Vampires!!

This week theme for THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT Challenge is Vampires.

This is the first time I join this challenge and my father decided to join, too, and we made them in our unique styles. There will also be a giveaway, so join us!!

29 Faces: #28 & #29

And another challenge is over.

I will end this one with two of my dad's drawings.

13 Goddesses Week #13 - Chinese: Quan Yin & 19 Faces: #27

Last Goddess for the

13 Goddesses in 13 Weeks Challenge!

I have enjoyed very much as I hope have my fellow participants! Thank you all!

Maybe I'll host a new challenge the next Fall.

Chinese Goddess: Quan Yin

"One of the deities most frequently seen on altars in China's temples is Quan Yin (also spelled Kwan Yin, Kuanyin; in pinyin,  Guanyin). In Sanskrit, her name is Padma-pâni, or 'Born of the Lotus'. In China she has many names and is also known as 'great mercy, great pity; salvation from misery, salvation from woe; self-existent; thousand arms and thousand eyes,' etc. In addition she is often referred to as the Goddess of the Southern Sea -- or Indian Archipelago -- and has been compared to the Virgin Mary. She is one of the San Ta Shih, or the Three Great Beings, renowned for their power over the animal kingdom or the forces of nature. These three Bodhisattvas or P'u Sa as they are know in China, are namely Manjusri (Skt.) or Wên Shu, Samantabhadra or P'u Hsien, and Avalokitesvara or Quan Yin. She is goddess of fecundity as well as of mercy. Worshipped especially by women, this goddess comforts the troubled, the sick, the lost, the senile and the unfortunate. She cares for souls in the underworld, and is invoked during post-burial rituals to free the soul of the deceased from the torments of purgatory. According to one ancient legend her name was Miao Shan, and she was the daughter of an Indian Prince. Youthful and serene, she chose to follow a path of self-sacrifice and virtue, and became a pious follower of Buddha, herself attaining the right to budddhahood but remaining on earth to help mankind. In order to convert her blind father, she visited him transfigured as a stranger, and informed him that were he to swallow an eyeball of one of his children, his sight would be restored. His children would not consent to the necessary sacrifice, whereupon the future goddess created an eye which her parent swallowed and he regained his sight. She then persuaded her father to join the Buddhist priesthood by pointing out the folly and vanity of a world in which children would not even sacrifice an eye for the sake of a parent."

(source Holy Mountain)

Now show me yours!

29 Faces: #26

Another WIP (work in progress).

Tomorrow is the last Monday of my 13 Goddesses in 13 Weeks Challenge! Make a Chinese Goddess and link it to my post tomorrow!

29 Faces: #24 & #25

Today I have a couple of sketches. I'm doing so many things lately and I have so few time.

Please, visit Diana at SWEET SATURDAYS for more sweet artists!

29 Faces Catchup: #21, #22 & #23

Find other great artists at PAINT PARTY FRIDAY!

My dad is enjoying drawing faces. Today I'm posting one of mine and two of his.

Dad thanks everyone who commented and appreciated his works. :)

(this is a tribute to my friend Stacy of MAGICLOVE CROW who paints amazing crows)

Giveaway Winner & 29 Faces Catch up: #17, #18, #19 & #20

ANNOUNCING THE WINNER OF ALL TOGETHER NOW BLOG PARTY!

Congrats to FALLINGLADIES!! 

Please, email me your address for shipping. :)

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And now my catch up for 29 Faces challenge: 2 are mine and two by my father.

13 Goddesses Week #12: Australian or Polinesian & 29 Faces #16

This week I chose an Australian Goddess. I like reading about mythology, and I find Aboriginal myths very fascinating. Many years ago, when I was into my Shamanic time, I read and practised Native American, Celtic and Aboriginal Shamanic Journeys. While listening to the didjeridoo I made my most wonderful trips into myself. I don't know why I stopped doing that... maybe because my life went to pieces and I had to restart again with new interests. Maybe it's time to start again. It could be useful for improving my drawing skills.

