Oil Pastel: Dream Tree
Dec. 9th, 2012 04:46 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
alee_grrlSo it's been ages and ages since I really did any art beyond doodling in class notes and a handful of sketch attempts. I love art and creating things, but my perfectionism and self-critic has always been a hard thing for me to get around. Since I haven't done it much, I am out of practice, and tend to feel like the things I do manage are about kindergarten level. I miss art though. I miss the feel of charcoal/pencil/oil pastel on paper, on watching something develop from what almost seem like random lines, the delight of playing with colors and seeing what comes out. So today I sat down and worked on a small piece. It's an idea I've had for a while and is inspired by something I read on jjhunter's blog ages ago. I do not remember which post, but at some point the idea of a dream tree, which produces the seeds of dreams, was mentioned. I've been aching to try to draw this for ages. I pictured a slightly surreal looking tree with bright colors and strange flowers against a gorgeously dark sky, the seeds little balls of light floating on the air. I decided to play with my oil pastels and try to capture what I saw. I'm not entirely satisfied by the results. It is definitely kind of surreal, but feels like it isn't quite what it should be. However I am happy that I drew it, and that I enjoyed drawing it. I am doing my best not to let my inner critic destroy that joy.
jjhunter's blog ages ago. I do not remember which post, but at some point the idea of a dream tree, which produces the seeds of dreams, was mentioned. I've been aching to try to draw this for ages. I pictured a slightly surreal looking tree with bright colors and strange flowers against a gorgeously dark sky, the seeds little balls of light floating on the air. I decided to play with my oil pastels and try to capture what I saw. I'm not entirely satisfied by the results. It is definitely kind of surreal, but feels like it isn't quite what it should be. However I am happy that I drew it, and that I enjoyed drawing it. I am doing my best not to let my inner critic destroy that joy. 
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Date: 2012-12-09 10:19 pm (UTC)Your description reminds me very strongly of one of my favorite streets in Glitch - *goes and takes a snap of it while she still can* - here:
It is such a pleasure to see your artwork - I hope you continue dipping yourself further back into that art pool. :o)
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Date: 2012-12-19 04:46 pm (UTC)Here it is so far, let's see if it's ridiculously big
Date: 2012-12-19 04:58 pm (UTC)Re: Here it is so far, let's see if it's ridiculously big
Date: 2012-12-19 06:37 pm (UTC)Re: Here it is so far, let's see if it's ridiculously big
Date: 2012-12-19 06:39 pm (UTC)Thanks so much. I'm glad this works for you. It's not actually embroidery, just regular stitching. Interesting that you see wind in it though. I love how everyone sees something a little different in it.
Thank you for sharing!
ETA: I have added buttons. You can see it here. Thanks again!
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Date: 2012-12-11 05:57 am (UTC)Inner critic is such a hard voice to deal with, and yet it's so much fun to play in the creative sandbox if you can just tune it down enough...
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Date: 2012-12-11 05:39 pm (UTC)Inner critics can be the hardest critics of all to deal with, but as you say it can be so much fun to play if you can tune it out a bit.