Paint or Draw

New Year, new beginnings … Beginning to plan a warm summer break away but somewhere with a nice cuppa, of course! In pen, influenced by Zentangle designs.

Just a quick watercolour showing young sparrows waiting to be fed in the hedgerow - a new beginning for them and new life indicating spring something we are all looking forward to on these cold, dark winter days.

This is Janus, sketched in pencil from an 18th century statue of the roman god of gateways and new beginnings, after whom January is named.  I wrote a story for u3a Creative Writing about him, set in the temple of Vesta in Rome.  I wanted the illustration to be coloured but not themed, hence the random doodles.  The two headed god looks back into the past and towards the future, perfect for this month’s theme I thought.

New Beginnings - A New Shoe - Graphite and charcoal.

This is a Maori Koru, the symbol is inspired by unfurling fern fronds.
It represents new beginnings, new life, personal growth, peace and tranquility and positive change. Most appropriate for a new year.
The picture is made using shells from a New Zealand beach.

Every day is a new beginning, take a deep breath and start again. - Buddha Painted in mixed media and collage.

The beginning of a stormy day. 

I do love painting birds. My penguin is in acrylic. 

Dandelion seed head. 

This watercolour I did of my friend's newly acquired puppy expresses my idea of new beginnings as a new life lies ahead for them both.  You can see it in those mischievous eyes. 

A hopeful reminder that the cycle of ploughing, sowing and reaping continues, regardless of pandemic.

Looking forward of seeing the first bumble bees waking up in the garden; hence this acrylic/multimedia painting.

Since i started painting a couple of years ago I have only ever painted plants or landscapes. As a new beginning I have set brush to canvas to produce a abstract titled “The dream routine”.

Which comes first, the chicken or the egg?