Australian Goddess: Yingarna

She is the female Rainbow Serpent Goddess of Northern Autralia tribes. She is a creator Goddess: using her powers of transformation she eats half-human/half-animal beings and regurgitates them as humans.

Show me yours!

All Together NOW Blog Party & Giveaway!

I know I'm a bit late, but yesterday was a busy day for me. So I'm joining the party today.

If you want to know what this Blog Party is about, please visit Amy's blog at AMY and find a huge number of Giveaways waiting for you! :)

And now to the BRAGGING!

You know, I'm a very reserved person and I don't like bragging. But I usually make people laugh telling stories about my disastrous adventures.

Like that year that I was following an English course in England (I was 14) and the teacher decided we had to have a horse ride. Unfortunately for me, the horse keeper didn't fix the saddle well.... At one point my horse started galloping away and the saddle climbed to his neck. When he stopped to eat a daisy we were on the edge of a ravine! He stopped and I fell, rolling like a stone, for about 50 feet. Ehehehe!! And you know, I didn't hurt myself at all!

I could go on for hours telling stories about my tumbles.... from stairs, tube, sheets of ice.... I never broke anything, but my back is ruined.

What more?

I'm a 40something gal from Italy and I usually call me a "Phoenix", because I always revive from my ashes.

I suffer from depression and have high and lows. But I don't want to take pills and try to "fight" it by myself. Until now it looks like I've been successful. Sometimes I have months-long periods of darkness, but I use them to clean my head and restart again.

And I must say that drawing has helped me very much with this, because when I draw I enter a world of mental stillness that allows me to calm down my brain. I crave for silence and work as a cashier in a self-service, where the noise is at maximum levels and my co-workers are all very noisy individuals. So, when I come home I really enjoy some silence and relaxing time.

Well, this post is becoming too long, now.

Let's talk about my Giveaway.

I'm offering one of my Matrioskas to one lucky person!

You only have to visit and comment.

I will choose the winner on May 23rd.

And now, let's go visit my blog party fellows!!!

29 faces: #15

I took 2 days pause from 29 Faces, because May has 31 days.

I'm busy preparing the three Surprise Giveaway items. I'll ship them on Saturday.

And now I'm getting ready for the ALL TOGETHER NOW Blog Party hosted by Amy that will start tomorrow. Another giveaway is on its way! And this time you can have multiple chances to win from about 20 blogger artists!

Now, here is my face. This time I made a Zen Doll on A4 size sheet.

Surprise Giveaway Winners Announced!

Time to announce my SURPRISE GIVEAWAY WINNERS!
I have sent you emails. Please, send me you addresses.
Congrats on the winners and a big thank you to all the friends who joined the party!
And, here they are:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

13 Goddesses Week #11 - African: Ngame & 29 Faces: #14

African Goddess: Ngame

She is the Goddess of the Akan. Mother and Moon Goddess.

"She is the mother of the sun, and gives birth to each it day so that it may light the sky. She gives life to humans and animals by shooting them with arrows from her moon-shaped bow".

Show me yours!

 

29 Faces: #12 & #13 & Almamia Cienfuegos Release Giveaway

There's still time until May 15th to join my SURPRISE GIVEAWAY. Three lucky winners will receive a surprise made by me.

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For 29 FACES ans SUNDAY SKETCHES I'm posting the first two canvases I'm making for ZEN DOLLS PROJECT . The canvases have been purchased thanks to the generosity of many of you, my blog friends. :)

The first one is almost finished, while the second one is sketched.

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And there's another GIVEAWAY running!

My blog friend Magaly of PAGAN CULTURE is giving away a charm bracelet and 13 ebooks for the release of her book

Congrats Magaly on this new adventure!!!

The Owls Tree

There's still time to join my SURPRISE GIVEAWAY! There will be 3 lucky winners!

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Today, for SWEET SATURDAYS I'm showing you what I have been up to during the last 7 days.

