The Knight of the Skylarks — Clare H McCanna
"Hail to thee, blithe Spirit! Bird thou never wert, That from heaven, or near it, Pourest thy full heart In profuse strains of unpremeditated art." - To a Skylark, Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1820
Month of Love prompt Song
Sara Felix
I can be a bit literal sometimes. So when I saw the prompt Song I immediately thought of bars of music and treble clefs. So there are five tentacles (ha) coming from this tiara and a treble clef. The crystals represent notes to the song along the bars.
A second @monthofloveart entry? NO. WAY.
WAY. “Euturpe in Pink” 4″ x 4″ watercolor, graphite and carbon with digital beefing-up, on paper prompt: song Photoref from unsplash.com
Little Mermaid - Song, 2021
Month of Love art challenge, “Song”
“ Then the little mermaid raised her lovely white arms, stood on the tips of her toes, and glided over the floor, and danced as no one yet had been able to dance. At each moment her beauty became more revealed, and her expressive eyes appealed more directly to the heart than the songs of the slaves. Every one was enchanted, especially the prince, who called her his little foundling; and she danced again quite readily, to please him, though each time her foot touched the floor it seemed as if she trod on sharp knives. ”
Hans Christian Andersen
Song — Quintin Gleim
Inspired by growing up on a farm and summers full of listening to music and napping on pigs~
Transylvanian G•thic — Lee Moyer 16" x 24" Graphite on Paper Small Gods (with Seanan McGuire) • https://smallgodseries.tumblr.com/
Orpheus — Kaysha Siemens graphite on pergamenata paper, 5x7 inches.
The song of Orpheus, stilled for a moment in sorrow. Shades drift around him, drawn by the music of his voice and harp, but not the one weeps and sings for, his beloved Eurydice.
Epic I — Emily Majarian Down below and up above, In harmony and rhythm, The Gods sang a song of love And the world sang it with them. - Anaïs Mitchell
With Vigour — Jennifer S. Lange As so often, several inspirations came together for this piece, going back and forth between medium and idea. I knew I wanted to use the oval canvas board and metal leaf (the colour is called "flamed gold", and obviously it's not gold but I like the colour anyway), and while sketching it turned out the best idea was a grey figure to offset the metal. The notes trailing off her are the opening of Beethoven's Fifth symphony, possibly the best known piece of music in the world. Sadly, my musical understanding is only that of appreciation; it's fun trying to depict something immaterial and moving in a still image. Technically this was interesting because I surprised myself how many mediums I pulled together making this, starting in pencils, then going for powdered charcoal applied with water, watercolour pencils and finally even inks. I topped it with a bucket of fixative before applying the metal so I wouldn't brush off the charcoal - adding powder in water is quite enjoyable but it falls right off the paper. 25×20cm, graphite, charcoal, ink pen, watercolour pencils, and metal leaf on paper mounted to canvas board.
Annabel Lee — Paige Carpenter 9" x 12", watercolor & pastel on paper.
"And neither the angels in Heaven above Nor the demons down under the sea Can ever dissever my soul from the soul Of the beautiful Annabel Lee." -Annabel Lee, Edgar Allan Poe
Song — A.J. Ramsey
The song of humanity is life. We live through time, the cycle of night and day. Live through love and heartache, we grow, twist and turn till death finds us.