 at 12:46 pm |
WOW!!! You saw her in there? WOW, just fabulous, thanks so much for sharing (and I do hope it is a beautiful start of sleep filled nights for you) much love Jennibellie xx
Posted by: Jennibellie | Nov 5, 2011 at 2:10 pm |
This is really beautiful how you pulled this amazing image out of the ink blots- so, so lovely!
Posted by: nicole : three by sea | Nov 9, 2011 at 3:34 pm |