This is a triptych I have made for showing at my workplace. My boss gave me permission of hanging some of my pieces at the restaurant, and I'm really happy with it. There are many walls to fill!! Ehehehe!!

You know I love doodling. It is relaxing and gives me a way to release my mind and let it wander. I have been trying to draw a tree for a while, with very unexciting results... Some days ago, I started traying again and something appeared on my sheet....

Well, this is the result. :)

They are going to be hanged vertically, as if they were a tree.

Colored pencils and India Ink on Drawing paper. Size is about 12x16 inches.

29 Faces: #9, #10 & #11

Remember my SURPRISE GIVEAWAY! Join the fun!

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Yesterday I have finished a new drawing that took me almost a week to complete. I'll post it tomorrow.

Due to this, I haven't been able to make new faces. So I'm posting again my father's ones. He loves reading comments, so please leave yours! :)

I'm linking this post to PAINT PARTY FRIDAY. Check out many other great artists!

29 Faces: Days #6. #7 & #8

Before posting the faces I would like to remind you about two things:

1 - My SURPRISE GIVEAWAY! There's still time to enter.

2 - You can still enter your Goddess for my 13 GODDESSES IN 13 WEEKS CHALLENGE.

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And now to the faces.

They are all by my father. I'm doing too many things lately and very few time, that I'm leaving him a big space for showing his art.

Don't you think that the warrior is simply great?

13 Goddesses Week #10 - Sumerian: Nidaba

Before posting my 10th Goddess, I remind you of my SURPRISE GIVEAWAY. Join us!

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I know that this is another sketch.... I have very few time to do all the things that come to my mind, because I have fulltime job, and I can work on my pieces only in the night and weekends. I'll post the finisged Goddess at the end of this challenge!

Sumerian Goddess: Nidaba

Originally She was a Goddess of Grain. Her connection with accounting related to agriculture made Her also a Goddess of Writing and Literacy, and of Astrology, too.

She was named by the God Enki scribe of the Gods.

Show me yours!

300th Post: SURPRISE GIVEAWAY

300 posts!!! WOW!

When I started this blog I wouldn't have imagined to reach this number! 

This is going to be a Giveaway month, because as soon as this one ends, I'll start Amy's ALL TOGETHER NOW Blog Party. Lots of goodies for the lucky winners! :)

And to spice up this event, I'm going to make a SURPRISE GIVEAWAY!

What? Yes, a surprise giveaway: you won't know what you get until you receive it!

And more: there will be 3 WINNERS!

You have until May 15th to join!
You can have up to 16 chances to win.
So, hurry up and GOOD LUCK!

29 Faces: Days #4 & #5

Today I'm posting one of my dad's faces and one of mine.

Tomorrow I'll write my 300th post!

Come visit for a new GIVEAWAY!!
View other great artists at SHOW & TELL SATURDAY.
And more at  SUNDAY SKETCHES.

29 Faces Days #2 & #3

Ok. I told you I wouldn't be able to make a face a day. But, as my father hasn't got a blog, I offered to post HIS faces for 29 FACES #2 CHALLENGE. 

I'll post some of mine later on.

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 On Saturday I will also announce my 300th post GIVEAWAY!

Stay tuned!

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29 Faces, Packages & Zen Dolls Project Page

Yesterday was a very happy day.

NO headaches (that's almost a miracle!).

 I received 2 giveaway packages that I had won (WOW!): one is from MAGICLOVE CROWS and the other one is from MARCIA BECKETT, for March Artists in Blogland Challenge.

  I found out that I have won a free "COTTON CANDY GIRLS" E-course!!! Yay!

And last, I was able to write down my ZEN DOLLS PROJECT & GNU SOLIDARIO page (I will update it regularly). We would be glad if you could share it. :)

After the big success of her first challenge, Ayala, down at AYALA ART, is running 29 FACES #2.

I already know that I won't be able to post every day, but I'll try to participate as often as I can.

And now, here are some picks of the goodies I received in the mailbox!! Thank youStacy and Marcia!